Originally Posted by JCDenton
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Look at that, Astarion is wearing a helmet, and receiving the stat bonus of that helmet...but it looks like he isn't. The visual and stat components of the item have been separated. What an outrage.
I assume you are being sarcastic, but yes, I find it silly. I generally like to keep helmets off during cinematics (I assume one would take the helmet off out of politeness), but during exploration and combat especially, I like to keep things as they are.

If one wants to not have a helmet, they can - not have a helmet - with all the good and bad that comes with it. It just makes more sense and is more role-play-ee in my mind.