Originally Posted by Wormerine
In current patch it seems they moved at least some cutscenes as conversations player can trigger
According to the patch notes, that's true for only the one with Gale checking is own reflection with Mirror Image.
(So now, I can go to Astarion and talk about how I want to die again 😄)

Originally Posted by Wormerine
rather then one-per rest automatic events. Perhaps we will be able to get more story content per-rest, if we rest less then expected.
It was already possible on previous patches (to an extend) but there might have been some improvements in Patch 9? Unfortunately, the (!) still doesn't indicate this properly.