Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 player figures out how to permanently ditch Ascended Astarion Baldur’s Gate 3One Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 player found a unique way to rid themselves of a particularly intolerable Ascended vampire: selling him to a monster hunter. Astarion is a snarky vampire spawn with a vendetta against his master, Cazador. In your playthrough, you can choose to help him remain a humble (and somewhat tolerable) vampire spawn or aid him in ascending to become a Vampire Lord. The catch is that Ascension requires the sacrifice of 7,007 souls, including Astarion\u2019s vampire spawn siblings, to eternal damnation. That\u2019s a hard pill for many to swallow, even for those doing an evil run. One bold player took the plunge and helped Astarion ascend, only to regret it instantly. In a Reddit post, they shared, \u201cI killed him. I didn\u2019t like his dialogues after ascension\u2026when I met Gur I just agreed with them to get rid of him. So, he is gone for good and cannot be revived.\u201d The decision to permanently erase Ascended Astarion by handing him over to the monster hunter has stirred up quite a reaction from the BG3 community. \u201cWhat did you expect, honestly?\u201d one player chided. \u201cSorry you killed 7000 people and then you decided to make a moral choice?\u201d another added. The general sentiment seems to be this: You made your bed, now lie in it \u2013 with a Vampire Lord ready to bite. Players argue that not helping Astarion ascend is the kinder choice, even if it goes against his wishes. \u201cSpend any amount of time with him in-game and you see he\u2019s very much against slavery,\u201d a player explained. \u201cThe ascension mainly seems to appeal to him beforehand because of freedom from Cazador and the limitations that come with being a vampire spawn.\u201d Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 continues to shine thanks to game design that promotes player creativity and a story that poses moral quandaries. It seems the community will never run out of weird paths to explore, heads to kick around, and excuses for their violent decisions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 player figures out how to permanently ditch Ascended Astarion Baldur’s Gate 3One Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 player found a unique way to rid themselves of a particularly intolerable Ascended vampire: selling him to a monster hunter. Astarion is a snarky vampire spawn with a vendetta against his master, Cazador. In your playthrough, you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20199\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}