Extended romances for BG2:EE
Edvin
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First i show you some information about romances in BG2:
1) VICONIA
a) You MUST be human or half-elf
b) You can´t be elf, gnome, dwarf, halfling or half-ork
c) She do not care about charisma
d) She do not care about reputation
f) She do not care about alignment
2) AERIE
a) You MUST be human, elf, half-elf or gnome
b) You can´t bem dwarf, halfling or half-ork
c) She do not care about charisma
d) She do not care about reputation
f) She do not care about alignment
3) JAHEIRA
a) You MUST be human, elf or half-elf
b) You can´t be gnome, dwarf, halfling or half-ork
c) She do not care about charisma
d) She do not care about reputation
f) She do not care about alignment
4) ANOMEN
a) You MUST be human, elf or half-elf
b) You can´t be gnome, dwarf, halfling or half-ork
c) He do not care about charisma
d) He do not care about reputation
f) He do not care about alignment
Am I the only one who thinks this is WRONG settings ?
There is my list recommend changes:
1) Extend allowed romanceable races for ALL characters ( Rule " No romances for dwarfs, halflings or half-orks " is really foolish ) but also keep some restriction. Some will don't like gnomes, another dwarfs and next half-ork.
2) If race don´t fit make at least one alternative way like charisma, alignment or reputation check. ( Even if girl like AERIE doesn't like half-orks, she must admit " That lawful good half-ork with 18 charisma look REALLY sexy " and she made exception )
3) Made romance talks little bit faster. In my BG2 platinum version is it always 45 min between next talk and i often finish game before romance end ( Viconia have VERY long romance ). 30 min will be optimal.
P.S.
English is not my main language. I can read very well but i am only average writer so sorry for any clumsy interpretations.
1) VICONIA
a) You MUST be human or half-elf
b) You can´t be elf, gnome, dwarf, halfling or half-ork
c) She do not care about charisma
d) She do not care about reputation
f) She do not care about alignment
2) AERIE
a) You MUST be human, elf, half-elf or gnome
b) You can´t bem dwarf, halfling or half-ork
c) She do not care about charisma
d) She do not care about reputation
f) She do not care about alignment
3) JAHEIRA
a) You MUST be human, elf or half-elf
b) You can´t be gnome, dwarf, halfling or half-ork
c) She do not care about charisma
d) She do not care about reputation
f) She do not care about alignment
4) ANOMEN
a) You MUST be human, elf or half-elf
b) You can´t be gnome, dwarf, halfling or half-ork
c) He do not care about charisma
d) He do not care about reputation
f) He do not care about alignment
Am I the only one who thinks this is WRONG settings ?
There is my list recommend changes:
1) Extend allowed romanceable races for ALL characters ( Rule " No romances for dwarfs, halflings or half-orks " is really foolish ) but also keep some restriction. Some will don't like gnomes, another dwarfs and next half-ork.
2) If race don´t fit make at least one alternative way like charisma, alignment or reputation check. ( Even if girl like AERIE doesn't like half-orks, she must admit " That lawful good half-ork with 18 charisma look REALLY sexy " and she made exception )
3) Made romance talks little bit faster. In my BG2 platinum version is it always 45 min between next talk and i often finish game before romance end ( Viconia have VERY long romance ). 30 min will be optimal.
P.S.
English is not my main language. I can read very well but i am only average writer so sorry for any clumsy interpretations.
Post edited by Edvin on
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Comments
beside that, stat penalties or bonuses might be nice, but i wouldn't hold my breath for it.
Viconia and Anomen should probably have charisma requirements. Jaheira and Aerie would probably go for wisdom requirements instead, though. Charisma isn't the only thing that matters.
I think the OP's idea is a good one, and the fact that some of this kind of thing was left-out due to bugs/oversights suggests it would be a good thing to fix/implement in BG2EE.