You know those moments when you have the option to pump an NPC for information for sparing their miserable life? Especially the craven sidekicks of your foes? Davaeorn's apprentice, that guy upstairs at the Iron Throne headquarters, Winski Perorate at the end of the game, that hobgoblin in the wilderness? There's a whole slew of 'em. My chaotic neutral jester executed them because she either thought it was justice, or she thought it was funny. "But you said I could live!" "I had my fingers crossed." Good thing she did so many nice things for people or she would've been hunted by mercenaries, some of those people give reputation loss.
When I encounter Drizzt and party after finishing the underdark I use circlets of enslavement from the mindflayer dungeon on Drizzt and Wulfgar force them to slay their own party then fight each other. The survivor gets the honor of dying by my hand....it's usually Drizzt so that makes it all the sweeter .
When I encounter Drizzt and party after finishing the underdark I use circlets of enslavement from the mindflayer dungeon on Drizzt and Wulfgar force them to slay their own party then fight each other. The survivor gets the honor of dying by my hand....it's usually Drizzt so that makes it all the sweeter .
That is pure class! I'm so tempted to reload an old savegame just to do that myself. He deserves it purely on account of his stupid name. I like to call him Drizzle Durbrain. That's the only other point - aside from his reactions to Viconia - I really want to slap Keldorn, the Drizzt fawning is so vomit inducing and it seems weirdly out of character too.
That is pure class! I'm so tempted to reload an old savegame just to do that myself. He deserves it purely on account of his stupid name. I like to call him Drizzle Durbrain. That's the only other point - aside from his reactions to Viconia - I really want to slap Keldorn, the Drizzt fawning is so vomit inducing and it seems weirdly out of character too.
Did this with an evil party I couldn't stand to lose Keldorn or anyone else because of a philosophical disagreement. Even with a good aligned character DRIZZT MUST DIE!!!. DoGooder makes me wanna vomit!
Besides I see it as chance for personal growth for Mr Dourden being beaten like a whelp by characters half his level and when I take his scimatar's I leave a lonsword+1 on his corpse so he can find me for round 2 with him and his crew in SOA.
I really want to slap Keldorn, the Drizzt fawning is so vomit inducing and it seems weirdly out of character too.
Keldorn, a Good character, praising another Good character whose exploits are not only many and impressive, but famous? Yes, so very out of character.
Fair enough, it's probably more about my general indifference to disdain for Drizzt but it really threw me out of my immersion in the game, and generally I think Keldorn's a little cooler than that particular dialogue.
I really want to slap Keldorn, the Drizzt fawning is so vomit inducing and it seems weirdly out of character too.
Keldorn, a Good character, praising another Good character whose exploits are not only many and impressive, but famous? Yes, so very out of character.
Fair enough, it's probably more about my general indifference to disdain for Drizzt but it really threw me out of my immersion in the game, and generally I think Keldorn's a little cooler than that particular dialogue.
EDIT: Back with the topic, you'd think leaving Jaheira in the Umar Hills, after she's spent all that time bitching about being in the city would be a good thing, but ooooh noooo, leaving her in the wilderness is the worst thing you can possibly do to her so she throws a hissy fit and heads right back to, you guessed it, Athkatla. *Eye Roll*
Fair enough, it's probably more about my general indifference to disdain for Drizzt but it really threw me out of my immersion in the game, and generally I think Keldorn's a little cooler than that particular dialogue.
Don't get me wrong, it is nothing short of infuriating when Drizzt gets special privileges (BG1) or disproportionate praise (fanboys). Still, he's not a terrible character, just overhyped by marketing people and fans. That's neither R.E. Salvatore, nor Drizzt's fault.
Really, Drizzt is probably one of the better characterized Chaotic Goods out there. Most players pick an alignment like that so they can scoff at every figure of authority in existence and be a special little snowflake that plays by nobody's rules, whereas Drizzt has the sense to realize that leaders and governance are important, it's just not for him personally and he doesn't want either of those concepts to overstep their bounds.
