[Feature Request] **Spoiler** Force the player to meet story cue at the start of Chapter 7.
Kore
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At the moment it's very easy for new players to not work out what to do once they break out of the Candlekeep Catacombs. There are a couple of reminders when NPCs approach you in the gate, but they are easily missed and this just leads to needless frustration.
Instead of waiting outside Sorcerous Sundries, Tamoko should come to meet the player as soon as they attempt to leave Candlekeep in chapter 7 by waylaying the party, much like Drizzt does in BG2.
This is perfectly legitimate story wise, in fact it even makes more sense for her to seek out the protagonist at Candlekeep instead of simply hoping that they wander by a specific store.
Instead of waiting outside Sorcerous Sundries, Tamoko should come to meet the player as soon as they attempt to leave Candlekeep in chapter 7 by waylaying the party, much like Drizzt does in BG2.
This is perfectly legitimate story wise, in fact it even makes more sense for her to seek out the protagonist at Candlekeep instead of simply hoping that they wander by a specific store.
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Well what's supposed to happen is that you meet Tam outside Sorcerous Sundries, you then meet her outside FF HQ. She'll then prompt you to go kill Sarevoks new lover, Cynthandia or something, and to get Sarevoks diary. you then go get yourself arrested, break out of jail, save Eltan, kill Slythe and Kristin and then head to the Ducal Palace for the first part of the final shenanegans.
TL; DR is that meeting Tamoko is very important to know whats going on otherwise.
Yup, Good suggestion. I like the getting waylaid thing better than her just chilling somewhere because it gives more of a surprise ''hey it's that chick that was with the bad guy at the beginning'' then you get ready for a fight but it turns out she wants to help you. I like that...
Dopplegangers can Detect Thoughts at will. More likely they either infiltrated Candlekeep and learned this information from the source, or read your mind when you were walking through the catacombs.
Considering the large amount of wizards, sages and diviners (Candlekeep was even founded by one), I don't think a doppleganger's illusion would hold up for too long. I was already surprised by the amount of dopplegangers you find in Chapter 6, in the keep. Replacing half the staff would be a bit much I think...
On Topic:
Agreed with the random encounter. Preferably have it trigger when you go from anywhere on the world map into Baldur's Gate, and then have the random encounter appear at the Gates part. This keeps her location somewhat in line with the original but still forces you to meet her (which is a must, really).
Once maybe 10 years ago I may have talked to her but then just ignored her after that. A couple games ago I talked to Tomoko and was surprised at what happened when I followed her directions though it seemed to not have any effect at all on how things play out with Sarevok in the long term.
IIRC there is some flaming fist guy wandering around or at FFHQ that tells you to go back to the iron throne to reinvestigate it leading to quest and or journal entry to reinvestiage iron throne? Either that or the fact that you just took care of the leaders of the throne in candlekeep, I would think you would want to go to the evil HQ and see if Sarevok went back there after candlekeep. there's no reason to stop at the baldur's gate city entrance map when you are coming back you can just go to any section of the city.
You don't need Tamoko to tell you to go to Iron Throne you can just meet Sarevok's new girl there and skip Tammy entirely.