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Pwnstar posted:Siege of Dragonspear has another Ring of Wizardry, allowing for a truly absurd amount of casts if you have more than one Mage in the party. aw yea, gonna throw that poo poo on my sorcerer and enjoy 28 magic missiles. wait, will it be 28? does it double the the already doubled or just adds another 7 on?
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Milky Moor posted:Minsc's gamergate line is the one thing I've seen in SoD so far that I've disliked. While BG1 and BG2 both had some meta jokes and references to pop culture, they were also walking that clever line between stupid and funny. Take, for example, Jaheira's line "If a tree falls in the woods... I'll kill the bastard what done it." We know Jaheira's a druid and she's kind of aggressive - this is funny! Khalid's line, a Porky Pig reference, doesn't quite cross into stupid territory because Warner Bros stuff is iconic (and, again, Khalid is a bit of a coward so it could be something he says). Xzar's Hannibal reference is similar. The previous lines drew from iconic pop culture while being dressed up just enough to fit the characters.
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Apr 6, 2016 00:22
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Rookersh posted:Multiple gods are outright stated to be gender neutral/fluid, and switch genders on whim. Many are ambiguous. I can't think of a single deity in the Realms like this. Who are you thinking of?
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Rookersh posted:Multiple gods are outright stated to be gender neutral/fluid, and switch genders on whim. Many are ambiguous. Elminster turned into a lady cause the writer is a perv, it's weird to present it as a progressive embrace of trans issues. I also really disagree about the theme but this is a computer game so eh.
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Apr 6, 2016 00:24
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Tbh talking about the game's overarching theme and all is already making a lot more out of this than it is. Because it is one line of dialogue explaining part of a minor recurring NPC's backstory.
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Apr 6, 2016 00:26
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ineptmule posted:Christ, I almost didn't buy this expansion to one of my favourite games of all time due to glancing at the average rating and top couple of reviews on GOG. loving hell nerds. But they have a transgender character and don't tell you to kill him for pretending to be a woman, it's telling you what to think! If you'll excuse me, I need to go shut my ears in the oven door like a Harry Potter house elf for that.
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rakovsky maybe posted:Elminster turned into a lady cause the writer is a perv, it's weird to present it as a progressive embrace of trans issues. I also really disagree about the theme but this is a computer game so eh. No, that section of Making of a Mage is specifically framed as a tribute to the Grecian myth of Tiresias. I mentioned it before, but Ed has gone to great lengths to portray marginalized people in his work (with Editorial often fighting him on it.) He is notable for running a gaming group of mainly women for decades, and has repeatedly been responsive to and respectful of women in his audience. Yes, he's sexually progressive in a way that a lot of people find offputting, but he's been one of the staunchest allies of social causes in tabletop gaming since forever.
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I'm sure the moonfaced nerdladies in ill-fitting corsets appreciate Greenwood's political opinions as he heaves his corpulence atop them.
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Apr 6, 2016 00:35
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 The thrills of high level combat!
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Wizard Styles posted:I find Xzar intolerable, personally, but, more to the point, you have to actively look for Minsc's line, whereas characters like Xzar and Quayle are walking references. You also have to click on Khalid and Xzar repeatedly for their zanier lines, too. The "Actually..." joke is a tired meme. It got given to Minsc because he's 'random' but they ignored that his weirdness was focused around Boo and being a typical hero, not whatever was popular at the time.
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Apr 6, 2016 00:40
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IMO the most unrealistic part of the Mizhena dialogue is that you can go up to a woman you dont know and ask her why her name sounds so weird and she doesnt tell you to gently caress off. Who says that to people?
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Apr 6, 2016 00:42
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Milky Moor posted:You also have to click on Khalid and Xzar repeatedly for their zanier lines, too. It's a pretty typical hero thing to pretend to be caring about morals and ethics while going for treasure. Like, to the point of being kind of defining of the genre.
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Borderlands 2 is a good example of writing based around memes that only gets to be funny maybe once and then becomes unbearable in successive playthroughs. Unfortunately, the loot gathering and gunplay are good and the game sold well, so the idea that memeing your way through games writing to the point of cringe is viable has implanted itself in some people's minds.
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insanityv2 posted:IMO the most unrealistic part of the Mizhena dialogue is that you can go up to a woman you dont know and ask her why her name sounds so weird and she doesnt tell you to gently caress off. Who says that to people? Sadly, if you're trans you get very resigned about answering those questions all the time as a daily matter. I once got into a ten minute conversation about loving Jazz Jennings with a Tim Hortons cashier. I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT HER SHOW LADY JUST GIVE ME MY TEA. Also CHARNAME is very well known for being very impolite and yelling rude questions into people's faces.
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The trans character in this game isn't even nearly the cringe factor of your entire fuckable harem of characters in the Dragon Age games. That poo poo is just downright embarrassing and sold shitloads of copies.
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Keiya posted:It's a pretty typical hero thing to pretend to be caring about morals and ethics while going for treasure. Like, to the point of being kind of defining of the genre. Minsc is positively guileless.