Today, I brought Nathan's body back to Brun, gave him 100 bucks, then killed him and hid Nathan's body in a chest in the farmhouse to confuse the hell out of any authority who might investigate the case. Did Brun kill his son and stuff him in a trunk to then lure unsuspecting adventurers into the cave to sacrifice them to the ankheg god of his twisted cult belief? Did Nathan kill his father, take all his gold and then flee to Baldur's Gate, after hiding a doppelganger in a chest to fake his own death? Or did Brun's not-so-late wife return to take bloody revenge on her family? And why was Joseph's Greenstone Ring left behind on the crime scene? Did Brun have an affair with his widow? Maybe Joseph is alive and caught them!
I found an adventurer turned to stone in the basilisk area. I freed her. Then I charmed her and recruited her to my antibasilisk strike team with Korax. She was not very durable.
I made 2 custom spells that only work on controllable NPCs.
The first one is called 'Enfeeblement', and it rips a moderate amount of XP from the target and gives it to the caster. The XP stolen depends on the spell's level, and is permanent. There's also a small chance of permanently stealing a random stat every time the victim suffers XP loss.
The second one is called 'Hand of Midas', and it permanently turns the target into a golden statue. If you attack it, the victim shatters and leaves behind a pile of coins (the higher its level, the more coins are dropped, at the rate of about +10d100 gold per level of the target). The way I figure it is, the more experience one has, the more robust their body becomes... which directly translates into denser golden statues.
Needless to say, I always reserve my party's 6th and final slot for the joinable companions I hate the most. I take them with me to fatten them up, like pigglets, all the while my evil mage PC slowly sucks out their life force with Enfeeblement, adding it to his own.
Then, when they've gotten to a sufficiently high level, I hit them with the HoM, and proceed to laugh maniacially as they fall apart into a pile of gold. Though as of late, I've taken to decorating my strongholds with the golden statues of former comrades. Oh what great fun it is to sit upon one's throne and gaze at the helpless, golden shells as they stare back at you, their features forever frozen in a metallic grimace of fear and betrayal...
I found an adventurer turned to stone in the basilisk area. I freed her. Then I charmed her and recruited her to my antibasilisk strike team with Korax. She was not very durable.
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Never done it, but that would be some mean shit ^^
I wonder if anybody can figure out what movie that line is from.
We are living in the age of Google you know.
Also, I once made Keldorn kill his family members.
Never thought about trying ...
""Daddy got hit by the fire and fell down. I can't wake him up, no matter what. Please help my daddy."
I refused to cast resurrection on that boys father.
Did this with an evil party I couldn't stand to lose Keldorn or anyone else because of a philosophical disagreement. Even with a good aligned character DRIZZT MUST DIE!!!. DoGooder makes me wanna vomit!
Besides I see it as chance for personal growth for Mr Dourden being beaten like a whelp by characters half his level and when I take his scimatar's I leave a lonsword+1 on his corpse so he can find me for round 2
with him and his crew in SOA.
Really, Drizzt is probably one of the better characterized Chaotic Goods out there. Most players pick an alignment like that so they can scoff at every figure of authority in existence and be a special little snowflake that plays by nobody's rules, whereas Drizzt has the sense to realize that leaders and governance are important, it's just not for him personally and he doesn't want either of those concepts to overstep their bounds.
Oh so many leads!
The first one is called 'Enfeeblement', and it rips a moderate amount of XP from the target and gives it to the caster. The XP stolen depends on the spell's level, and is permanent. There's also a small chance of permanently stealing a random stat every time the victim suffers XP loss.
The second one is called 'Hand of Midas', and it permanently turns the target into a golden statue. If you attack it, the victim shatters and leaves behind a pile of coins (the higher its level, the more coins are dropped, at the rate of about +10d100 gold per level of the target). The way I figure it is, the more experience one has, the more robust their body becomes... which directly translates into denser golden statues.
Needless to say, I always reserve my party's 6th and final slot for the joinable companions I hate the most. I take them with me to fatten them up, like pigglets, all the while my evil mage PC slowly sucks out their life force with Enfeeblement, adding it to his own.
Then, when they've gotten to a sufficiently high level, I hit them with the HoM, and proceed to laugh maniacially as they fall apart into a pile of gold. Though as of late, I've taken to decorating my strongholds with the golden statues of former comrades. Oh what great fun it is to sit upon one's throne and gaze at the helpless, golden shells as they stare back at you, their features forever frozen in a metallic grimace of fear and betrayal...
Ah, it's good to be bad! 3:)