Interesting that Astarion doesnt want you to tell the full thruth for everyone to hear. You're getting more approval by saying close enough truths without exposing too much.
i like how most characters would say something along the lines of "you love me? Im flattered. Sure." But the gigabear and gigadrow Halsin and Minthara just go "This will be easy, we are complete utter soul mates."
Gale's flaw is interesting, kinda tricky like the answers for Astarion in a sense. #2 is absolutely correct but he doesn't want to hear it... he thinks it's one of his best qualities and is hurt you think otherwise. #3 is just as true of course, but by picking it you tell him what he's deseperate to hear: that others (his love especially) value him and are apalled that he doesn't value himself.
20:32 ok to be completely fair she does constantly say "I will ascend" and "vlaakith's will be done" regardless of what direction her character takes lol
Gale wasn't in the party at the moment that I did this so I brought Shadowheart with me just for funsies. I'm glad the game didn't interpret it as cheating and have Gale shit on me the second I got back to camp, although I'm seriously wondering if Shart might actually be my girlfie as she's literally the only character never not in the party lol
I think unfortunately these dialogues can be bugged sometimes, at least with Astarion. During my last playthrough I picked every good answers and still got the "bad" reaction from him (I was in relationship with him + max approval), telling it was a disaster 😂 i'm happy that it was just a little cutscene for fun and it doesn't really affect the relation at all (i maybe lost 1 point of approval but i'm not even sure), but i would like to know if someone else had the same problem with Astarion or another companion. That could be a reccurent bug that should be patched 😊
Quest seems to be buggy, at least up to P5. For SH I didn't even get the Wine option, and despite picking the "winners" for the other two, I still got some guff about "you will find love, but just not with her". 🤬😭 So just scumsaved and ignored it. Mean I can prolly go back with P6 and see if it's fixed.
In order to get the real dryad, you have to have met all versions of shapeshifter Orin. For instance, if you've only met her once as a shapeshifter, it's likely that Zethino will be Orin instead of her usual self. Go to Zethino only after you've encountered shapeshifter Orin numerous times. I met shapeshifter Orin three times before going to Zethino
