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Vichan posted:Haer'Dalis always felt a bit unfinished to me, it may be because the Aerie/Haer'Dalis/CHARNAME love triangle got cut or whatever. I actually have that feeling with a lot of BG2's characters. Been a long time since I had the two together, but isn't there still a noteable conflict between you and Haer'Dalis if you're at ROMANCEACTIVE 1 with Aerie while he's trying his moves on her too? It's his personal quest about stealing from that Bridge District mansion that got completely cut.
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I have a long plane flight tomorrow, I think I'll try and ironman bg1 on my tablet as a wildmage, since I bought it on a whim ages ago and haven't really played it (on the tablet, I mean). I don't expect to make it to the Friendly Arm Inn.
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Dec 22, 2014 21:15
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If you use Rasaad's portrait constantly (like I do) when you talk to him in Nashkel, he becomes Stone Cold Steve Austin and that's kinda cool.
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Dec 22, 2014 21:18
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gently caress it just go and kill basilisks for free xp.  My mage/fighter party got wiped by the amazons outside the neshkel mines. So time for another sorc.
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Dec 22, 2014 22:26
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Skwirl posted:Jesters are better than base bard, and base bard isn't that bad in a full party, you just need to concentrate on buffs and accept that they may not kill much, but they'll help everyone else kill better. It's fairly trivial to iron man BG1 with a solo bard.
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Dec 22, 2014 23:38
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I consider this some sick nasty cheese. Jaheria used a potion of invisibility.
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Dec 23, 2014 01:10
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Who do you guys think is better in terms of flavor text and entertainment - Xzar or Kagain? Debating between the two in my party... Fighter/Mage Montaron Viconia Edwin Dorn (Xzar or Kagian)
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Dec 23, 2014 01:27
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Xzar and Monty's plot stuff happens once you get to Baldur's Gate but it's insignificant aside from the reveal that they're Zhent agents. Kagain's personal quest is never really developed and is in fact dropped rather abruptly. Just use whomever seems more useful to you, neither really has much flavor text in the first place.
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Dec 23, 2014 02:24
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moot the hopple posted:Xzar and Monty's plot stuff happens once you get to Baldur's Gate but it's insignificant aside from the reveal that they're Zhent agents. Kagain's personal quest is never really developed and is in fact dropped rather abruptly. What happens? I've never kept them long enough. I think one of the unfinished business patches does something with Kagain's quest?
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Dec 23, 2014 03:59
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Comstar posted:What happens? I've never kept them long enough. The mages on top of sorcererous sundries are all "sup xzar good job being a spy" and then they all leave instead of fighting you. That's literally it.
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Dec 23, 2014 04:26
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It's kind of a downside since you miss out on a cool wizard fight.
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Dec 23, 2014 09:05
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If you're running BG1NPC then Xzar is way more entertaining than Kagain. Unless you're really into dour money-grubbing mercs, I guess.
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Dec 23, 2014 13:02
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verybad posted:Is there a mod to remove the added content from BG2EE? I loving hate it. Probably won't help you, but on iOS, Dorn and whoever else the new NPCs were are actually $2 in-app purchases. Haven't bought them yet, and probably never will 
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Dec 23, 2014 14:21
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i'm probably going with a solo sorc, mage/thief or mage/cleric, not sure which yet. full scs & item randomizer installed. chaotic neutral, since i'm probably going to murder everyone i feel like. let's see how far i can make it.
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Dec 23, 2014 15:23
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My Sorc just hit level 4 / Jaheria is 3/3 and Imoen is either 4 or 5 I forget. A 3 person party is working pretty well so far. 4th level is huge for a sorc since that is when they get 2nd level spells. I picked scorching ray as my one spell known. Think It is time to do Neshkal mines.
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Dec 23, 2014 15:28
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Smol posted:Probably won't help you, but on iOS, Dorn and whoever else the new NPCs were are actually $2 in-app purchases. Haven't bought them yet, and probably never will Rasaad and his quest are in the game without having to buy them but other than that. But he sucks anyways because low level D&D monks goddamn are they bad
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Dec 23, 2014 15:31
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I like IWD2 a lot but haven't played IWD 1 in forever and I laughed out loud at this I guess I'm easily amused but that's such a great silly idiot dialogue option.
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Dec 23, 2014 15:33
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IE games have loads of dialog options in which the protagonist turns into Guybrush Threepwood The EE versions however overloaf it and every dialog options has a wacky option which looks bad!
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Dec 23, 2014 17:03
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Sleep of Bronze posted:Been a long time since I had the two together, but isn't there still a noteable conflict between you and Haer'Dalis if you're at ROMANCEACTIVE 1 with Aerie while he's trying his moves on her too? It's his personal quest about stealing from that Bridge District mansion that got completely cut. I'm pretty sure he'd end up dueling you for Aerie's affections, I've never come across that in any of my games so I just assumed it was cut. There was also stuff dropped relatively early in development, something about Viconia being infected by lycanthrophy and you were supposed to be able to mold Aerie's personality as you saw fit depending on the resolution of her personal sidequest. I'll see if I can dig up the source!
