Main Character special ability

westernlaw

Instead of gaining cure light wounds as a special ability, my main character has larloch's minor drain. Just wondering if this is a bug or something new.

ajwz

It's not a bug and it's not new.

You've been a very naughty boy.

Chow

What special abilities you get is based on your current reputation. Those with good rep gain Cure Light Wounds, while the evil ones have Larloch's Minor Drain instead.

Same deal with the other stuff, though I don't remember those anymore.

Aranthys

Depends on your reputation.
Reputation >=10 = gain good bhaalspawn abilities (Cure light wounds, Cure poison, Draw upon Holy Might)
reputation <10 = gain evil bhaalspawn abilities (Larloch Minor Drain, Terror, Vampiric Touch)

Shin

As ajwz implies, this happens when your reputation is 9 or less at the time of dreaming.

Silverstar

I'm pretty sure I once got Larloch's Minor Drain before resting, then Cure Minor Wounds after quick-loading and retrying. So I think it might be random around the middle reputation range. Or maybe it was a bug, this was back in un-patched original BG days.

Rafael

lol
I got all skills mentioned above
(Cure light wounds, Cure poison, Draw upon Holy Might)
(Larloch Minor Drain, Terror, Vampiric Touch)
maybe cause my character is true neutral? and my reputation is always changing?

Ragnarok

If I recall things right, you get these abilities based on your alignment, not reputation.

It's a simple match making :

Lawful Good : Cure light wounds x2, Cure poison x2, Draw upon Holy Might x2
True Neutral :Cure light wounds x1, Cure poison x1, Draw upon Holy Might x1, Larloch Minor Drainx x1, Terror x1, Vampiric Touch x1
Chaotic Evil : Larloch Minor Drainx 2, Terror x2, Vampiric Touch x2

These are the general guide lines. When you change a variable, like Chaotic Neutral or Neutral Evil for instance, the numbers of abilities are different.

Oxford_Guy

Ragnarok said:

If I recall things right, you get these abilities based on your alignment, not reputation.

It's a simple match making :

Lawful Good : Cure light wounds x2, Cure poison x2, Draw upon Holy Might x2
True Neutral :Cure light wounds x1, Cure poison x1, Draw upon Holy Might x1, Larloch Minor Drainx x1, Terror x1, Vampiric Touch x1
Chaotic Evil : Larloch Minor Drainx 2, Terror x2, Vampiric Touch x2

These are the general guide lines. When you change a variable, like Chaotic Neutral or Neutral Evil for instance, the numbers of abilities are different.

No, this is wrong, what you get is solely based on your reputation before your dream sequence, as @AranthysPosts said

EDIT: this is actually quite cool, as if you metagame it a bit and plan your reputation level a bit, you can have a mix of both - I prefer Larloch's Minor Drain to Cure Light Wounds, but Draw Upon (un)holy might is nice to add into the mix...

Ragnarok

@Oxford_Guy
You seems to be right. I guess fate played on me!

sterkelm

My special ability button is disabled after resting. Does anyone know why this is?

April

@Ragnarok
You are actually correct, somewhat.
When creating a new character in BG2 the abilities gained is based upon alignment, while in BG1 it's based on reputation.

Kurumi

OT, but the real fun is that your special ability is a subject to wild surges if you play a Wild Mage :P !!!

SamuelVarg

Ragnarok said:

If I recall things right, you get these abilities based on your alignment, not reputation.

It's a simple match making :

Lawful Good : Cure light wounds x2, Cure poison x2, Draw upon Holy Might x2
True Neutral :Cure light wounds x1, Cure poison x1, Draw upon Holy Might x1, Larloch Minor Drainx x1, Terror x1, Vampiric Touch x1
Chaotic Evil : Larloch Minor Drainx 2, Terror x2, Vampiric Touch x2

These are the general guide lines. When you change a variable, like Chaotic Neutral or Neutral Evil for instance, the numbers of abilities are different.

Nope. Its reputation based. My True Neutral Swaschbuckler got Cure Light wounds, Larlachs Minor Drain, Cure poison x 2, Draw upon Holy Might x 2.