I’ve seen some esophageal varices as a medic and let me tell you those guys are bleeders. Feel bad for people not knowing the situation, it honestly would look like he had something contagious so I can understand the freaking out. People barely survive this with care immediately available in a hospital so he really had no hope once it ruptured.
Depends, if you’re into dnd then you’ll love it. It can be a lot of info since it’s based on 5e rules of DND. But even still it’s an amazing experience with all the choices you can do in the game, I sank 300 hours into it within the first two months easy and bg3 wasn’t on my radar at all until release day. By far the best role playing you can get in a video game (that I’ve played)