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Terrible Opinions posted:Given Elminister's dumb lesbian shapechanging adventures and the dumb sex changing belt, I always imagined that transgender issues in Forgotten Realms would be one slightly awkward conversation with your local cleric away form being immediately fixed. Hey cleric thanks for the creepy unsolicited life story, but why didn't you just buy a loving potion of sexchange? If my time during my teen years on Bioware's Neverwinter Nights multiplayer 'social' servers taught me anything... (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST) (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Yea, sorry, my rant about writing was about the novel. I am salty about SoD breaking the EE mods, but I am still going to buy it, just not install it until they are sorted out.
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Apr 4, 2016 11:31
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krazysigmarite posted:The real question is if you kill the tranny cleric, does she drop the girdle of masculinity/femininity and how much xp does she give "Tranny", nice
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Apr 4, 2016 12:36
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Terrible Opinions posted:Given Elminister's dumb lesbian shapechanging adventures and the dumb sex changing belt, I always imagined that transgender issues in Forgotten Realms would be one slightly awkward conversation with your local cleric away form being immediately fixed. Not quite. Ed has gone on record as saying that there are plenty of queer characters in his Realms, and that editorial has prevented him from publishing anywhere near as many as he would like. That includes trans characters. Ed and the other long-time Realms writers have snuck in what they can. For example, Eric Boyd hid a trans character in Faiths and Pantheons. We don't have details of transitioning in the Realms. We know it's a thing, and we know it takes some time from the above example, but we don't know how it happens. Neither the belt (a puerile transmisogynistic joke that isn't actually from the Realms) nor Elminster's time as Elmara (specifically echoing the myth of Tiresias) are representative of actual trans lives. Personally, as a trans person, I think it's something a deity fixes for their worshippers. We know that deities do take steps to protect the health of their church, and deific intervention in people's lives is rare but not unheard of. I don't think you talk to a priest, you just pray to your patron deity hard enough, and it happens. No matter what the answer is, the character in SoD is perfectly fine and canonically appropriate. It's an example of good representation and a good addition to the series.
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Apr 4, 2016 13:01
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Booyah, finished Durlag's Tower before the Nashkel Mines  Cheated my way through the chess match (SCS makes it ridiculous) but killed the demonknight legitimately. Weird that he's easier than chess  When I go to Ulgoth's Beard, can I just hand off the dagger and go to Ice Island? That ambush is vicious when I don't have my buffs.
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Apr 4, 2016 13:29
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Apparently a beamdog dev released a tool to fix the mod issues. Tried it, reinstalled things like bg1npc mod (hey, nonjoinable npcs with avatars is neat), and it seems to be working fairly well. The inevitable patch will probably break everything AGAIN but this seems to fix many issues. http://www.scottbrooks.ca/modmerge/
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Apr 4, 2016 13:38
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One of the main themes of the series is the struggle between how you identify yourself vs. how others perceive you.
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Apr 4, 2016 13:44
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Pwnstar posted:One of the main themes of the series is the struggle between how you identify yourself vs. how others perceive you. I think the main themes are Murder/Death and Imprisonment.
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Apr 4, 2016 14:20
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Pwnstar posted:One of the main themes of the series is the struggle between how you identify yourself vs. how others perceive you. An interesting theme that was never touched upon in the series.
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Apr 4, 2016 14:27
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Actually the main theme is BGTHEME.acm
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Apr 4, 2016 14:27
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Woolie Wool posted:This is not the mod's fault. 2.0 will adjust difficulty down if you reload a save you've loaded a couple of times before because it's stupid, thinks you're frustrated, and wants to "help" you. If you were playing on Easy, this means Story Mode. Turn it off, be prepared to do so again (and again, and again). This is the worst thing they did for 2.0 and I hope they get rid of it. FYI everyone: quote:No, there is no Adaptive Difficulty system in Siege of Dragonspear. https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/50502/adaptive-difficulty Happy to hear this because it was the one "change" that would have actively pissed me off. insanityv2 fucked around with this message at 15:10 on Apr 4, 2016 |
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Apr 4, 2016 14:49
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Pwnstar posted:One of the main themes of the series is the struggle between how you identify yourself vs. how others perceive you. We can't talk about themes here, goons don't understand themes and they get angry about things they don't understand. Bholder posted:An interesting theme that was never touched upon in the series. Did you like read a single line of dialogue when the word "Bhaalspawn" came up? Maybe things are different if you play an evil character but for a good character the tension between what people assume a Bhaalspawn is and what you actually are is constantly apparent.
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Apr 4, 2016 14:55
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Woolie Wool posted:We can't talk about themes here, goons don't understand themes and they get angry about things they don't understand. Do they? I guess it depends where you post
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Apr 4, 2016 15:00
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Holy poo poo the new Dragonspear UI is beautiful. Actually readable fonts! Clean lines with right angles! I hope someone ports it to BG2:EE. Speaking of Dragonspear, now that Scott Brooks fixed SoD mod support, I'm wondering how I should play it, whether to install the very limited set of mods I played BG1 with and fill in the last gap in my old character's playthrough, or go mod crazy with BWS and roll a new character? I was actually going to do that in 1.3 and did the Candlekeep bit but the IWD2/Dragon Age/Pillars style weapon switching automatically makes 2.0 better.
