#ascendant girlies: this is abuse. i will now become his slave to make this relationship SO healthy and equal. he totally still loves me tho

[eff-plays]

Ascendant girlies are like "Omg you have to pass a Persuasion check to convince Astarion not to do the ritual! That means you're coercing him and forcing him away from doing what he truly wants!"

Meanwhile I was genuinely surprised at how easy it was to convince him not to do it. Like I thought I'd have to pass two checks at least. That he'd have counterarguments. Maybe even use different arguments depending on their relationship up until this point.

Some ppl really stumble at the first hurdle, huh.