#astarion early access

[rinriya]

We were robbed. We were robbed! Give me back my early access dialogues!

[murdergrandmafanclub]

Baldur’s Gate 3 really is WILD. Like, the whole camp is arguing over who gets to fuck you and then Gale is just sat in a corner, chewing on a boot…

[egooppidum]

[mariana-oconnor]

[sewermageboy]

Thought of another specific thing I miss from Early Access: Astarions anger and his lines if you are cruel and dismissive about his dreaming about Cazador. This scene right here.

Quick recap: when everyone else dreams of someone they're physically attracted to, someone tempting them to use the tadpoles, Astarion dreams of Cazador. He's pissed off about everyone else talking about their little steamy dreams, while he probably went through hell all night.

You had to pass a persuasion check to get him to even trust you enough to reveal he dreamed about Cazador, explaining that that was his old master, and Tav then had the option to tell him: "I wouldn't think you'd want a master in the bedroom", to which he reacts with a bout of vicious anger.

I just really miss his lines there:

"You know what separates us from animals? Choice. I choose to travel with you. A dog would do it on instinct. To fulfil a need. Disrespect me again, and I won't choose to kill you. I'll do it on instinct. To fulfil my need to hear you scream."

It's said so with so much anger and hurt (seriously, go listen to those lines if youve not heard them bc writing cant do them justice), I miss the insight it gave us into not only his relationship with Cazador, how the tadpole manipulates him differently than the rest of the party, and how he lashes out in anger at being hurt/threatened.

With how much the tadpole dreams have changed, ofc it was cut, but that line especially really cuts deep and I'm sad it's gone now.

[grey-wardens]

There will be another time for us.

[tieflingteatime]

how am I expected to hold down a full time job when all I want to do is play baldur's gate 3

[hadesdirge]

FOUR MORE DAYS 🙌🏻

[yaoiconnoisseur]

Thinking about how Astarion was originally going to be a tiefling

[esmorningstar]

In Early Access, this was the description of High Approval, I love it.

[merrinla]

Deleted scenes. Companions' reaction when the player promised Nettie to take poison if they start to turn. These weren't recorded for all companions.

[wheretheresawyll]

astarion finding out running water doesn't hurt him anymore:

[egooppidum]

Astarion: I'm not sure what we expected, really. It was never going to be 'happy ever after' with a hag involved.

Player: It was kind of funny, though.

Astarion: Oh yes! Did you see her face? Amazing.

(this was dialogue after Connor's resurrection, where you gave Mayrina the staff and they went to the city)

[tadfools]

[sewermageboy]

So what's a thing that y'all miss from Early Access?

The ones that come to mind for me are

1. how often the characters would comment on stuff you actually did in the world (like, killing Gandrel, rip Astarions "Who needs morals when you have good hair?") Also specifically miss being able to talk to everyone in camp the night you think you'll transform, instead of just getting the cutscene with Lae'zel trying to kill you.

2. the way that the tadpole powers worked. I liked the whole "who do you dream of" bit, how the tadpole was so clearly trying to seduce you to use its powers, how using ur Ilithid powers had actual consequences, especially in dialogues.

3. might be controversial, but I also liked it better when Gale's Arcane Hunger needed actually powerful magical items (like the Necromancy of Thay, the Idol of Silvanus or the Iron Flask). With how ppl have been complaining about him eating ur magical items, you'd think that's still the case, but the items he does absorb in my playthrough are all basically useless, which makes the whole "I'm so sorry, I know this is a lot to ask" thing feel very........... flat

[incorrect-baldurs-gate]

Darling 🥀