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Apr 4, 2016 15:24
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So a question about SoD area: In the Temple of Bhaal you go to for some wardstone (or, in my case, because you were running around the wilderness exploring and happened upon it) there's a protruding wall just before the end-boss of the place with three interact-able alcoves with masks. What's the right order to click these in or whatever? I haven't noticed any hints to it anywhere and whatever order I try the third press always ends up with 'Nothing happens'. Since there's an obvious fake wall next to it I assume that's supposed to open when I get it right... Man, I've found so many interactable objects so far I'm constantly paranoid about missing some. Especially since the interact cursor is so similar to the 'can't go here' one.
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Apr 4, 2016 15:46
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Insurrectionist posted:So a question about SoD area: In the Temple of Bhaal you go to for some wardstone (or, in my case, because you were running around the wilderness exploring and happened upon it) there's a protruding wall just before the end-boss of the place with three interact-able alcoves with masks. What's the right order to click these in or whatever? I haven't noticed any hints to it anywhere and whatever order I try the third press always ends up with 'Nothing happens'. Since there's an obvious fake wall next to it I assume that's supposed to open when I get it right... Did you find the secret note in the first dungeon? It tells you the code. Also are actually six spots you can interact with. You have 123 along the top row and 456 along the bottom. If not: The code is 314.
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Apr 4, 2016 16:22
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Woolie Wool posted:Holy poo poo the new Dragonspear UI is beautiful. Actually readable fonts! Clean lines with right angles! I hope someone ports it to BG2:EE. It's in bg2ee already. Can you go straight into SoD? I'm not sure I can be bothered with slogging through bg again.
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Apr 4, 2016 16:24
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gender illusionist posted:It's in bg2ee already. Yeah, you can jump straight in.
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Apr 4, 2016 16:29
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Pwnstar posted:Did you find the secret note in the first dungeon? It tells you the code. Also are actually six spots you can interact with. You have 123 along the top row and 456 along the bottom. Mix your inspirations, make a mod to make it be 451.
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Apr 4, 2016 16:31
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Woolie Wool posted:Holy poo poo the new Dragonspear UI is beautiful. Actually readable fonts! Clean lines with right angles! I hope someone ports it to BG2:EE. My dream list would be this one, going from bg1 to ToB. So if you do this soon, you should keep a record, Ill prolly want to follow your route bg1 unfinished business bg1 npc project sc stratagems bg1 romantic encounters bg tweak anthology house of sim tweak pack super ultimate portrait pack
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Apr 4, 2016 16:32
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Pwnstar posted:Did you find the secret note in the first dungeon? It tells you the code. Also are actually six spots you can interact with. You have 123 along the top row and 456 along the bottom. I feel pretty stupid now because I thought it was just 3 alcoves 
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Apr 4, 2016 16:40
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I had the same problem, its not very clear.
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Apr 4, 2016 16:44
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gender illusionist posted:It's in bg2ee already. It's not, it's still using the lovely beta 2.0 record screen, black outlines (actually don't know if its my eyes but the outlines in SoD are much better and less blurry) None of the SoD UI textures are there either, but that poo poo is easy to mod into bg2 unless they changed something, just make sure all the CHU files and the relevant UI MOS files are in the bg2ee override folder.
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Apr 4, 2016 17:02
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There's a container right at the end of SoD... in the part just when you're leaving baldur's gate, the tunnel area with slimes and a couple of crawlers. There's a rock with a keyhole. Presumably a key you would've gotten earlier in the game? What's in it? Where do you get this mysterious key? PurplieNurplie fucked around with this message at 18:05 on Apr 4, 2016 |
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Apr 4, 2016 17:46
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Siege of Dragonspear ending: Oh gently caress off game, the villain is Belhifet from Icewind Dale, really? I kind of thought of the possibility, but I didn't expect it to actually happen. And then the last part of the game is just Irenicus setting you up and gloating. SoD would be so much better if Beamdog had just kept it as something that stands on its own, instead of, well this. Pretty sure Irenicus gets at least twice as much face time as Caelar, too, and there is never a reason to him revealing himself to you at all. e: And Caelar's not a bad character, she could definitely stand among the other antagonists of the series if they'd just, you know, let her. I still think SoD is okay overall, the fights are fun, the companions range from okay to good, but drat the main story can get dumb. Another bitch on the way out, I placed the Barrel of BWOOSH right where you told me to game, acknowledge the loving barrel-placing and let me blow some poo poo up.   Pwnstar posted:I had the same problem, its not very clear. Wizard Styles fucked around with this message at 18:07 on Apr 4, 2016 |
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Apr 4, 2016 17:59
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I haven't played SoD yet, but I'm curious about Minsc's infamous line. Can somebody post a screenshot or transcribe it? Thanks.
