Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Story & Character Discussion Problems with Halsin's character, advances, LI and general character interactions, etc.

I will emphasize that I think they do make Astarion and Shadowheart available for a fivesome in this way because they’re two of the more popular romance options and they’re doing it for “sexy shock value.” It is not consistent with how those characters have been written up to that point. I think it’s less about who those characters are as people and more about Larian wanting to make their game flashy and sexy, same thing with the whole bear sex deal.

There are “metagame” reasons, in other words, for these choices. Not internal character writing reasons. All the more reason for me to avoid it!