Originally Posted by Anska
I am not sure if you forgot about him or just didn't know, but romanced Gale most definitely wants to take the Crown for himself and the PC, and if you don't envision a future of godhood for the two of you, you have to talk him out of it. If you first edge him on an then change your mind and try to talk him out of it at the dock (which unintentionally happens to quite a few players btw) he will dump you. It's basically everything the video and yesterday's quote talk about, just handled really well. - Which is probably why people get into less fights about their preferred endings for him than in Astarion's case.

To be honest, I'm curious about Gale. Do I understand correctly that romantic Gale wants to take the crown anyway, and friendly Gale wants/needs to depending on some factors? In my case, friendly Gale himself said he would give up the crown, and there was no option to convince him or suggest he take the crown for himself. He decided his quest on his own without any influence from my side. I wonder, of course, what that depends on.

Astarion, by the way, always wants to Ascend. At the same time, friendly Ascended Astarion communicates with the player quite normally, without any attempts of " abuse". It feels like it's not "you can't Ascend him", but "you can't love him". The punishment given to the player is for exactly that.

Originally Posted by starryophonic
Ulma's the one we had a problem with in the confrontation after ascension.

That's for sure... I really like this Ametris picture, don't know if you've seen it, it's been on the forum for quite some time...


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Originally Posted by fylimar
I want to strangle Astarion through most of act 1 ( and actually did a few times in early access, since there weren't really consequences for later story). But generally yeah, the Gur handle it pretty well overall.

And I love the killing of the Gur. I really like the scene where Astarion kills Gandrel with a dagger in the eye. But really, I don't want it in my walkthrough because Astarion is too tense and nervous in that scene, since Tav doesn't know he's a vampire yet. I like to say, “What do you say, Astarion?” better when he feels some support from me. You can do whatever you want in your game, but I will respectfully remind you that the topic of this thread is: “Romance with Astarion”, meaning it is for discussions by players who love this character.

Last edited by Marielle; 28/05/24 10:37 AM.
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