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Apr 4, 2016 18:12
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K, attempt one. Ran the modmerge in the BGEE folder, no problems. Ran Unfinished Business in the same folder, and it said it couldn't find BG. Guess Ill wait and see what develops.
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Apr 4, 2016 18:21
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Nycticeius posted:I haven't played SoD yet, but I'm curious about Minsc's infamous line. Can somebody post a screenshot or transcribe it? Thanks. link
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Apr 4, 2016 18:24
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Actually, anything that dunks on bitchbaby gamergaters is automatically good and extremely funny. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Apr 4, 2016 18:40
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The bad review score crowd have lost their minds over the wrong piece of writing. The trans cleric isn't the problem. The vampire hunters are the problem. Their master plan is to wait until nightfall to attack the vampire they've been hunting. The vampire that's currently sleeping in a coffin 10 meters away. You can poke the sleeping vampire in his coffin all you want, but if you wanna kill it you gotta sleep until night and talk to the hunters to start an epic battle so you can chase the vampire back to the lair you were just standing in, so you can stake it in its coffin.
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Yeah, that was dumb. At the time I had both Safana and Glint in my group, it's not like the traps were a problem. I guess finding a stake at short notice was impossible. In the forest.Nycticeius posted:I haven't played SoD yet, but I'm curious about Minsc's infamous line. Can somebody post a screenshot or transcribe it? Thanks. (Thanks, Codex weirdos.) I never heard it throughout the entire campaign.
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Apr 4, 2016 18:44
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Wow. Dank stuff, indeed. Wizard Styles posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRIw7VUCmpk Thanks! That's the one? I thought it was something directed at the new trans character. That's an extra line, which you get in some IE games if you click the same character more than 10 times in a row. Nycticeius fucked around with this message at 18:47 on Apr 4, 2016 |
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Apr 4, 2016 18:45
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armoredgorilla posted:Actually, anything that dunks on bitchbaby gamergaters is automatically good and extremely funny. That's the thing, it doesn't "dunk" them or mention them at all, it just says the word "ethics" like it's instant comedy gold. And I honestly wouldn't care if it weren't already done the exact same lazy way a million time already.
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Apr 4, 2016 18:49
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it's 100% fitting and appropriate to have an overused meme on the overused meme character imo
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Apr 4, 2016 18:51
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Nycticeius posted:Thanks! That's the one? I thought it was something directed at the new trans character. That's an extra line, which you get in some IE games if you click the same character more than 10 times in a row. The trans cleric issue is just bizarrely blown out of proportion. Like, even if the existence of a trans character in a setting where magic can take care of that (just ask Edwin) offends you, the full extent to which it ever comes up is one line of character backstory you get when you ask her about her name. Mizhena, the character in question, is involved in two quests. I think. Maybe three? I don't remember, but she never plays a major role. None of these quests are even tangentially related to LGBT issues.
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quote:If you're a writer at a game company and not the CEO or in any other executive position, and you still get to decide what to write about, there's something wrong with that company. "You don't understand the real world" people always seem to be hilariously ignorant, I WONDER WHY
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Apr 4, 2016 18:56
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Bholder posted:That's the thing, it doesn't "dunk" them or mention them at all, it just says the word "ethics" like it's instant comedy gold. They are very mad about it to the point of flooding sites with lovely reviews. It was a hugely successful dunk whether you cared for it or not.
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There are so, so many recycled IWD assets. I don't mind terribly but it does kind of lend itself the xpac's whole "fan conversion with high production values" the game has. Wizard Styles posted:Siege of Dragonspear ending: This is extremely unsurprising given the above. Disappointing, but unsurprising nonetheless. Also the controversial minsc line is an easter egg? Ofc i didn't hear it lol. It would have annoyed me to see a dumb meme that would get dated real quick as part of ingame dialogue, but as one of the selectable easter eggs? Those things are already non-canon, otherwise Jaheira's "Yes, omnipresent authority figure" and all of Tiax's simpsons quotes would raise some serious questions about the metaphysics of the world. insanityv2 fucked around with this message at 19:05 on Apr 4, 2016 |
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insanityv2 posted:There are so, so many recycled IWD assets. I don't mind terribly but it does kind of lend itself the xpac's whole "fan conversion with high production values" the game has. At least killing Belhifet in hell means that cockroach is stomped out for good. At least as far as my understanding of D&D lore goes.
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Dear Infinity Engine Thread: I was gifted the BG:EE games over the holidays and now with SOD/2.0 out I'm feeling like doing a FULL TRILOGY RUN. For reference: I am passingly familiar with the engine, I've played PST & BG2+TOB, but it's been a few years. I've never played BG,SOTSC. Given that I'll be with the character a while i'm just curious if there are *obvious* things to avoid. For instance, I read somewhere that archers are tremendous until TOB, where suddenly there is limited +3 ammo and basically no +4, so they become a 'clean up the summons' class? That Wizard Slayer, despite the name, is actually pretty bad despite the mage-heavy nature of BG2/TOB? I'm so out of touch with these games.
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