When I got this scene I had Astarion, Shadowheart, and Lae'zel in my party. She stayed silent the whole time and then afterwards went "....your world has strange customs." Poor Lae'zel has been in faerun for like 2 days and the first three people she meets are absolute freaks
same! her and astarion had this exchange after “Your world has strange customs.” “Don’t group me with the likes of them!” “True. You wouldn’t have the grit.”
Fun Fact! If you take your armor off before standing against the wall you'll get a buff called Ardent Apostle which gives a +4 bonus to all three response rolls. Someone in Larian *really* enjoyed that
@@egghound_flopper Which character makes a comment in a scene within your group is somewhat randomized (unless it deals with them directly in some way). Sometimes it'll be Gale and another character or Lae'zel and another character pending whatever your party make-up is. Mine was Shadowheart, Karlach, and Gale and in that scene it was Shadowheart and Karlach who made a remark, and in another playthrough it was just Gale, and in a different playthrough it was Shadowheart and Gale. Just because in your one playthrough Karlach didn't say anything doesn't mean that's how it was for everyone else, try stuff out.
Shadowheart is a bigger degenerate than anyone. She's down for a 5some with two drow twins, your character, and a bear in act 3. Even Astarion refuses two do the dirty with the twins. No other party member but her and Halsin (he's the bear) will agree to the twins. Not only that but she makes them worship her thighs and plays god. Oh and there's the her making jokes about the dark urge flirting with her while it's making threats of murder to her and she knows it's secret.
I redid this part so many times in order to see the reactions that different companions have and what the different options do and he did that EVERY time without fail, he is dedicated to T-posing
@@florianefox Yeah I second this, if you have both Shadowheart and Astarion in your group you'll notice they interact the most through random banter and they really get along well 😂 Shadowheart/Astarion and Karlach/Wyll are the bffs in the group for sure. Lazel and Gale don't seem especially close to anyone other than Tav
@@evolvedhuman783shadohweart loves lying and scheming and stealing, she's strictly not lawful. She's probably true neutral and then either neutral good or neutral evil depending on how you progress her story
You missed the part after Asteron says "I had my hopes..." where Shadowheart slowly turns her head with the most affronted *in front of my saled* look there ever was.
@@zilexfaulty4954as a dragonborn that got it, its still the glowing eye but it's a lot more faint, the flowing fire texture and color stay on too, but since it goes in the eye that the camera is usually angled at in conversation, you can't not look at it imo its a cool contrast when the convo camera faces you from the front since otherwise you often can't see the real eye
One annoying thing about volo's eye is that the buff is considered a condition by the game and the game likes to reapply it every time you switch equipment or get other conditions (even resting) and sometimes that doesn't work so it'll be stuck off when you start combat and I think it also gets turned off when you're prevented from doing magic for any reason and won't turn back on until you rest.
there’s another angle of the conversation between shadowheart and astarion so when he says “i had my hopes” you can see shadowheart’s slightly blurred bewildered/disgusted face behind him 😭
The goblin going "BUT!" at the end with the other goblin T-posing in front of him I'm deaaaad!!!😂 But fr...this is why Astarion and Shadowheart are the best companions. I'm romancing Astarion and Shadowcute is practically our bestie.😅
I'm playing as Shadowheart on my new playthrough and I'm hoping to romance Astarion with her. I don't think they'd be a terrible match. (Although I still think the Dark Urge is the best partner for Astarion) 😄
@@kellyriddell5014 OMG YES! I can't wait for my DU - Astarion romance playthrough. I seriously think that might be the best romance in the whole game (I've seen some snippets).
@@shibernyan2009 I was playing a Tav/Astarion playthrough originally when I saw the clip of the Dark Urge attacking Astarion and that whole dialogue, and immediately I was like, "Oh, shit, I found his soulmate." Changed to a Dark Urge playthrough immediately after. It is SO rewarding. You will love it. There are so many special conversations and he's so supportive, regardless of the path you take, because they have so much in common.
