#astarion posting at 2am plz send help

[elysiabell]

So I was thinking about how everyone has reasons for being level 1 despite the backstories:

Gale made magic herself ignore him. Karlach’s fucking heart is broken, Wyll’s patron is in a box, shadowheart forgot

But like astarion? Nah man is fully just level one, you think he has combat training? The fact he can use a sword to begin with is astounding. the only thing this guy did that is useful while adventuring is like sneaking around and looking pretty. Like mechanically he’s not even good at talking to people he has like a +2 to persuasion by default. Like nothing about his backstory to me implies he’s had a higher cr than 1.