Originally Posted by Asri
I think Astarion is there specifically because he can't say no. The player has the opportunity to be an abuser or feel horrible later on. To me, it's icky. But so is ascending Astarion, and many players choose that.

On the one hand, options in rp are good. On the other hand, there has to be a line somewhere. And if doing that to a character with Astarion's backstory doesn't cross this line, the game should clearly communicate that this is what you're doing and give you an out if it's not what you intended to do. We may realize that he says yes because he has a very hard time saying no, but not everyone does. And when this is not clearly communicated and has no repercussions later on, it has no narrative or character development significance and becomes only another one of Act 3's questionable moments.

I tried to talk to Astarion about Halsin's offer once because I was curious what he would say. I expected my character to be able to tell him that they don't actually want to go through with it, that they just wanted to know what he thinks about it. But the game didn't give me that option so I had to F8. If the game gives me an option to rp a certain kind of person, it's fine. If the only options the game gives me are to rp this certain kind of person, it's not.

Apologies to the mods if this has been said before. I haven't read through the entire thread.