Originally Posted by Lucorna
Originally Posted by Mels
Originally Posted by Lucorna
I wonder if this with play differently without Karlach in the group. Though I'm not sure I'd be willing to abandon her for a playthrough to find out.
It doesn't. I've played without her. Astarion runs off and then it just cuts to the scene of the city celebrating lol. So before they added the epilogue if Karlach wasn't in your party that was the last companion scene. (Unless you romanced one of them.) It's like comically bad and bewildering.

So even if you don't have to help Karlach, you can't help Astarion? Ugh that's frustrating.

I keep wondering if they made some way to help him that no one's found yet, but that's probably just copium. This can't possibly be the only option for spawn, right???
The lack of option is unfortunately the only option, yes. You're just forced to watch him run away, which is even more frustrating when you know he's still right next to the docks. They added a forced narration voice over that says something like "no worries he's always been great at making himself happy/comfortable" with a shot of the player smiling as he departs which is. so much worse lol.