Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Story & Character Discussion The romance with Astarion pulls you over to the "dark side".

He almost cries... I didn't know there was such a bitter scene, never having taken Scratch into battle. Astarion smiled as he stroked Skretch, but it seemed to me that he was treating the dog rather neutrally, and in fact Astarion was suffering because of his death more than anyone else.


"On obedience" I take it as a necessity to maintain a "dominant posture" for Astarion. He doesn't want, and isn't going to take full advantage of the spawn's master (and never does, even if Tav is going to betray him and leave). And saying, "I'll never do that" or "I won't control you" somehow just doesn't "fit his style". Oh well, obedience is obedience, all right, my joy, if you like it that way.... I can't swear with Astarion, and so the whole game I do mostly only what he wants (well, except for getting some particularly bloody approvals and cruel actions) - maybe someone will call it "obedience", hell knows About "not going far away" and all that in this style - funny too. You try to tame a vampire, earn his trust, bind him to you tighter, and then he's like "don't go far away" and gives you "possessive remarks". Cute, ha-ha! That's it, you can relax and not conquer anyone, Astarion will bind you himself now.


Yes, adorable reaction (saw it in a video recently)! I first tried to prove to him that he was "still the same Astarion", and then I decided to "catch his wave" and agree ("Embrace it. Together this world will be ours"). This he clearly enjoys


It's a pity, with Astarion after Ascension I haven't been able to find more so far. I can add just a beautiful "evil" and severe Astarion, if it is in the theme



It's pretty hard unless you do it on purpose - Gandrel is pretty far away on the map from the original area, near the hag (though I guess it depends on how you go through the game and how exactly you break down the terrain in your head into "locations to explore"). So we'd also, by that point, already done both "chatting under the stars" and taking a bite, and even Thay's Necromancy had already started exploring. It's funny that I waited for some time for new "assassins from Cazador" to appear, until I realized that you can talk to the dead companions who did not participate in the battle . I noticed that in the battle Gandrel shoots exclusively at Astarion, ignoring all the others, which generally fits well with "Astarion's version" that he was an assassin sent by Cazador.