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More specific race descriptions

RavelRavel Member Posts: 140
edited July 2012 in Archive (Feature Requests)
My suggestion is just to rewrite the way the racial bonuses are described to be more specific.

For example, instead of just saying gnomes "have natural resistance to magic", I would keep "have natural resistance to magic" in the more general race description, but later clarify exactly how much magic resistance they have.

I'd like to preserve the more casual descriptions of the classes, while giving us additional details for those interested in exact numbers. I think it would also help those who are experiencing Baldur's Gate for the first time through the Enhanced Edition.

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  • ElectricMonkElectricMonk Member Posts: 599
    Agreed, more detail in descriptions is always useful IMO
  • TanthalasTanthalas Member Posts: 6,738
    Yeah, both class/kit descriptions and race descriptions could use some more info.
  • CheesebellyCheesebelly Member Posts: 1,727
    It would be ok if the detail given is something similar to Neverwinter Nights from this perspective (which attribute gets a bonus, how much health a class gets, THAC0 progression, lore, weapon proficiency...)
    It would make also new people to the game much more comfortable while playing it.
  • RavelRavel Member Posts: 140
    Cheesebelly said:

    It would be ok if the detail given is something similar to Neverwinter Nights from this perspective (which attribute gets a bonus, how much health a class gets, THAC0 progression, lore, weapon proficiency...)
    It would make also new people to the game much more comfortable while playing it.

    Yeah. In my first draft of the OP, I said to make it more like NWN..., but knowing how deep IP-loyalty can burn, I didn't want people who disliked NWN to be off-put by the idea.

    I really liked how they had every race modifier laid out after a brief description of the race and its history.
  • ShapiroKeatsDarkMageShapiroKeatsDarkMage Member Posts: 2,428
    It would help for sure.
  • paulsifer42paulsifer42 Member Posts: 267
    My first thought was, "They should also put in some kind of back story for each race, as to how say, a dwarf, would end up at Candlekeep." But then, I don't want the dev to dictate who my character is. I dunno, I'm torn. I think it might be nice though, give the race some here-and-now color, if you will.
  • Space_hamsterSpace_hamster Member Posts: 950
    Just coPy /paste from the D&D 2nd edition guidebook ;)
  • LinkamusLinkamus Member Posts: 221
    I really think the game needs to have better descriptions for stats, classes, and races.
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