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This mod enables you to unlock the dialogue option for letting Astarion feed on you at night after his first romance scene, provided the correct prompt is chosen. Read the detailed description.
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MAJOR ACT 1 SPOILERS AND ROMANCE SPOILERS WITH ASTARION - READ AT YOUR OWN RISK
Missed the triggers for unlocking "You can feed on me tonight, if you'd like"? Went to the Underdark too soon? Prefer to take things slow? Hate to see Astarion sad like this each time?
Look no further, aspiring juicebox. This mod here has got you covered.
Why did I make this?
This all happened during my current playthrough I plan on beating BG3 for the second time with.
I didn't want to make Astarion feel uncomfortable right after his vampire reveal just to get this option. Asking "Maybe later?" or "Look, I'm not against you feeding on me, but only if we talk about it first" just didn't sit right with me that time for various reasons. So, like many others (from what I've gathered after lots of searches after I found out), I waited for the right time. Around 27 hours in, I was hopeful about getting the feeding dialogue unlocked after I picked the option for my Durge to enthusiastically let Astarion bite during his romance night (the sex scene). The morning after, I was disappointed to see that the option wasn't there. It just didn't make sense to me that the option still wasn't there, despite both my character and Astarion displaying genuine enthusiasm at that time.
I found no pre-made workarounds for this on PC, besides just letting Astarion viciously bite my Durge in broad daylight - which,
naturally, was not what I wanted. Adamant about not wanting to waste another 20+ hours by reloading a previous save, I decided to take matters into my own hands. I found a few lines of code that could manually add the option, but that seemed far too much of a hassle for me to do every time. I decided to edit the dialog files directly instead. I had zero experience in creating mods, and this all seemed daunting to me at first despite the simplicity of adding a few lines of code - and it did indeed require quite a bit of research. After a few days, I finally got this mod to work.
HOW TO INSTALL/UNINSTALL
BG3 Mod Fixer is required for this mod to work properly. If previously installed through a mod manager, no need to add it again.
If you're installing mods manually or using BG3 Mod Manager, you can just unzip and manually add the folders (starting from "Mods") inside your Data folder in the directory where the game is
installed ("Baldur's Gate 3/Data"). This is a folder containing a loose file "CAMP_GoblinHuntCelebration_SD_ROM_NightWithAstarion.lsf".
To uninstall, you can simply delete the files inside the Mods folder associated with this mod.
If you're using Vortex, you can treat this as any other mod: install and uninstall as usual. (Update: I'm having issues from my end with Vortex, so I can't guarantee it will work now as it used to. For now, manually adding this mod will do.)
Do note that once you have already unlocked the bite dialogue from that save, it will stay that way for all subsequent saves. In case you want to get rid of that, you'll have to reload to a save before this was unlocked. Uninstalling/deleting this mod may be beneficial if you want to datamine dialogue.
HOW TO USE
Pick "Roll playfully and offer him your neck" after picking the dialogue necessary for reaching that option (i.e. Astarion's first sex scene in the forest). Nothing else will work for this mod. If you want to somehow force this option on, below is a way to enable it via console commands.
KNOWN COMPATIBILITIES
OIO - Overexplained Interaction Options
KNOWN AND POTENTIAL ISSUES
1) The "bloodless" and "happy" conditions may not show up until after the second time clicking on "You can feed on me tonight, if you'd like". This may be due to the nature of the flag itself (Astarion_InParty_Talked_OpenToRepeatedFeeding).
2) Install this mod with caution if you happen to use any mods that deal with game dialogue and flags. If you're using any dialogue readers (such as BG3 Dialog Reader) and you see an error, that's a good sign that this mod is working. If you want to keep using dialogue readers, just go through with unlocking the bite dialogue and then uninstall this mod as previously directed. The dialogue trees should then load as normal.
Let me know if any issues arise. This is my first time modding, and I'd love to improve on this.
ENABLING THE DIALOGUE VIA CONSOLE COMMANDS:
Alternatively, you can just copy and paste these lines (SetFlag), entering them one by one in the BG3 SE command console (a nice tutorial to enable that here):
#Unlock Astarion feeding dialogue
Osi.SetFlag("f3dcddad-caca-1777-734f-68f02345e556", GetHostCharacter(), 1, 1)#ORI_Astarion_State_CompanionUnlockedBiteOneDayAgo - necessary for the code to work in every case
Osi.SetFlag("8ae9318f-96aa-4c47-b027-679deb42eb77", GetHostCharacter(), 1, 1)#Astarion Feeding Tonight
Osi.SetFlag("cda3fa90-4fae-4334-e0b5-83dc473d4238", GetHostCharacter(), 1, 1) #Astarion feeding target (you)
Osi.SetFlag("469b943c-d986-470f-bd2e-84077b458fdc", GetHostCharacter(), 1, 1) This will force that dialogue option to appear, though it may break your immersion. It's still nice to use if you don't want to trigger the sex scene (or you're using no-sex playthrough mods), and it doesn't require you to romance him. You'll only need to run this once in your current save file, and it will apply to any saves on top of that save file. Personally, I found this pretty tedious to do so for each playthrough, though, which is why I made this mod.
That being said,
Happy Astarionmancing, and happy bite nights. ❤️
SPECIAL THANKS
To all the people working hard on making Baldur's Gate 3 even better, including the entire modding community. Shoutout to jgwhiteus for their tutorial on Reddit, without which this mod would not have been possible for me to make.
And last but not least, to you, for downloading this mod. If you like this mod, feel free to leave a vote or endorsement! And do share so other Astarion romancers are aware of this!