Players are still finding extreme scenes in Baldur’s Gate 3, such as the one where you play as the kidnapped Astarion, even if you created your own playable character.
As our own Harvey Randall wrote, we’re still playing Baldur’s Gate 3 more than a year after its release because there’s so much to discover. Gale may write a sad resignation letter if you ignore him long enough, and it’s only game over for those who go out of their way to lose a plot-critical item. When I played, I was ambushed by Astarion’s vampire-spawned siblings, repeatedly resting for long periods of time in the Lower City, something that apparently many other players had not experienced. However, even I didn’t notice what would happen if you let Astarion take a nap.
As described in the Baldur’s Gate 3 subreddit by Soft_Stage_446, Astarion is sent to his master’s torture chamber to be punished by a skeletal interrogator named Godi. An entire scene that you would otherwise never see plays out from Astarion’s point of view, regardless of whether you chose to play him as your original character. You’ll then have the option to escape as Astarion, or switch to the rest of your party and begin a rescue attempt. There’s even dialogue about the various comrades’ reactions to Astarion’s kidnapping.
You are unlikely to see this sequence by chance, even if you, like me, usually rest for a long time. The Vampire Spawn is an easy fight, so you’ll have to do your best to fail them and then escape with it. And you must have him in your group when the attack occurs. If you don’t, he will still participate, but to no avail. (When tested, he spent 15 rounds throwing fireworks instead of attacking.) And if he loses, in this case he will simply die.
In terms of rarity, this is the same as the conversation you can only experience by choosing the Dark Urge role and attempting to claim your inheritance from the Court of Accounts. Or an ending that can only be unlocked by playing as the evil Laezel and doing it badly. When we wrote about it, only 34 players had discovered it, but those 34 people had a story to tell.