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If you screw it up he doesn't get the giant permanent +4 to his wisdom, so he gets a lot fewer casting slots. That and Viconia's innate magic resistance makes her pretty much the optimal choice for evil cleric.
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Yeah, I've never done him as Chaotic Neutral before, and I figured he might be a bit less squishy than Viconia. I knew he wasn't as effective without the knight upgrade, but if it's going to reduce his spells further I may just suck it up and go with Viccy. That said, I wasn't planning on going full on evil with the party (I don't want it to get to the random unexpected people trying to kill you spawning level of reputation when I'm iron manning) and I don't think Anomen gets into any proper fights with other characters (except maybe Keldorn if he fails his test? Or am I imagining that?)
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Dyna Soar posted:he's much more fun as chaotic neutral
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i don't want to exaggarate but romancing anomen is probably one of the last things i would voluntarily do
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Eh, I'm attached to my female characters and after so many years, my completist streak was going to insist on completing a romance some time. Though I still can't comprehend why, with all the romance mods that have been made, nobody has ever corrected Bioware's error and added in a Haer'Dalis romance 
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Acaila posted:Though I still can't comprehend why, with all the romance mods that have been made, nobody has ever corrected Bioware's error and added in a Haer'Dalis romance They have.
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Yeah, I'd think the only one without a romance mod at this point is Biff the Understudy.
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jan jansen romance, only with half-orc barbarians though and not entirely consensual
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Factor_VIII posted:I like Lawful Good Anomen more. Not only are his stats better, but his sound set changes so he stops being whiny and complaining when you select him or give him commands. Never made him chaotic neutral so I have no idea if that changes what he says. (Looking through the dialogue tree, I think that if you romance Anomen and make him CN can cause him to eventually abandon the party.) I like Anomen's quest. Despite it being an example of the problem in BG games where the evil path is not rewarded nearly as much, it actually makes sense with Anomen. He really wants to be a knight and going on a vengeful murder spree is the wrong thing to do for that so it should be akin to a qyest failure. One of the problems I have with newer RPGs is that, while they really are better at allowing good or evil paths for players, the choices are overly simplified morally and it basically involving no "wrong" choices. BG legitimately allows you to gently caress up quests by making the wrong choices. voiceless anal fricative fucked around with this message at 23:41 on Dec 29, 2014 |
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Right, the iron man thing is going on hold. And rumours that I just shrieked like a teenage girl are a complete fabrication. And I think I even have an install of the non-enhanced edition I can try it out on without having to work out how they work together! Hoorah! EDIT: Oh apparently it is compatible! Fabulous! Acaila fucked around with this message at 23:43 on Dec 29, 2014 |
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fong posted:I like Anomen's quest. Despite it being an example of the problem in BG games where the evil path is not rewarded nearly as much, it actually makes sense with Anomen. He really wants to be a knight and going on a vengeful murder spree is the wrong thing to do for that so it should be akin to a qyest failure. There's even one quest in BG1 entirely up to the RNG whether it succeeds
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a medical mystery posted:There's even one quest in BG1 entirely up to the RNG whether it succeeds Which one is that?
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Milky Moor posted:Which one is that? The Dechickenator
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Taliesyn posted:The Dechickenator I always reload that one until I get the "good" result. Partially it's out of compassion for the poor apprentice (who is FOWL!), but mostly because I just can't stand to waste a good chicken.
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Mzbundifund posted:Anomen is good-aligned once you complete his quest, so he probably wouldn't be the best choice in that party. There are ways to complete his quest where he isn't, just make sure someone dies.
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I think you get the same xp reward regardless of if Melicamp lives or dies, his existence is really just cosmetic.
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You only get the xp if he lives, as well as a point of reputation. I've just started an ironman run (there's going to be a thread soon right?) and Melicamp died on me. I swear he never lives unless I savescum.
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Mountaineer posted:You only get the xp if he lives, as well as a point of reputation. I've just started an ironman run (there's going to be a thread soon right?) and Melicamp died on me. I swear he never lives unless I savescum. Friday or Saturday, yeah. Ready those posts.
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I am busy with Anomen right now, actually, and just told him that Saerk may be innocent, which puts the good quest on hold for a while from the looks of things. My current party is CHARNAME - Kensai that I am not going to dual after all Minsc Jaheira Nalia Anomen Mazzy Thinking that I will drop Nalia for Imoen once Imoen is free, and Mazzy... maybe Korgan or Dorn, as long as it doesn't mess with the party dynamics. Not interested in fighting and bickering. Also going to drop Mazzy at some point to pick up Yoshimo again and finish his side of things. Any other suggestions for party fun if I want to have Minsc, Imoen and Anomen along with my Kensai? I have not yet found Rashaad (that is his name, right?).
