And taking over the cult speech is also funny with Durge because
it would be taking it back, not taking over, but at that point you don't know it yet.
I think, their advice to not play Durge in your first run is really not good.
I had given the game the proper wizard approach and turned over every pebble in Moonrise and later around Orin and Gortash. Some of the things didn't make sense, I wondered if Kressa's pet might be Us at first but that didn't add up. However the moment the butler appeared for my Durge, all the previously gathered information fell into place and ended up being very spoilery.
Originally Posted by t1mekill3r
I wish Larian knew what friendships are, because Astarion is perfect as both a bro and a lover for someone who's hungry for power. And the friend version of his post-Araj convo is better than the romance one. You can talk about how in some circumstances it's necessary to use all available assets, which is perfect for a manipulative power hungry playthrough, and he says one of my favorite lines of his:
Charm is just another spell we cast.
Treating friendship as lesser than romance is a sentiment I generally dislike. In Astarion's case, it's especially bitter because I feel that his romance has an air of being in a relationship with your best friend, but if you do change it to a none-romance something of that best friend feeling gets lost. I watched the friends version of the scene after the Araj encounter on yt and I really liked it too. It has more nuance than the romanced one, which feels like a less heartfelt variation of the other romance scene. For a game that has power as its core theme there could be some more options to talk about it - or even about what being powerless feels like.
