What happens if you play as Astarion?

Playing Baldur's Gate 3 through Astarion's eyes gives a different perspective and reveals more insight into his past. His personal quest also has new content and is called 'Call of the Blood' instead of 'The Pale Elf'.
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Can you ascend Astarion if you play as him?

He will be a LIVING vampire that is according to Raphael. So it is safe to assume that an ability to feel love/passion/anger/jealousy etc could potentially return to him. And if you play Astarion origin you can ascend and be all goody if you chose to.
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Should I let Astarion become vampire lord?

This is a small price to pay for such abilities, so if players don't care about the lives of 7,000 vampires, then it's definitely worth letting Astarion become a Vampire Ascendant.
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What happens if Astarion kills you?

If you don't keep him in line and tell him enough is enough, Astarion will get carried away and end up killing your character, forcing you to use a revivify spell or Withers, so you need to snap him back to his senses at the first available opportunity after that initial bite, using either a Persuasion or Strength ...
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Is Astarion a playable character?

Astarion is a High Elf rogue who is also a vampire spawn first introduced in Baldur's Gate 3. Players can choose to play Astarion as an origin character or he can be recruited in the party as a companion.
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Should I let Astarion bite me?

Accepting Astarion's bite improves the protagonist's relationship with him and can lead to a deeper bond, but refusing it only results in a minor setback.
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Why is romancing Astarion so hard?

Romancing Astarion in Baldur's Gate 3 is complex and requires deceit and trickery to build a relationship, even involving morally questionable decisions. Astarion's romance has a push-pull dynamic, where he can be pleased or displeased by dialogue choices, often involving provoking and lying to other characters.
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What happens if I let Astarion drink my blood?

When you let Astarion drink your blood, you'll wake up with the Bloodless debuff. Until you long rest again, you'll have a -1 on all checks. The only way to avoid the debuff is to let him kill the character. You can always use a Scroll of Revivify the next morning or pay 200 to have Withers bring you back to life.
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Does letting Astarion bite you raise approval?

The simple answer is yes, as the only downside is gaining the Bloodless debuff, while Astarion gains the Happy buff and his approval rating of you increases.
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Can you come back after Astarion kills you?

He does lose himself to blood-drunkeness. You can be revived with a Scroll of Revivification. Just remmeber to select 'where' you wanna be revived after clicking your corpse so you don't think you've bugged it out for some reason. And then be sure to talk to him afterwards so you can punch him in the face.
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Can you romance Astarion?

As you begin to romance Astarion, you can check up his approval rating of you on the character sheet. The goal is to gain high approval, and it's best to gain Astarion's approval before the Rescue Druid Halsin quest. In a normal playthrough, it may take you about 20 hours of gameplay to reach this point.
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Does Ascended Astarion love you?

He's bitter that he isn't all powerful, but he wants to be with you and sees you as an equal. He thanks you for seeing the best in him. You get the graveyard scene and ge tells you he loves you or you can say it first. He wants to stay with you no matter what.
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What happens to Astarion at the end of BG3?

Astarion's best ending involves completing his personal quest and gaining a newfound resolve, but it also means he can no longer stand in sunlight. Despite giving up the ability to see the sun, Astarion's emotionally satisfying ending allows him to live knowing his tormentor is gone and he has people who care for him.
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What happens if Astarion turns you into a vampire?

Upon another long rest, the ascended Astarion will give the player-controlled character the opportunity to turn into a vampire spawn by drinking a drop of his blood. While this will grant them access to the basic Vampiric Bite ability, they'll be much weaker than Astarion.
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Why can Astarion be in sunlight?

He was a talented rogue who was skilled at using the bow. Due to his unique infestation by a modified mind flayer tadpole, Astarion could move freely during the daylight hours, move through running water unharmed, and enter homes uninvited; none of which a vampire or their spawn should be able to do.
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How to seduce Astarion?

After picking him up, players can let him feed on them, which almost immediately brings up his approval. If they choose to pursue this romance, players should choose things Astarion will approve of, usually things that extend the player's power while viscously and ruthlessly murdering anything that gets in the way.
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When should I stop Astarion drinking blood?

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Gamers who stop Astarion early will get a -1 debuff to attack rolls and ability checks for the next day. So long as Astarion drinks any blood at all, he'll get the inverse, a +1 buff to attack rolls and ability checks for one day.
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Does Astarion like you more if you let him feed on you?

During the scene, you can choose to let Astarion bite you or not. The choice here does not impact the romance at all, but letting him bite you will raise his approval of you.
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Should you let Astarion complete the ritual?

If you allow Astarion to complete the ritual, he'll become much more abrasive, though he gains an improved bite and extra necrotic damage on his spells. Power corrupts absolutely, and it's no different for Astarion, who failed to break the cycle of torment established by a vampire ages ago.
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Can you romance Astarion without letting him bite you?

[Edit] For anyone interested: yes, you can romance Astarion without letting him drink your blood. All that seems to matter is having his approval high enough.
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Should I offer my neck to Astarion?

Spending your night with Astarion, you can improve his opinion of you further by offering your neck to him. There is no great drawback for doing this, unlike the potential of dying during your first encounter with Astarion's vampirism.
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What happens if Astarion bites Araj?

In exchange for Astarion's bite, she'll offer you another potion. This one will add a permanent +2 bonus to the Strength stat of the character who consumes it. However, there's one small problem. Astarion doesn't want to do it.
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Can you date Astarion and Karlach?

No, but you can sleep with astarion and helsin at the same time. Next best thing, right? Karlach is monogamous. She doesn't take to polyamory at all and an easy way to seriously upset her is to sleep with someone else after you get the Act 2 relationship scene done.
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Can I romance both Wyll and Astarion?

Wyll is probably the type to not be into polyamory so you're forced to pick between the two, but Astarion is fine with poly.
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Will Astarion get mad if you sleep with Halsin?

They could even had all origins being ok with him but they decided it would only be ok for Astarion and Shadowheart. Astarion even says that Halsin isn't something serious, so Astarion basically is only ok with sharing Tav because he sees Halsin as a fling.
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