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If you're desperate for more Baldur's Gate 3, here's a 6-hour mini-campaign all about Astarion with 4 different endings and 6 new companions

Help or hinder BG3's vampire elf as he tangles with a Bastellus in A Dream of Silence.

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Baldur's Gate 3 mod adds 6-hour campaign all about Astarion, featuring new companions, 4 different endings, and "a kitty that potentially accepts scritches"

Adding to Larian Studios' D&D RPG in the best way

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Can you actually beat Baldur's Gate 3 without a single weapon? I'm finding out the hard way, and my sorcerer has never looked so defenseless

I'm playing Baldur's Gate 3 with empty hands, and I need the RPG Club's help to survive the Sword Coast without a sword

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Larian reveals 10 Baldur's Gate 3 endings and scenes that almost nobody has seen, including the worst fates the RPG can give Lae'zel and Astarion

Minthara comes up a few times, too

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Wizards of the Coast's official D&D actual-play series will feature Neil Newbon and Devora Wilde from Baldur's Gate 3 among its players

No, he won't be playing Astarion, though they are going to Ravenloft.

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Baldur's Gate 3 Astarion actor says to trust in Craig Mazin's HBO sequel: "I really hope people give them space to make the show that they want to make"

Baldur's Gate 3 Astarion voice actor Neil Newbon says fans worried about HBO's TV sequel should withhold judgment

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Astarion's actor from Baldur's Gate 3 has dodged similar roles: 'Repetition breeds stagnation'

"They kinda want the Astarion thing."

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Baldur's Gate 3 Astarion actor has avoided roles that were "just like" the iconic vampire, as that's what David Bowie would do: "Extreme repetition breeds stagnation as an artist"

"It's too close to the character I've already done"

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Baldur's Gate 3 TV show: Everything we know so far about the upcoming HBO fantasy series

All we know so far about HBO's upcoming Baldur's Gate 3 TV show

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Baldur's Gate 3 fan discovers the game has nearly 237 hours of spoken dialogue in it—and a whopping 14 hours are narrator Amelia Tyler's alone, though Astarion gives her a run for her money

Yapper's Gate.

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Baldur's Gate 3 Astarion actor thinks putting "the player first over profit" is why the RPG is so successful, urges other devs to do the same: "You're probably gonna sell a s***-ton of copies"

"If we needed to redo something, they spent the money, and we did it"

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The new Forgotten Realms books are set after Baldur's Gate 3 and show Karlach found her happy ending, though one jerk wizard also dodged his comeuppance

All my homies hate Lorroakan.

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Baldur's Gate 3 Astarion actor Neil Newbon says the RPG's beloved vampire has "meant more than I ever realized he would," and "I'm not ready to let go of him"

The actor says it's been "really moving" to see what an impact his character and other Baldur's Gate 3 favorites have had on fans

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"It saved my life": Baldur's Gate 3 Astarion actor says performance capture acting in games pulled him out of "£34,000 worth of debt" and "years of not doing very well"

"But not only that, it also reinvigorated it"

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Larian sends fan new limited edition Baldur's Gate 3 vinyl after melting mishap

Larian Studios once again goes above and beyond for its fans.

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Baldur's Gate 3 Astarion actor says his new dating sim character sounded too much like his iconic vampire voice, so he had to base his performance on a fictional sex symbol from an '80s British sitcom instead

"We wanted to make sure that he wasn't going to fall into the Astarion trope too much"

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Baldur's Gate 3's Neil Newbon wants to reprise his role, but when people say 'this character's just like Astarion, would you like to play them?' he's 'like not really, no'

It's not you, darling, it's me. I have standards.

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Baldur's Gate 3 actor Neil Newbon has turned down "Astarion-like" roles because he "wouldn't necessarily enjoy" them, but he "would love to play" the iconic vampire again

Newbon doesn't want to be "an Astarion-like character"

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Astarion actor Neil Newbon says method acting makes it hard to shake off characters after playing them, and still laughs a little like the Baldur's Gate 3 Vampire to this day

"You do get a bit of a come down where you're trying to shake the character off"

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D&D's new Forgotten Realms books come with Astarion-themed digital DLC

"More like Drizzt Don't-urden. No, no, that's not funny."

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Baldur's Gate 3 Astarion actor says he "physically, mentally just shut down" while working on the RPG and "other projects simultaneously" – "I don't know what you're asking me to do"

"We were doing crazy hours. Not abusive hours at all, we were all up for it, but it was very long hours"

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'They stuck to their convictions': Astarion's VA Neil Newbon is glad Larian stepped away from Baldur's Gate 3 to follow their passions, since 'It was absolutely the right call'

See you later, astral cowboy.

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Baldur's Gate 3 Astarion actor says Larian made the right call in stepping away from the series, and he's "curious" to see which studio could handle Baldur's Gate 4

"I really hope that I get to reprise Astarion in some form or another"

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Baldur's Gate 3 companions got official $50 D&D minis, and I am casting Vicious Mockery because what in the Nine Hells is this

Gale, you feeling all right?

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As Baldur's Gate 3 fans uncover more of the D&D RPG's cut content, one especially dark scene has fans saying "75% of the playerbase would be killing Astarion" over it

The axed scene sees Astarion kill Shadowheart

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