Only the Matrons have motivation and even there it's fucking weird, even with Tradition with a capital T. Half of their rarely reproducing society is consumed at maturity for very little reason. And that's before you take into account the Drider.
For Menzoberranzan to not shrink gen to gen, Drow have to reproduce in litters like cats.
If the devs didn’t want me to reload the game, they’d have made it so I couldn’t save in conversations and combat (at the very least). Clearly they were cool with it as part of the intended play experience, so I see no reason to be apologetic about it.
My approach is basically: One playthrough for the story I want. One playthrough for the story the game gives me. One playthrough where I just be an evil fucking bastard.
I literally say all the wrong things. Basically everyone I met is dead (I killed them) and I already lost Astarion permanently. But it is still a lot of fun.