@@kellyriddell5014 That's exactly the vibe I got from that pairing! I'm getting right into my DU playthrough once I'm finished with my first playthrough (still not even close to finishing I'm a afraid).
Is it bad that I've fallen for Astarion? I have fallen, brothers. I think I have gone gay for an elf vampire dude. Don't send help, I'm happier this way
I love the fact that Bard can just act it all up to the extreme and it was such a funny thing to do, stripping down and just going for it. I imagine it must've been quite the sight for the companions.
I kept succeeding the rolls and apparently Loviatar didn't like that and I wouldn't get the reward, so finally I said F it and just had my bard ham it up for all three rolls. The priest loved that.
Considering he proceeds get the fuck out of dodge if Minthara starts the raid on the grove because the goblins are getting too wound up, it seems he honestly might just be a decent guy with some...particular interests
No? I'm a bit of a true neutral with odd interests myself, and even I wouldn't go near this guy. He has an air of "I hang out with Bhaalists for fun and games" and I don't trust his bitch ass face.
I took off all my armour to do this (for scientific purposes ofc i definitely didn't enjoy it) and got a bonus +4 to intimidation and performance checks Larian really knows their playerbase fr
I literally hate Shadowheart.... she is the WORST cleric, and her skills are subpar at BEST. Light Cleric >>>>>>>>>>>>> Trickery Cleric My Short rest MASSIVE AoE that does up to 6d6 would like a word with you (that of course only targets enemies).... no? How about my Flaming Sphere or Rays of Fire? Oh look a companion went down... let me heal them, then blast you to ash. But Alas im a Cleric of Tyr.... and that wouldn't be "Just" to vaporize you with no reason.... so off you go a little bit wiser. Light Cleric = Regular Cleric + Fire Wizard
@@Legohaidenmeh i dont even play this game for the combat. Turn based is not my thing perhaps. I dont struggle and goes through 2 acts in high difficulty but it just doesnt resonate with me Everytime i enter combat all i have in mind is "when will this be over and i can enjoy more story?" And everytime i encounter an enemy with hundreds of HP i try to negotiate through it as much as possible to avoid any kind of combat. Therefore in act 3 after wasting 20 minutes of combat i go to the lowest difficulty just to get it over with faster
@@TheKnightCrafter123to be honest turn based isn’t my thing too but this game really made me enjoy it for it’s complexity and making me play out of my comfort zone. But I can absolutely see why people will get turned off by it and I feel like lowering the difficulty will make the game more enjoyable to both digest the story and to progress more easily
@@Legohaidenyou can rebuild even story characters you know? At any moment you just need skeleton guy in your camp. You can even make Astarion cleric or paladin for memes
Yeah, so hilarious. In my play through i did that, i only let Astarion and Shadowheart watch together, too. I was like "roflmao* about their comments when you enter that scene already. I think it feeds Astarion's sadistic streaks and Shadowheart being Sharran at that time may like that, too. Astarion: "Don't you dare say no." Shadowheart: "Don't wear her out fully, priest. I may still have use for her later." O_O Something like that and when i clicked Astarion after that, he suddenly said he started to like the whole package and wanted some alone time later with my character. It's in a funny way amazing what gets that guy going. :D
I don't know anything about Baldur and had no plan to play this game, but that Astarion... I continue to click on Baldur's videos youtube is showing to me just to hear this precious guy. He sounds sassy and sexy at the same time in every lines.
I just tried to do this and I successfully got the blessing and approval - But my game kept bugging whenever I would reload And do it again because my companions refused to follow me afterwards. Looked it up, definitely a common bug and tried everything. Sigh... 😞 oh well.
If Shadowheart is there but Astarion isn't for her to bounce off of, she'll tell Abdirak not to wear you out too much because she might have use for you later. I can't with her. 💀
I got this and then also Shadowheart making some comment along the lines of "Don't break her too hard, I may have use for her later 😏" and I just assumed it was bc my Tav had flirted with the both of them so far, lmao
I was planning on romancing shadowheart in my playthrough and she jokingly said "careful, I would like to use him later" at this scene and from there I knew I was on the right track 😏
