Baldur's Gate 3 Modders Won't Stop Giving Astarion Guns
Since long before it left early access in August, players have jumped into modding Baldur's Gate 3, adding everything from 54 new races to new controls. However, one recent modding trend has shed light on one thing: players really, really want Astarion to have a gun.
Earlier this week, Nexus Mods user Palmaman33 uploaded several different gun mods to the site's Baldur's Gate 3 section, letting players bring guns to knife (or mace/staff/sword/anything) fights. These guns can be equipped by any character, but in almost every screenshot of these different mods shared by players on X/Twitter, however, the gun wielder always seems to be Astarion.
Normally, Astarion is a hedonistic High Elf Rogue who has a secret vampiric past, but players just haven't been able to stop replacing his usual default dagger with a gun for some reason, no matter how much chaos he might cause.
who gave this guy a fucking gun i can't breathe pic.twitter.com/SUbe1yu7CX
Even the modders themselves seem to also be in on the joke — the majority of gun mods on Nexus Mods, the most popular of which was made by Anxiety The Ork, seem to show off their models by giving them to Astarion (who's also occasionally adorned with sinister-looking glowing red eyes or a fun little hat) in screenshots and thumbnail images.
i like that they just give astarion a gun pic.twitter.com/BV9cVMUpPP
However, thanks to Astarion's... questionable actions, players have jokingly warned others of the dangers that might ensue by trusting the untrustworthy High Elf with such a lethal weapon.
STOP GIVING ASTARION GUNS SKFJSKKD pic.twitter.com/cZtgrUMP4s
"Be careful out there and stay safe, okay?" one player warned on ResetEra.
Astarion might not have a gun in the game without mods, but we
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