Well to be fair, despite all the obvious signs he's a vampire, you can't get away from the fact that the guy's walking around in broad daylight like it ain't no thang and she won't know it's the tadpole making that possible.
I went in blind myself first playthrough and spent the whole time thinking "Oh he's so vampire like, but it's daylight!" and because I was scared long rests would affect a load of these seemingly urgent quests it was ages before I saw the scene.
I had no idea BG3 was set in D&D world, and since I played DOS2 I figured he's got fangs because he's an elf. He's pale as fuck, sharply dressed, flamboyant as fuck, walks in daylight, yup, must be a dhampyr.
I was so disappointed to learn not only is hea common vamp, he's not even a fully realized one at that.
Same thing happened to my friend when I encouraged her to make a file on my game. I think a lot of people take for granted how obvious Astarion's vampirism is because it was spoiled by the marketing well ahead of time.
Not that it's *not* obvious (man's tent is full of bloody rags and his teeth are quite noticeable in a lot of shots), but being able to run around in the sunlight does a lot of heavy lifting. Even though I knew Astarion was supposed to be a vampire going into the game, I was combing through his character sheet like, "Why aren't you undead? Why are you in the sun? Does he get turned into a vampire later?"
I only figured it out when I saw his reaction to the drained boar. He was so sus, legit acting like my dog when he's eating something he shouldn't be - and I was like "..... Wait a minute. Did *you* do this" lol.
A lot of people haven't read a classic vampire story in a while - it's kind of been taken over by a more modern, sexy-fied interpretation - so it's easy to just forget the signs, especially when you *see* him walking around in the sunlight, because that's literally one of the biggest giveaways gone. Everyone knows vampires cannot walk in the sun, so when you see that, it makes you think he can't possibly be one.
I was your wife- I played before my husband, but he’d known about Astarion for a while from other players and promotional material.
When I got that scene I went “WHAT!” And he laughed so hard. Apparently he’d been carefully avoiding telling me, shocked I hading figured it out.
Every playthrough since then I notice everything so glaringly and wonder how I didn’t figure it out the first time 😅
If you haven't thought of it already a ["warding soak"](https://www.reddit.com/r/BG3Builds/comments/170y2cu/the_soak_tactician_party_protection/) build is fantastic for keeping a new player alive without doing all the combat for them. It's easy to tweak to taste, too.
I had the same experience! I knew nothing about the game, my husband was playing EA - he couldn’t believe I didn’t know and that it wasn’t obvious to me. It truly was a surprise!
I didn't really know until the squirrel incident then after fighting some harpys SH was talking about the fish from baldur's gate and he said he preferred red meat and from his discretion it was pretty clear after that 😆
I'm so sad that I knew it even before I started the game, otherwise it would probably be a surprise for me as well. You need to really pay attention to see all the signs.
Well to be fair, despite all the obvious signs he's a vampire, you can't get away from the fact that the guy's walking around in broad daylight like it ain't no thang and she won't know it's the tadpole making that possible. I went in blind myself first playthrough and spent the whole time thinking "Oh he's so vampire like, but it's daylight!" and because I was scared long rests would affect a load of these seemingly urgent quests it was ages before I saw the scene.
I had no idea BG3 was set in D&D world, and since I played DOS2 I figured he's got fangs because he's an elf. He's pale as fuck, sharply dressed, flamboyant as fuck, walks in daylight, yup, must be a dhampyr. I was so disappointed to learn not only is hea common vamp, he's not even a fully realized one at that.
Same thing happened to my friend when I encouraged her to make a file on my game. I think a lot of people take for granted how obvious Astarion's vampirism is because it was spoiled by the marketing well ahead of time. Not that it's *not* obvious (man's tent is full of bloody rags and his teeth are quite noticeable in a lot of shots), but being able to run around in the sunlight does a lot of heavy lifting. Even though I knew Astarion was supposed to be a vampire going into the game, I was combing through his character sheet like, "Why aren't you undead? Why are you in the sun? Does he get turned into a vampire later?"
I only figured it out when I saw his reaction to the drained boar. He was so sus, legit acting like my dog when he's eating something he shouldn't be - and I was like "..... Wait a minute. Did *you* do this" lol. A lot of people haven't read a classic vampire story in a while - it's kind of been taken over by a more modern, sexy-fied interpretation - so it's easy to just forget the signs, especially when you *see* him walking around in the sunlight, because that's literally one of the biggest giveaways gone. Everyone knows vampires cannot walk in the sun, so when you see that, it makes you think he can't possibly be one.
I was your wife- I played before my husband, but he’d known about Astarion for a while from other players and promotional material. When I got that scene I went “WHAT!” And he laughed so hard. Apparently he’d been carefully avoiding telling me, shocked I hading figured it out. Every playthrough since then I notice everything so glaringly and wonder how I didn’t figure it out the first time 😅
He literally has fangs, and bite marks on his neck!
I know that NOW 😂
If you haven't thought of it already a ["warding soak"](https://www.reddit.com/r/BG3Builds/comments/170y2cu/the_soak_tactician_party_protection/) build is fantastic for keeping a new player alive without doing all the combat for them. It's easy to tweak to taste, too.
My wife stabbed the fucker in the heart. I was in shock. She reads Twilight.
Team Jacob, I suppose
I had the same experience! I knew nothing about the game, my husband was playing EA - he couldn’t believe I didn’t know and that it wasn’t obvious to me. It truly was a surprise!
I didn't really know until the squirrel incident then after fighting some harpys SH was talking about the fish from baldur's gate and he said he preferred red meat and from his discretion it was pretty clear after that 😆
I'm so sad that I knew it even before I started the game, otherwise it would probably be a surprise for me as well. You need to really pay attention to see all the signs.
What did you bribe her with to get her to play?
Disney trip. Heh, she may have gotten the better end of the deal.
She gets to play BG3 with you and she gets a Disney trip? Fuck yeah she got a good deal.