Baldur's Gate 3 - Detect Thoughts (Astarion)

[@IronCladBeliever]

The facial expressions. holy shit.

[@hewhomakesnosound]

The way she reacted to him trying to command her was hilarious.

[@Mystique696]

She’s like “Bitch please.”

[@nalii2740]

That's Cazador's eyes in Astarion's mind, lol. Commanding him to feed - forcing him to drink rats.

[@mbfun9298]

Oh wow the main character looks amazing to me O_O Astarion is fab of course, but we all know that.

[@romdom9406]

She looks so...enticing!

[@serfurgiblurge]

At 1:30 when he says he dreamt about cazador is so damn heart wrenching. A+ voice acting by Neil newbon!

[@sellen_]

and the way you can cruelly respond with that "master in the bedroom" line and he totally flips out

[@bearhugzfam649]

Oh man his reaction to that line, ESPECIALLY if you know all his shit from full playthroughs and romancing him n shit, ahhhhhhhh so good. For those who never found it/clicked it/don't want to watch the sweet boy suffer: he has a literally physical response to you saying that, he immediately hunches like you punched him and goes on the attack. "Do you know what separates us from animals? CHOICE. I CHOOSE to follow you, a DOG would do it, out of instinct, to fulfill a need. Disrespect me again and I won't CHOOSE to kill you, I'll do it on instinct, to fulfill my need to hear you scream." Which, yeah, for context if you've never romanced him, you can find out or infer that Cazador was a creep, Astarion was forced to use his sexuality to appease Cazador and for survival in other ways, and Astarion has a pretty messed up relationship with his sexuality, to the point that if you defend his right to say no to someone who lusts after him in Act 2, it triggers something of an epiphany in him as to how much that right to say no actually means to him. He'll go on to try and establish a boundary with you (no sex for a while) and if you pressure him for sex after he tells you that, he'll do it and then break up with you immediately afterwards because he's realizing he's worth more than that. You also learn that he uses humour and flirting to deflect and cope. So yeah he had a nightmare about his old master offering him power, tried to hide it, and then you respond by teasing him about being raped as a slave. Whoops.

[@phoebecara4361]

​@@bearhugzfam649thanks for the complete context and details.

[@princesshannah7]

"I'm fine" (he said while not being remotely fine)

[@somejackassontheinternet]

I wanna hug Astarion

[@shadowldrago]

Astarion needs so much therapy.

[@ImPedofinderGeneral]

he needs punch in the end of every conversation with him

[@ANPC-pi9vu]

​@ImPedofinderGeneral Well someone doesn't get the character

[@Candy_McK]

@@ImPedofinderGeneral So... there is a man who is telling you how he got tortured for 200 years and you want to punch him? Says a lot about you.

[@lilscenechick1995]

Her expressions are too funny lol that look she gave Astarian.

[@ugozna]

I feel like this is a part of play through as Astarion

[@radical9799]

Lol

[@ANPC-pi9vu]

Yeah... in his Origin you get to experience the dream and decide who you bite.

[@darkchipcharlie7032]

I AM SO DAMN EXCITED FOR THE OFFICIAL RELEASE OF THIS GAME

[@darthimperius2865]

only a couple of days now :D

[@darkchipcharlie7032]

@@darthimperius2865 I KNOOOOOOOW. The preview has been amazing and Thursday can't happen quick enough 😍

[@Ladyfaeyrys]

Poor Astarion TT

[@master0fthearts894]

“Detect Thoughts” Don’t do it. You’ll find that they’re thinking of some WEIRD stuff in that dome of theirs.

[@rosevalety3408]

Yeah... Enticing Cazador dream, right... In which he holds him by the chin, and probably worse. Astarion you need a fucking hug and I want to carve your master's back myself, just to make him understand, just for his screams

[@vampapaiya]

Does reading his thoughts affect the relationship in a negative way? I imagine people don’t like their thoughts being invaded and would like to open up gradually. So I would think that characters could get upset after finding out you’re reading their mind.

[@PanEtRosa]

this was before release. he isn't so tolerant of it anymore.