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insanityv2 posted:IMO the most unrealistic part of the Mizhena dialogue is that you can go up to a woman you dont know and ask her why her name sounds so weird and she doesnt tell you to gently caress off. Who says that to people? "People being really impolite to women" isn't particularly unrealistic 
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Apr 6, 2016 00:52
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Bobfly posted:Am I correct in assuming that basically no mods work with this new expansion yet? Nope. Clean install, modmerge, then install your mods. http://www.scottbrooks.ca/modmerge/
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Apr 6, 2016 01:02
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New UI mod for SoD. No one's ported this loving thing over to bg2 yet but i hope they do before i finish SoD because my BG blood is pumping and i'm going straight into that. https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/50357/mod-sod-widescreen-gui-tweaks      the spell menus are a bit poo poo though, too much wasted space for my liking.
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Vikar Jerome posted:aw yea, gonna throw that poo poo on my sorcerer and enjoy 28 magic missiles. You know, there are already 2 rings of wizardry in BG1. 
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ritorix posted:You know, there are already 2 rings of wizardry in BG1. Not in my stupidly over modded game there wasn't. I think hard times removed it or it was lost with the randomizer. I've not played original bg1 since 1998.
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Vikar Jerome posted:New UI mod for SoD. No one's ported this loving thing over to bg2 yet but i hope they do before i finish SoD because my BG blood is pumping and i'm going straight into that. The default UI will be continually upgraded. - I'm not happy with the spell screens and I'd like to get them fixed up ASAP. Things are a little rough around the edges right now because we had to rebuild the entire BG UI in the new system but it should make future improvements 10x easier. But the mods already coming out of the bg forums are insane, as seen above. I'm really happy that worked out. Kirk fucked around with this message at 01:15 on Apr 6, 2016 |
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I had Charname, Dynaheir and Neera each with their own Ring of Wizardry. It was as beautiful as it was pointless.Milky Moor posted:You also have to click on Khalid and Xzar repeatedly for their zanier lines, too.
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Does the UI mod let a cleric/thief use thief abilities without going to a sub menu?
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Apr 6, 2016 01:21
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Well, this did not take long. Butthurt mod: http://www.moddb.com/games/baldurs-gate-enhanced-edition/downloads/siege-of-dragonspear-corrections
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Apr 6, 2016 01:32
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Luisfe posted:Well, this did not take long. Dear god this is such an insignificant thing.
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Woolie Wool posted:But robocops ruined mah tabletop game *clutches yellowed, beer-stained 2e rulebook* 2e is for fuckin babies anyway. 1e is for true ballers. Gender don't matter when you are 75% likely to die to a trap in the first 100' of your first dungeon.
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I started a new save when SoD came out and I'm about to tackle Sarevok. But I skipped TOSC content this time around - does anyone think it's worth going through that now? Does SoD expect characters to have gone through Durlag's and gained that extra XP and items?
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ritorix posted:I started a new save when SoD came out and I'm about to tackle Sarevok. But I skipped TOSC content this time around - does anyone think it's worth going through that now? Does SoD expect characters to have gone through Durlag's and gained that extra XP and items? I don't think brand new SOD characters start at TOSC XP amounts and only vanilla xp amounts. So maybe not.
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cheesetriangles posted:If you can get mods working on BG1 EE now does that mean I can install no xp cap and do FMT the way it was meant to be played? yeah. just install that merger that keeps getting linked in the thread and you are golden. i think scs has problems though but that just needs an update.
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Kirk posted:The default UI will be continually upgraded. - I'm not happy with the spell screens and I'd like to get them fixed up ASAP. Things are a little rough around the edges right now because we had to rebuild the entire BG UI in the new system but it should make future improvements 10x easier. But the mods already coming out of the bg forums are insane, as seen above. I'm really happy that worked out. I think you guys aced it with the SoD hud and its modability, i just wanna playthrough bg2 with the whole SoD textures now but i'm too lazy to extract them all.
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Are there any plans to add the new David Warner and Jim Cummings voice packs to BG2? Because it would be oh so good to have those voicepacks for the eventual BG2 run after I am done with BG1+expansions. Again.
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Luisfe posted:Are there any plans to add the new David Warner and Jim Cummings voice packs to BG2? Yes they are either already there or will be in the next patch.
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Anyone having issues with multiplayer? Trying to do bg1 with a pal but we can't see each other's servers. Tried hamachi and adding a firewall exception. Only difference is that I have sod and he doesn't.
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Luisfe posted:Nope. Clean install, modmerge, then install your mods. Does that work on Steam? Tried it a few days ago and nogo.
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LowellDND posted:Does that work on Steam? Tried it a few days ago and nogo. E: Is your steam games folder in program files? That can cause many issues. I have it in a separate folder out of the program files structure. Kirk posted:Yes they are either already there or will be in the next patch. Happy day! That is fantastic! Thanks!
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Kinda thinking of making a dumb fun IWD party to try out some kits, consisting of: Dark Moon Monk Blackguard Dragon Disciple Priest of Talos ...and then I don't know. Shadowdancer, maybe? Has anyone played that? Alternatively I might throw a F/M/T in and see how that works in a party. Also no idea about the last party member, I guess some Fighter multiclass is always fun and good if I don't go the F/M/T route for the requisite Thief. Luisfe posted:Well, this did not take long.
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Well I just beat Sarevok and ran into my first major SoD bug. It auto-loaded into the new expansion and did the initial chat in the new area. But I clicked on a party member that wasn't around, where was Kagain and Viconia? Oh...still back in the Sarevok fight. poo poo.
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