Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 players convinced Astarion should have been a different race Baldur’s Gate 3Some Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 fans have argued that Astarion\u2019s backstory would have been a bit more impactful if he wasn\u2019t a High Elf. Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 has many companions that fans can undertake their journey with, but the High Elf Astarion may be the most popular of the bunch. Thanks to his roguishly charming personality and compelling backstory, many players often make a place for the Vampire in their main party. However, some fans have argued that Astarion\u2019s personal story could have been a bit more captivating if he was a different race thanks to some specific factors. Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 fans argue Astarion shouldn\u2019t have been a High Elf A post on the Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 subreddit sparked a discussion among fans after one player shared their opinion on Astarion\u2019s backstory. In the thread, titled, \u201cThought: It was an odd idea to make Astarion a High Elf,\u201d the OP argued that Astarion\u2019s enthrallment to Cazador was underwhelming thanks to the innately long lifespan of High Elves. \u201cAstarion was 39 when he was turned into a Vampire Thrall and, to paraphrase the man himself, \u2018learn the downsides of immortality\u2019\u2026 Astarion could STILL have expected to be living for hundreds and hundreds of years before reaching \u2018middle age.\u2019 It\u2019s odd that he considers 200 years an eternity, when even without being bitten he would probably look the same right now (minus the fangs and red eyes).\u201d The players fleshed out their thoughts further in the full post but believed that making him a Human or Half-Elf would have made his character more consistent. Some fans agreed with the OP, like one fan who said, \u201cI also think it\u2019s an odd choice, but for another reason. Astarion looks f*ck all like an Elf. He looks absolutely human. I legit forgot he was an Elf literal dozens of times through the gameplay.\u201d However, many argued that despite having a much longer lifespan as a High Elf, enthrallment to Cazador for 200 years would still be considered hellish. \u201cThe torture probably had something to do with it feeling like an eternity,\u201d argued one player, while another said, \u201cThis poor man has been tortured for like\u202685% of his life. That\u2019d be eternity to me.\u201d While some may view Astarion\u2019s enslavement as only a portion of his overall lifespan, the horrors he endured during those 200 years likely made it feel exponentially longer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 players convinced Astarion should have been a different race Baldur’s Gate 3Some Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 fans have argued that Astarion\u2019s backstory would have been a bit more impactful if he wasn\u2019t a High Elf. Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 has many companions that fans can undertake their journey with, but the High Elf Astarion […]<\/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-20425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20425","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=20425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20425\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}