[@Lunakitty1234]

I’ve never done it. Didn’t think he’d appreciate someone he just met doing that to him. I always say I believe him

[@Walrussnor]

Wyll gets angry I felt so bad haha

[@HeadDetectiveLassie]

Astarion doesn't disapprove when you do it. It actually brings up the topic of Cazador sooner. The other companions tend to not react well unless they offer to connect with you. I think he was tolerant of it due to the circumstances. Caught trying to bite you, uncertain of your reaction and his fate, and trying to quickly re-mend the just established partnership. Too wrong footed enough to make him surprisingly vulnerable and open - plus, the tadpole mind connecting powers are still new, so everyone is adapting to sudden unplanned information sharing. Who's to say you did it on purpose?

[@sweetdreamssleepambience]

​​@@HeadDetectiveLassie he loses approval points for the first detect thoughts now iirc

[@ramenbitoful]

Did you do this with the necklace? My lock has the spell nd even when I cast and sleep it doesn't work.

[@sungrave]

The amulet didn't work either, I had to enable the ability via cheat engine

[@hekatebleble4800]

@@sungrave could you share the name of the cheat engine. This ability could be fun to use.

[@timm4624]

I don't know if this is the table OP used, as I haven't used Cheat engine for BG3 myself, but it might. Cheat Engine is a specific program, download and some Googling should get you your answer. fearlessrevolution.com/viewtopic.php?t=13996

[@thecheck968]

Obviously this didn't make it to the full game and isn't canon, but this makes a surprising amount of sense. The dream visitor wants to manipulate you by any means necessary. And Astarion is motivated by nothing if not fear. I think it still even would have worked when he becomes one of the only advocate for using the tadpoles. Even if Astarion himself can't see it, every time he tries to gain power over others, he becomes a bit more like Cazador.

[@cm_0011]

I’m so sad that they took the Astarion dream scene out tho

[@mayaamis]

Astarion reminds be so much on young Ioan Gruffudd but with blond hair, I use to have a crush on him as a teen watching him as Horatio in "Hornblower" movies. its like they used his face for Astarion, only he is way hotter!! :)

[@BrokenFluorite]

Should you just know the spell or should it be among the prepared spells to have this?

[@sungrave]

For the second convo, you should cast it before talking to him. The first one is tricky, had to use cheats

[@BrokenFluorite]

@@sungrave oooh, I see, thank you!

[@arcanumelite4853]

@@sungrave I believe eventually they plan on allowing you to cast certain spells in the middle of conversation... but as of right now you have to cast it before.

[@connorbroderick7148]

I had detect thoughts and got this scene, and that option never came up :(

[@RBAWintrow]

You have to cast it before the conversation starts. Just having it prepared is not nough.

[@connorbroderick7148]

@@RBAWintrow gotcha thanks

[@rochelimit55555]

I would like to meet a real life Astarion

[@vazzmatazz]

oh no you wouldn't

[@Xxsorafan]

He’d lose control and drain you of your blood until you were a corpse

[@rochelimit55555]

@@vazzmatazz I don’t care lol

[@Nihilist_Porcupine]

@@Xxsorafan "Oh my gawd, everyone. Something hoooorrible has happened!"

[@opoderosomago41]

This cutie is gonna make me buy the game, fuck

[@IrisGlowingBlue]

"I'm /fine/" he said, you know like a liar

[@sleepylayabout]

And here I thought it was totally unimplemented.

[@princessbeexxxx]

Can you only play this game on a computer? I'm thinking of buying and playing it just for him.

[@DamashiTheKaotic]

Yes, its pc only.

[@kylestanley7843]

That is a surprisingly hot PC you've got there, chief

[@boreas-hiburnum8390]

Why is he beautiful

[@RedTunaRoll]

Detect thots

[@warlikerichard1497]

Why dont I have this dialogue option?

[@aloneinthedark99]

detect thoughts doesn't work on undead?

[@noonenowhere877]

It does now.

[@skittlznt2611]

I only hear Stewie Griffin😅

[@SebastianChum]

Acting is ok, atmosphere and tone is like a romance novel - pls stop, return to roots now, prevent decay, invest resources into good stuff!

[@SugarCrazedInsomniac]

Tf does prevent decay mean lmao You can choose not to romance characters, the option is literally there in the game.

[@SebastianChum]

@@SugarCrazedInsomniac are you a bot or just a person with very low reading comprehension?

[@SebastianChum]

@@SugarCrazedInsomniac what question? what is happening here???:)

[@SugarCrazedInsomniac]

​@@SebastianChum Oh buddy, I knew exactly what you mean by "prevent decay". It was obviously rhetorical. I just don't care. In fact I totally forgot about you till I came browsing bg3 videos again.