As our Harvey Randall wrote, we’re all nonetheless taking part in Baldur’s Gate 3 greater than a 12 months after its launch as a result of there’s a lot to seek out in it. Gale can write a tragic resignation letter for those who ignore him lengthy sufficient, and there is a sport over only for individuals who exit of their technique to lose a plot-critical merchandise. When I used to be taking part in I triggered an ambush by Astarion’s vampire-spawn siblings by long-resting repeatedly within the Lower City, one thing that apparently a variety of different gamers did not expertise. Even I did not discover what occurs for those who let Astarion get vamp-napped, nevertheless.
As documented on the Baldur’s Gate 3 subreddit by Soft_Stage_446, Astarion will get taken to his grasp’s torture kennel to be punished by a skeletal interrogator referred to as Godey. An total scene you’d in any other case by no means see performs out from Astarion’s standpoint, whether or not or not you selected to play him as your origin character. And you then’ve bought the chance to flee as Astarion, or swap over to the remainder of your social gathering and launch a rescue try. There’s even dialogue for varied companions’ response to Astarion’s abduction.
It’s not a sequence you are more likely to see by chance, even for those who’re a recurring long-rester like me. The vampire spawn aren’t a difficult battle, so you must exit of your technique to allow them to down Astarion after which make off with him. And you must have him in your social gathering when the assault occurs. If you do not he’ll nonetheless take part, however not helpfully. (When examined, he spent 15 rounds throwing fireworks as a substitute of attacking.) And if defeated, on this case he’ll merely die.
In phrases of rarity, that is proper up there with the dialog you’ll be able to solely expertise by selecting to be the Dark Urge, and making an attempt to gather your inheritance from the Counting House. Or the ending you’ll be able to solely unlock by taking part in as evil Lae’zel, and doing it badly. Only 34 gamers had discovered that once we wrote about it, however these 34 individuals had an important story to inform.