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Dec 23, 2014 17:12
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Vichan posted:I'm pretty sure he'd end up dueling you for Aerie's affections, I've never come across that in any of my games so I just assumed it was cut. Aerie had her major personal quest cut. If you remember the Harpers and how they transformed an assassin into a bird, you'd eventually have to deal with that and Aerie: you'd have to choose between her leaving the party by being turned permanently into a bird so she can fly again, or hardening her to life on the ground. Her dialogue set in ToB was originally created to replace her dialogue set in SoA if you hardened her.
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Dec 23, 2014 17:18
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She hardens anyway, though.
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ANIME MONSTROSITY posted:She hardens anyway, though. Yes, because the original plan was for it to happen in SoA and the quest for it was cut.
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Dec 23, 2014 18:05
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No, I mean, she hardens in SoA if you bring her romance with Haer'Dalis to an end after Aerie calls him out on his bullshit
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Dec 23, 2014 18:30
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ANIME MONSTROSITY posted:No, I mean, she hardens in SoA if you bring her romance with Haer'Dalis to an end after Aerie calls him out on his bullshit Which is completely unrelated to what I was talking about and has nothing to do with Aerie's cut content. Aerie's voice set doesn't change in SoA - and she doesn't need the PC's help to end her romance with HD - and that has nothing at all to do with her cut quest.
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Dec 23, 2014 18:33
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From the LPArchive...
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Dec 23, 2014 18:34
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For games that are more focused on combat and dungeon crawling, IWD1/2 have some awesomely written dialogue.
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armoredgorilla posted:From the LPArchive... quote:PC: Wait! Isn't there a peaceful way to settle this? Perhaps I have something you'd like - say this *dead cat/man/woman,* for instance....
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Dec 23, 2014 18:55
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BG1EE has a real lovely buggy with Berserkers enrage ability. If you between maps with enrage open when the enrage ends instead of just losing the temporary hp like normal you actually go back to normal hp and then take 15 damage. So if you have 40 hp go enrage and hit 55 hp and then travel maps you will end up at 25 hp instead of back at 40.
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Dec 23, 2014 19:12
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God DAMMIT now I am going to have to install IWD2 and play it. I need to get past the goddamn Dragon's Eye for once. Isnt there some other quest in IWD2 near the end that you can only achieve if you have all the dead cats you have found throughout the game in your inventory?
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Dec 23, 2014 19:20
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I honestly can't remember- does anything carry over from BG1 to BG2 enhanced editions in terms of NPC interactions? Like if I get khalid killed in BG1 does that do something to irenicus' dungeon?
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Dec 23, 2014 19:34
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I don't know for sure but I don't think so. Because when you run into Xzar there is an option of "I thought you were dead" or something like that to say if he was killed and then the whole drizzt thing.
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Dec 23, 2014 20:05
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Quantumfate posted:I honestly can't remember- does anything carry over from BG1 to BG2 enhanced editions in terms of NPC interactions? Like if I get khalid killed in BG1 does that do something to irenicus' dungeon? I don't think so.
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It's a Bioware game, so it's good that they've been consistent.
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Messing around with a solo Fighter/Illusionist, and I'll reiterate my opinion that all mages should be CE. Massive poison from the Beregost spiders were trivialized by a familiar Chaos. Only familiar not nerfed I think.
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Bort Bortles posted:God DAMMIT now I am going to have to install IWD2 and play it. I need to get past the goddamn Dragon's Eye for once. quote:How To Be An Adventurer Hughlander posted:Messing around with a solo Fighter/Illusionist, and I'll reiterate my opinion that all mages should be CE. Massive poison from the Beregost spiders were trivialized by a familiar Chaos. Only familiar not nerfed I think.
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I am getting towards the end of BGEE and my reputation has taken a huge poo poo even thought I think I have only had to kill 2 or 3 flaming fist guys. My ranger is now a "Fallen Ranger", whatever that means. I kind of messed up by moving the story forward before I did much exploration of the city so I am running around the town blind trying not to kill guards. I tried going to the Ducal palace but no matter what I couldn't get my party to go into the gate, they were all grouped together but being chased by guards. I am trying the sewers now; I found a map online and it has a Ducal exit marked, but it seems to be a dead end in game. Everything was pretty chill up until the past chapter or two and now things are starting to feel desperate. I can't wait to go back through with a different character and party.
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Cythereal posted:Which is completely unrelated to what I was talking about and has nothing to do with Aerie's cut content. Aerie's voice set doesn't change in SoA - and she doesn't need the PC's help to end her romance with HD - and that has nothing at all to do with her cut quest. You have to let HD gently caress Aerie So I'm still right 
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Gooch181 posted:I am getting towards the end of BGEE and my reputation has taken a huge poo poo even thought I think I have only had to kill 2 or 3 flaming fist guys. My ranger is now a "Fallen Ranger", whatever that means. I kind of messed up by moving the story forward before I did much exploration of the city so I am running around the town blind trying not to kill guards. You're supposed to find proof that Sarevok is a fucker and also some kind of papers that allows you entrance into the palace.
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Also a Fallen Ranger means you are a Warrior with none of Ranger's bonuses and all of his drawbacks. You still count as a ranger for all triggers though. You can regain rangerhood if you import him to BG2 and finish the stronghold questline
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I can't remember if the holy avenger is in IWD 1 or 2, I also can't find a conclusive answer.
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