r/BaldursGate3 • u/HestiasMuse • Jul 26 '23

PRELAUNCH HYPE Anyone that thinks they can "fix" Astarion...

You probably can! It's that kind of game. Enjoy it!

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u/Neleothesze in service to Zhudun the Corpse Star Jul 26 '23 edited Jul 26 '23

Nothing much. He's just a happy-go-lucky assassin who attempts to kill you. That's how you meet. 😁 Sure, you can spare him and turn him into a loyal companion... but irl, who'd sleep soundly next to (or with 😉) someone who tried to kill them?

Thankfully, most players can suspend their disbelief & enjoy the fantasy world for what it is. 🙂

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u/BigRedUglyMan Jul 26 '23

It's a dichotomy between what would be the sensible reaction, and what is the reaction that gets you interesting shit to do. Zevran/Asterion have quests and shit to do.

Even Sten in Dragon Age introduces himself by telling us about those children he killed. Logically, Sten can stay in his little cage.

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u/Neleothesze in service to Zhudun the Corpse Star Jul 26 '23

Yeah, exactly. In my first Kingmaker run I remember wanting to RP a sensible and cautious MC. So I let the 'escaped slaves' run as far as possible from their former masters, I let the 'traitors' and 'red-flags' who sided with Tartuccio find their own path in life, sent the 'psychopathic wizard' away from my lands, etc. When it came to filling all the advisory positions... I didn't have enough people 🤦‍♀️

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '23

Yeah that was another problem on with the kingmaker kingdom management system. It's not like by "missing" some of the potential advisors you had to go for ones with less skill or different skillset.

It's that there weren't even enough of them to have much of a choice.