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drat, is there a bug with the unseeing eye quest on ipad? I killed the unseeing eye and got the xp and amulet, and the rod seems to have disappeared after use, but I can not initate dialogue with the avatar and the diseased one does not bring up anything new when I try to chat with him. I'll try just go to the temple and see if I can complete the quest there, but I am sure I can get more xp and the Saving Grace shield if I complete the quest here :/
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Keldorn would be a better fit for your party than Korgan or Dorn. Also, Rasaad is in Trademeet IIRC.
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BadAstronaut posted:Any other suggestions for party fun if I want to have Minsc, Imoen and Anomen along with my Kensai? You pretty much have everything you need in that party so you can take pretty much anyone. Anomen and Keldorn fit pretty well together. If you like Rashaad he's decent I guess? You could keep the 6th slot as a free slot to try out diffrent characters, thats how I usually play.
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I don't think I've ever seen Antichickenator work other than the first time I ever played the game. He blew up in my ironman yesterday, too (though with dudes at levels 5/6/7, I don't care too much. I'm just doing all the wilderness areas I missed before I waltz into Baldur's Gate)
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I'm still disappointed that Baeloth, the hidden drow sorcerer, didn't make it into BG2EE. He would have been the only member of an unrepresented but fun and popular class, and from what little I recall from BG1 he well could have been a fun, sort of comedy relief evil character. He wasn't very fleshed out in 1EE and didn't even have a personal quest, but he certainly could have been in 2 while serving an underserved niche.
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Dyna Soar posted:i don't want to exaggarate but romancing anomen is probably one of the last things i would voluntarily do
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I had no idea Icewind Dale EE was released. Is it worth picking up if I still have the original running perfectly?
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Orgophlax posted:I had no idea Icewind Dale EE was released. Is it worth picking up if I still have the original running perfectly? the engine has some minimal improvements, most notably faster / non-existant loading times, native support for modern resolutions and a useless zoom function. it's pretty much the same game under the hood, unlike the bg's it was pretty much bug free. do you want to use bg2 rules and classes on icewind dale? do you care? if you do, it's worth it. there's no added content outside of an updated engine and a few rule changes.
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Dyna Soar posted:do you want to use bg2 rules and classes on icewind dale? do you care? if you do, it's worth it. there's no added content outside of an updated engine and a few rule changes.
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JustJeff88 posted:I'm still disappointed that Baeloth, the hidden drow sorcerer, didn't make it into BG2EE. He would have been the only member of an unrepresented but fun and popular class, and from what little I recall from BG1 he well could have been a fun, sort of comedy relief evil character. He wasn't very fleshed out in 1EE and didn't even have a personal quest, but he certainly could have been in 2 while serving an underserved niche. Agreed. He was the one EE NPC I really liked using actually, even though I usually play a spellcaster myself.
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Orgophlax posted:I had no idea Icewind Dale EE was released. Is it worth picking up if I still have the original running perfectly? I would say definitely yes, the EE is worth it even more so for IWD than BG. BG1 at least you could play with Tutu and have a mostly decent engine, but IWD there's no such thing. So even though IWD can still work fine on modern computers, it looks very old and runs like it too.
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Hunting around all the mod sites is super frustrating, can anyone tell me if there are functional mods for BGEE that do the following: 1) Skip the Candlekeep quests like the dungeon-be-gone mod for BGII? 2) Either open up BG right away or move the NCPs in there to an earlier area? I want a way to spice up the early part of the game. 3) Allow dueling into kits?
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Hmmm. Imoen just hit level 7. Should I dual her over to Mage or just let her keep going with level 7 of Thief? I guess I am really asking from the perspective of 1) I kinda don't want a super low level mage for the next bit of the game...however 2) I really want to import this into BG2 and so I imagine I need to dual her soon if not now...
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ChiTownEddie posted:Hmmm. Imoen just hit level 7. You only import the PC.
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yeah, she's gonna be dualed no matter what you do. also according to bg2, you used the "canon" party, which is jaheira, khalid, minsc, dynaheir and imoen.
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Rookersh posted:You only import the PC. WELP. Thanks guys  She is staying Thief for now then!
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bunnielab posted:1) Skip the Candlekeep quests like the dungeon-be-gone mod for BGII?
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The Candlekeep quests are to orient you and maybe net you a +1 dagger if your reaction is high enough The experience/gold rewards are never worth it
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If this is Ironman, though, make sure you kill Shank and Carbos - just for the possibility of a hilarious not-even-out-of-the-tutorial loss
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Jabor posted:If this is Ironman, though, make sure you kill Shank and Carbos - just for the possibility of a hilarious not-even-out-of-the-tutorial loss
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Jabor posted:If this is Ironman, though, make sure you kill Shank and Carbos - just for the possibility of a hilarious not-even-out-of-the-tutorial loss This has happened to me. Twice.
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