Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 players can\u2019t stop making one evil choice after seeing its power Larian StudiosBaldur\u2019s Gate 3 is filled with evil choices that many players refuse to make. However, one evil decision becomes tricky to ignore after seeing the pure power it can bring to your playthrough. Whether it\u2019s romance, power, or just an evil run, many players are hesitant to ascend Astarion. After seeing the pain he was put through and the ramifications of your decision, it\u2019s easy to see why some players attempt to go down the good route. However, more often than not, Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 fans will decide to ascend the companion, purely based on other power, lust, or both. This was highlighted in a post on the Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 Reddit, in which one player explained that \u201cthis game made me realize I should never be in power.\u201d They went on to add: \u201cI know like power corrupts but I felt real bad about everything Cazador did and seeing those people in cages and thinking about being stuck in a room for 170 years actually made me sick but the moment I saw that astarion could heal up to 72 health on a bonus action and cast mist form as a bonus action I immediately felt no remorse, power corrupts and all that.\u201d Ascending Astarion is a tricky decision to make, and he certainly changes for the worst shortly after. Sure, he\u2019s more confident and powerful, but he quickly adopts the same morals as Cazador and becomes a bit of a villain to many. Another player shared a similar experience to the original poster: \u201cI just finished my Astarion origin run and I just wanted to try what it would be like and then reload\u2026 but that extra 1d10 necrotic on each of my 4 to 5 attacks per turn and the bite were kinda worth killing 7000 fictional people for ngl so I never hit that reload button\u201d Others attempted to justify their actions, explaining how \u201cit seemed like the most efficient way to deal with 7000 vampire spawn.\u201d Of course, the vampire spawn conundrum is tricky, but it seems the real reasoning is behind the pure power of Astarion after, particularly if you change his class. \u201cAA as a monk is also insane. Two flurries and two hits do an extra 6D10 necrotic damage a round, in addition to whatever other damage shenanigans you gear him into. I 110% ascended him on my Honour Mode run. Felt bad about it, but hey, golden math rocks.\u201d Naturally, others justified it for romantic reasons: \u201cWhat\u2019s worse \u2013 doing it because of skills and power gain, or doing it because romanced Ascended Astarion is hot? We all bear our burdens for Evil Choice sins\u201d While another added: \u201cOkay yes I did damn 7000 souls to eternal suffering but have you considered that now I have a pretty vampire call me his treasure every morning? Did you consider that?\u201d One of the best things about Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 is the evil runs you can do, which is why Larian made the Dark Urge. Whether it\u2019s for love, power, or fun, Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 players certainly love a questionable decision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 players can\u2019t stop making one evil choice after seeing its power Larian StudiosBaldur\u2019s Gate 3 is filled with evil choices that many players refuse to make. However, one evil decision becomes tricky to ignore after seeing the pure power it can bring to your playthrough. Whether it\u2019s romance, power, or just an […]<\/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-20403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20403","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=20403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20403\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}