Originally Posted by Anska
at least I hope most people like him because they really like him.

Heh. I can appreciate him, to a point.

What I really like is that he will *always* be an unapologetic evil selfish prick, no matter how hard you try to Luke Skywalker him. He is who he is, and he doesn't stray from that. That's a lot better than the Twilight route where 'the evil vampire will simp hard enough to change', which makes me vomit. I fully expected them to go that route, and I'm on record on these forums pre-release saying just that.

Second, I like him mechanically. Certainn skill animations for classes are designed to work with the characters associated with them - Sneak Attack uses the weird shadow cloud animation, Barbarians rage with hell fire because Karlach etc. Astarion, especially paired with the Illithid powers really give that Vampire play. Astarion also has his own custom run animation, very reminiscent of how Bodhi and the Vampires moved in BG2. So that really feels good, and stealth/rogue play I generally enjoy to begin with.

But, that's also where it ends. I can't stand the character complaining and protesting and whining about everything. I can't stand his smug voice and him consistently calling me darling. He has some good lines, for certain, but there is never a point where I feel I should show this crapstick any form of compassion, as he himself does not. In my games he sucks a drow and sits in camp.


Fear my wrath, for it is great indeed.