Allow us to ascend a willing companion in ToB?
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This might be too drastic a change, but I think that it would be a very nice touch if we could choose a character to become our Exarch if we ascend (as long as the character's personality would allow them to accept ascension). It would add a bit more RP to the ending, as well as allow players to keep their Love Interest with them and still ascend. Anyone think this is a good idea?
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It would be even sillier to TRICK Imoen to ascend because I have no idea what the PC would get out of it
if the Imoen romance mod for ToB is ever released, it might be very possible to ascend her instead of yourself
a benevolent deity of murder would assure the people who "deserve" it (tyrants, criminals etc) are murdered. one could still do a lot of good, no stretch at all
like I said, canonic Imoen isn't really all that developed, but that's what the Imoen romance mod (which in my eyes is 100% canon because it's just that amazingly good) is for.
anyway, the original question of this topic was about ascending anybody but the pc, and only Imoen fits the bill (Sarevok maybe, but that would indeed be a stretch)
There was a mod released which allows you to attempt to redeem Iranicus in the final battle of ToB. One possibility would be to introduce his possible redemption first, and then he could use his knowledge of soul manipulation to tie our Bhaal essence to someone else, but I'm pretty sure that would violate the contract Overhaul has with Wizards.
and of course [x] NO to a BG3 if there isn't full creative freedom!
I was suggesting that it might be cool if we could choose a companion to become our champion if CHARNAME ascended-not sure if I worded that correctly, sorry!
Forgotten Realms Wiki definition:
Exarchs are often called demigods (but note that exarchs are not gods (as in Demigods) of demipower status, despite the name) or heroes, and many are ascended mortal servants of greater gods, brought up from the world to serve as agents of their divine masters.
I think it'd be pretty cool to ascend a willing companion in such a manner. I know that the hero probably becomes an Intermediate Deity rather than a Greater Deity, but I'm pretty sure that (s)he should still be capable. This is probably better territory for a mod than a Feature, now that I think about it. If my modding skills increase by BG2:EE's release, I'll probably bring out something like this.
in REAL d&d demigods are lesser gods but with a divine rank higher than 0. the information on proxies is in 3rd edition's Deities and Demigods. summed up it says that Proxies are divine minions invested with a small part of the deity's power and a divine rank of 1, also sharing some of the divine abilities of the deity. so like I said, this would be perfect for bg 3. the possibililty of an epic level campaign while still avoiding a completely overpowered main character.
like you said, would also work as a potential mod set after the events of ToB. if you really do that mod at some point, I would certainly be interested in being a writer or consultant if you need one :-)