Sarevok's Sword of Chaos upgrade and armour
RedGuard
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I'm just wondering if for BG2:EE we can get to upgrade Sarevok's sword. I would like to see both the ability to upgrade the Sword of Chaos if given to Sarevok in Throne of Bhaal (either by magically reacting to him or through Cespenar) as well as the ability to upgrade it through Cromwell in Shadows of Amn. Both options could come with different stat changes and the latter would perhaps suit players who want to keep the sword for their characters rather than Sarevok.
I also would love to see the ability to reforge/acquire Sarevok's armour. It would be nice if we could find it through BG2:EE like you did with 'The Equalizer' and other weapons, armour and equipment. Like the sword you could either have it for your player character or Sarevok in ToB (though perhaps with different stats like the sword).
I also would love to see the ability to reforge/acquire Sarevok's armour. It would be nice if we could find it through BG2:EE like you did with 'The Equalizer' and other weapons, armour and equipment. Like the sword you could either have it for your player character or Sarevok in ToB (though perhaps with different stats like the sword).
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And for the armour, maybe a sidequest could be add in ToB in order to reforge it for our brother
Although, I would love to see this feature added without requiring the Ascension mod or even being able to upgrade via Cromwell then proceed to add additional bonuses upon equipping it with Sarevok.
Would be funny to get the change to make his armour and then laugh as i give it to Minsc: "what better craft to inspire fear into the hearts of evil than the armour of evil! We should get a hamster-shaped one for Boo too."
Still maybe if we're lucky @TrentOster can include Sarevok's armour as a legendary item you can reforge (like the Equalizer in BG2) in BG3.
Perhaps it could be worth thinking about adding another piece of equipment that could be said to be part of Sarevok's gear? Maybe a Bhaal-themed amulet or ring with unique stats and bonuses. It could please people who felt there wasn't enough of a tangible reward for beating Sarevok and those who felt there wasn't enough carry over from BG1 to BG2 (although technically it's not actually carrying over since it, much like the Sword of Chaos, didn't actually appear in BG1).
We can carry it the entire saga (i did it by not selling the sword and just dumped it in the bag of holding until ToB). When we meet again Sarevok in the Pocket Plane, after the deal he make with the main character, he complain that while he could manage to reform himself, he coudn't reshape his armor or sword, and sword that by the way i have with me!!!
So, if i have the item in my belongings shouldn't the item get an upgrade? Cos it's a lot strange he complain about the absent of a sword that is exactly in my inventory. He says that without his essence to force the sword true powers that would be useless, but in his hand maybe the sword should have more bonus (even if invisible as raising the chance of deathbringer attacks triggers, for more cheese than this can appear).
I put it on Bugs, but if any moderator find that this thread better fit a feature request, be free to move.
Although there is already similar feature request:
http://forum.baldursgate.com/discussion/3954/sarevoks-sword-of-chaos-upgrade-and-armour
Besides, the quest to aquire his old armor could leed to an armor that only looks like the old one in the inventory and on the description screen, but has a fully new, adjusted sprite in-game, that looks similar to the original, but lacks the increased size and has full support for changeable weapons, dual wielding and whatnot.
That armor could be dealing 1D6 piercing damage for every successful hit on wearer (because of the spikes), have an AC of 1, or maybe even 0 and give a magical resistance against physical damage of 25%, while only being wearable by Sarevok and not just any Bhaalspawn. The helm could also allow for casting Aura of Horror a couple times a day and give an AC bonus of 1.
The Sword of Chaos could become a +3, stealing 1D6 damage at 15% of each successful hit. Updateable by Cespenar to a +4, stealing 1D6 damage at 25% of each successful hit. Just imagine using that with Improved Whirlwind attack...
The only downsides for those weapons would be the horrible, evil actions the PC would have to take, in order to get the armorset. Sacrificing people in the pocketplane, stealing stuff from temples, etc. Each action would give a -1 on reputation if it was really high and even -2 if it gets to neutral. Completing the set would also change the alignment of the PC to something more evil and make more people react hostile to the party if Sarevok has his stuff on.