About this mod
This mod adds and changes existing Vampire Lord Astarion's romance content.
The current version adds tons of voiced dialog, 12 kisses and 2 hugs.
- Permissions and credits
- Changelogs
Nightingale is my archwizard tav who becomes a goddess at the end of the game story.
This mod will include changes to make Nightingale's world a reality during gameplay.
Follow along my ambition run with Nightingale and her beloved Vampire Lord Astarion - read their story here or watch my playthroughs here
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Note if you want to make compatibility patches, just do it, you don’t need to ask!
Things to note
1. This mod adds dialog options to Astarion's romanced dialog. You need to be partnered with him to access the features.
2. Most of the features are added to Vampire Lord Astarion and requires ascension to unlock, so head on over to Cazador asap.
3. This mod only changes the dialog and timeline files for partnered Astarion content. It should be safe to install and uninstall mid playthrough.
4. For technical questions, you can ping me `@moxi` in the Larian Discord Server.
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Current release
The current release is version 3.0
I have included a lot of user feedback in this update!
This version is compatible with all tav bodytypes. HOWEVER I explicitly disabled Karlach support because she has a lot of engine flags I didn't want to deal with.
This is an override mod. In BG Mod Manager it will show up highlighted yellow in the bottom left. The only way to disable this mod is to delete it from the Mod folder. This mod is not on mod.io.
There are several versions. Use one version only, as they all override the same files.
The 'standard' version includes:
- tons of voiced dialog sourced from all over the game
- 2 hugs. gale's epilogue hug and shadowheart's epilogue hug. NOTE shadowheart's hug is buggy and I may delete it
- 4 'alternative' kisses. Includes: 1 wyll kiss, 2 gale kisses, and 1 spawn astarion kiss.
- 4 gale's last kisses
- 4 'reverse kisses' that are animation aligned for regular bodytype 1 tav, Includes: 2 minthara kiss, 1 shadowheart kiss and 1 laezel kiss
- available in post-ascension romance dialog
- all of the above are nested under one dialog option "I need a moment for the two of us"
- Emotion mapping for Lord Astarion's emotions during the above kisses (more evil smiles, etc)
Spawn support
- 4 'alternative' kisses. Includes: 2 wyll kisses and 2 gale kisses.
- available in romance dialog before ascension or if he stayed spawn
There are 2 standard versions:
MOXI_NightingalesLordAstarion_v3_using_patch7
MOXI_NightingalesLordAstarion_v3_using_patch6
The difference is the raw dialog and timeline files they were generated against. You can use either version in either patch!
The version generated on patch 7 will include Lord Astarion's new emotions in patch 7. You can use this in patch 6 or 7!
The version generated on patch 6 will maintain Lord Astarion's old emotions from patch 6. You can use this in patch 6 or 7!
Note: The default Lord Astarion kisses are unchanged.
Note: This mod is compatible with Cerberry's hugs mod and kisses mod.
Note: because this mod changes the same files as the Happy facial expressions for Ascended Astarion kisses, you cannot use both mods, one will override the other. If you want to use both, check Happy mod for compatibility versions.
Known Issues
- one of the reverse kiss positioning is wrong, both characters overlap at the end of the kiss
- Shadowheart hug animation is weird
Other versions and files
I will now attempt to explain the other versions that I created based on user feedback.
MOXI_NightingalesLordAstarion_v3_using_patch7-noemotionchanges
This is the same as the standard versions above but without emotion changes for Lord Astarion. So these hugs and kisses will use the emotions in the original kisses of those companions.
MOXI_NightingalesLordAstarion_v3_replaceronly
This version has nothing else except straight up replacing Lord Astarion's 4 kisses with 2 spawn and 2 gale kisses.
MOXI_NightingalesLordAstarion_misc_cleanpatch6files
This version is a clean backup of patch 6 files. There is nothing here but the original patch 6 scene.
MOXI_NightingalesLordAstarion_misc_smileoverride
Not a version of this mod. This is a replacer file for Astarion's grinch smile to be his evil smile instead.
I use this override on my runs and it shows up in all my videos and screenshots. Putting it here in case others want to use it!
Example: https://imgur.com/a/TQ4a9KW
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This mod would not be possible without the existence of Nightingale and her love for her Lord Astarion.
Infinite thank you's to the Ascended Astarion community, the BG3 villains community and the Gale community for inspiring me and motivating me to create and build on Nightingale's story and world!
Here are the docs I've written based on the research to create Nightingale's world
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Mods used for screenshots:
Appearance Edit Enhanced
Vessnelle's Hair Collection
Female Gale Voice Conversion Hub
Female Dialogs For Astarion Gale Halsin Minsc Wyll
Astarion's Gear
Pirates and Rebels
Shirts Dresses Corsets
Boring NPC Dyes
Basket Full of Equipment
New eye colours (and blindness for all eyes)
Astarion's Vampire Outfits BY REN
PK Clothes and Armours
ASTRL's glow eyes, hair and skin mods