Comment by vlad@lemmy.sdf.org on Baldur's Gate 3 players continue to find little surprises: Astarion has rare voice lines if you nuke him with a sun ray

We’re gonna be finding this stuff for years, aren’t we?

Question. When you first learn that he’s a vampire it looks like he is ABOUT TO bite you. But during the dialogue I noticed that bite marks showed up on my neck. So, I kicked him out because fuck you for biting me while I sleep. But then the marks went away right away.

Dis he bite me or was that a bug?

You need to take some things into account.

Without any influence, Astarion is a lying manipulative asshat.

You catch Astarion on the second or third night sleeping with him in your camp, as far as I found, never on the first.

That fucker succeeded previously, It’s just that THIS time you woke up.

If you consent to him biting you later on,

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He tells you that you’re his first time of tasting a human. He’s been surviving on animals only. Ofc he could be lying/acting but he comes across unusually sincere and vurnarable.

I don’t think so? Him biting you gives you the negative stat Bloodless, and you only get that after you let him bite you (that stat is why I never let him get his teeth near me again. It screwed all my dice rolls). I think he was sneaking off before to go hunt animals.

That scene took a surprising amount of time to trigger in my first attempt. I’d already cleared out the Goblin camp and was half-way through the Underdark - must have been at least 10 long rests at that point.

I think that has to be a bug. You’re supposed to be able to let him bite you consensually (or deny him) later.

I mean… Sometimes when you sleep the first time after getting him in your party/camp, it shows him creeping around the campsite like a creeper during the “cutscene” of you all sleeping around the fire. Before the reveal, I thought he was just stealing my shit. It wouldn’t surprise me if there was some kind of hidden roll or RNG that made bite marks appear on me before the consensual bite.

The best part is Astarian’s neck bite marks are blindingly obvious the first time you meet him if you look at his neck.

They really are. I don’t know how anyone misses them, or the pointy teeth.

Only noticed after that whole scene already played out, but just rifling through the stuff at his tent reveals what is referred to in text as an empty blood jar, and there’s a spattered bowl off to the side on a rock.

The huge mirror, sure, I just assumed it was a humorous nod at his vanity. But seriously? How does the entire party miss all of this? He’d have to sparkle to be more obvious.

Actually, no, Astarion would 100% wear body glitter or at least get someone else’s on him.

If someone told Asterion that some vampires sparkle, you just know that man would find the nearest vat of glitter and start rolling in it.

Ah, ok. I wonder if they fixed it because I saw that multiple times, because I’ve restarted the game 4 times before I learned of Withers.

Frankly, I booted him after the initial interaction in my first playthrough way back in early beta and haven’t added him at all in any run since. Fuck Astarion. Lying, piece of shit, low-effort sleep rapist.

Seems to be the consensus.

Man… I guess considering your strong feelings about it, you’re better off without him, but he’s one of the most interesting companions in the game. He has a tragic backstory, and a cunning personality. He’s my second favorite companion overall. I was this close to betraying Karlach because of his machinations.

Never. Betray. Karlach. 🔥❤️☠️

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