#also yeah i want threads where astarion and your guy ( gender neutral ) discover these things together <3

[anquenin]

ok so i got this idea in my brain after a talk with @victo1re where i kinda feel like in the game, astarion does not have any vampire abilities and we could potentially dunk that on being a spawn or being tadpoled but i am doing my own thing here with this because i love vampires and the things they can do and astarion needs more of that and maybe i will reformat this into something that makes more sense but for now...in general these abilities come to him over time, and not all of them at once...

things that astarion had but the tadpole took away at first:

claws, think like catwoman, retractable claws to be used however he wants, even in game his animations sort of suggest that he is used to attacking with them.

charming people, he had access to some low level charming ability by virtue of being a vampire.

things that astarion did not have access to before but now he does:

turning into a bat

using shadowed areas as places he can teleport in between places

a form of self healing that occurs over time when he's hurt by things that aren't explicitly anti vampire in nature.

things that astarion never knew he had because he never fed properly:

when he bites someone, there is some type of venom his teeth put out where it makes you a lil more calm, maybe it even feels good ! we can even plot what effect it has on your specific muse for funsies !

rat! i might hear you saying, how did he not have access to these things and my guys the simple explanation is that CAZADOR DID NOT LET THEM FEED PROPERLY! and feeding from blood, is perhaps the one thing this dude needs to be properly intune with his vampiric abilities. and AGAIN this do not appear all at once but over time during his adventures, and i know he gets buffs being the vampire ascendant but like this is my house my rules he might even get different things if he ascends and i feel like talking about it too.