Since lengthy earlier than it left early entry in August, gamers have jumped into modding Baldur’s Gate 3, including every little thing from 54 new races to new controls. Nonetheless, one current modding pattern has make clear one factor: gamers actually, really need Astarion to have a gun.
Earlier this week, Nexus Mods consumer Palmaman33 uploaded several different gun mods to the positioning’s Baldur’s Gate 3 part, letting gamers carry weapons to knife (or mace/employees/sword/something) fights. These weapons may be geared up by any character, however in nearly each screenshot of those totally different mods shared by gamers on X/Twitter, nevertheless, the gun wielder all the time appears to be Astarion.
Usually, Astarion is a hedonistic Excessive Elf Rogue who has a secret vampiric previous, however gamers simply have not been in a position to cease changing his standard default dagger with a gun for some motive, regardless of how a lot chaos he may trigger.
who gave this man a fucking gun i am unable to breathe pic.twitter.com/SUbe1yu7CX
— 유미 (@choidaehoons) December 31, 2023
Even the modders themselves appear to even be in on the joke — the vast majority of gun mods on Nexus Mods, the preferred of which was made by Anxiety The Ork, appear to indicate off their fashions by giving them to Astarion (who’s additionally often adorned with sinister-looking glowing purple eyes or a enjoyable little hat) in screenshots and thumbnail photographs.
i like that they only give astarion a gun pic.twitter.com/BV9cVMUpPP
— ghoul @ brainworms💀🕸🍂 (@ghoulpriince) January 2, 2024
Nonetheless, due to Astarion’s… questionable actions, gamers have jokingly warned others of the risks that may ensue by trusting the untrustworthy Excessive Elf with such a deadly weapon.
STOP GIVING ASTARION GUNS SKFJSKKD pic.twitter.com/cZtgrUMP4s
— Somni/Emily (COMMISSIONS OPEN) (@aceforspinaltap) (*3*)
“Watch out on the market and keep secure, okay?” one player warned on ResetEra.
Astarion may not have a gun within the recreation with out mods, however we nonetheless gave Baldur’s Gate 3 a ten in our evaluate, calling it “a brand new high-water mark for CRPGs with satisfying fight and wonderful writing.” Whereas there is no means of figuring out what number of occasions Astarion has been geared up with a gun, gamers have additionally cherished romancing Shadowheart and (clearly) petting Scratch, in keeping with stats launched by Larian final month.
Amelia Zollner is a contract author at IGN who loves all issues indie and Nintendo. Outdoors of IGN, they’ve contributed to websites like Polygon and Rock Paper Shotgun. Discover them on Twitter: @ameliazollner.