Maybe playing as an origin character would require a whole buch of “internal dialoge” that added too much extra work, so they scrapped it. Its indeed a shame 'cause you are right, I’d like to experience more of said character. So in the end it’s counter intuitive. ( I can’t imagine a mute Astarion during the Cazador scene! Wtf)
Oh nooo it’s bad.But it also kinda lets you "roleplay"the character so there’s that … I was considering a Karlach origin run but maybe not. :/ pointless .