Originally Posted by t1mekill3r
One would think a choice between following and not following him would be common sense in a roleplaying game. I'm honestly curious why we don't get it here. And then the writing throws us at Karlach.

A choice to follow Astarion? Perish the thought. Seriously though, no idea. But being forced to play through Karlach's scene (once I got myself halfway together which took way longer than I'd like to admit) made me so mad. As a consequence she isn't part of my current playthrough. Well, her head technically is.