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Do you turn in the Elven Bane belt for the XP or keep it?

GrakkelGrakkel Member Posts: 55
edited March 2013 in Archive (General Discussion)
Just curious what people's thoughts are on the quest for the Elven Bane belt you receive from the ogre south of the Friendly Arm Inn. Is the benefit of the XP received from turning in the belt greater than the protection offered by the belt?
  1. Do you turn in the Elven Bane belt for the XP or keep it?154 votes
    1. Turn in the Elven Bane belt for XP (and possibly a signed copy of the book!)
      37.66%
    2. The Elven Bane belt is mine, all mine: I could use that protection from arrows and piercing weapons!
      62.34%
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  • DebaserDebaser Member Posts: 669
    I keep it for a little while then give it back after borrowing it for a time. Eventually there are better choices.
  • DrugarDrugar Member Posts: 1,566
    We made a deal, so I turn the belt in with the rightful owner.
  • FelspawnFelspawn Member Posts: 161
    i dont know about the belt, but i return the boots of stealth to the little kleptomaniac gnome and then i proceed to kill him (little bugged stole from me twice) and take his boots as compensation. as to the belt i guess i'd return it to him.
  • KidCarnivalKidCarnival Member Posts: 3,747
    Depends.

    Sometimes, I just keep it. If better belts are available, I sell it.
    Sometimes I keep it until I get better things, then return it, then kill Unshey to take a rep hit, then sell it.
    The only time I immediately returned it was in my stupid run.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 0
    From a roleplaying perspective, a lot of character would want to reunite the belt with its rightful owner, while others would consider themselves to now be the rightful owner.

    To answer your question, though, no. The belt is worth far more than 850 XP. The XP cap is easy to hit in this game, but there are only so many magical belts floating around.
  • SeveronSeveron Member Posts: 214
    edited March 2013
    There should really be a third option. Hand in the belt, followed up by an assassination during the night.
    Im a completionist and I have to have the quest complete, but I also want the belt. Seeing as she wont give it to me, nor that it can be pickpocketted. She leaves me no other choice but she has to die!
  • hummer010hummer010 Member Posts: 95
    Severon said:

    There should really be a third option. Hand in the belt, followed up by an assassination during the night.
    Im a completionist and I have to have the quest complete, but I also want the belt. Seeing as she wont give it to me, nor that it can be pickpocketted. She leaves me no other choice but she has to die!

    I'm a bit like you. I don't like leaving quests incomplete. I like the belt. I never talk to Unshey. If I talk to her, I feel compelled to return the belt. If I don't talk to her, I keep the belt.

    To be honest, I rarely go upstairs in the FAI. There just isn't much worthwhile up there.
  • AnduinAnduin Member Posts: 5,745
    I hand it back. Then creep up behind the little fella and use the same belt to choke the last living breaths from the ogre hating fascist for more xp.

    Perhaps they should rename the belt elves and gnomes bane...
  • SirK8SirK8 Member Posts: 527
    Depends on the character I'm playing.
  • blipmusicblipmusic Member Posts: 36
    Never! Well, "never" as in "I completely forgot that one-hit wonder of an ogre (to a level 1 party anyway) is where you get the belt, never id:ed the thing the first oh, five times around in BGEE and turned in the quest far too many times, later wondering why I could never find that anti-missile belt... but now... now it's my precious and it is mine to pet and hug forever and ever".

    But yes, that includes *not* talking to the quest giver as if I did I'd feel guilty for not handing it over... Take a guess who's horrible at playing evil parties. I want to but it never works out. Maybe if I try playing "kind of a jerk but his heart is in the right place" and go from there.
  • AnduinAnduin Member Posts: 5,745
    Grow a spine @Blipmusic !

    You are the prodigy of a GOD OF MURDER!

    Man up (or elf, dwarf, whatever...) and kill the runt who wasn't going to put his life on the line for fashion!

    It will put hairs on your chest!
  • blipmusicblipmusic Member Posts: 36
    edited March 2013
    @Anduin Halfling up, you mean (dagger wielding halfling, at that). So that's hair on my feet, not chest.

    With Montaron as my guiding light, perhaps. I guess an evil shorty party might just be the medicine I need (not enough evil shorty npcs, though I could bring along Xzar as my herder so we're down to four open slots).
  • FyodorFyodor Member Posts: 8
    While i would normally return it if i ever got the quest. Unfortunately i never speak to the quest giver so its my loot for killing the ogre.
  • ajwzajwz Member Posts: 4,122
    Don't go upstairs in the freindly arm inn. You'll wake up the next morning minus your belt, your boots, and your golden pantaloons.
  • O_BruceO_Bruce Member Posts: 2,790
    I'm playing good - returning the belt to it's previous owner.
    Being evil - keep it to myself.
    Being neutral - depends on personality I came up for my charname.

    Simple as that.
  • SpaceInvaderSpaceInvader Member Posts: 2,125
    Usually my evil sorcerer returns the belt for xp, kills the gnome for xp, kills the Nobleman to avoid the npc cloning bug, kills the Flaming Fists that feel the need to give me even more xp.
  • hummer010hummer010 Member Posts: 95
    Silverstar said:

    Turn it in for the xp, then Charm Unshey and have her attack some summoned minions. The result is one dead halfling with no reputation loss :D

    Impressive!

  • GrakkelGrakkel Member Posts: 55
    Silverstar said:

    Turn it in for the xp, then Charm Unshey and have her attack some summoned minions. The result is one dead halfling with no reputation loss :D

    I was wondering if summoned minions would work, but I hadn't thought of the charming Unshey part! Yay, a fun use for Algernon's cloak!

    Dance, Unshey, dance!

    There must be a neutral good justification for this somewhere.

  • SilverstarSilverstar Member Posts: 2,207
    edited March 2013
    Grakkel said:

    There must be a neutral good justification for this somewhere.

    "My summons could use training against clerics. Hey Unshey, my new friend, would you mind sparring a bit with them?"
  • deltagodeltago Member Posts: 7,811
    edited March 2013
    It is early in the game and the quicker I level, the quicker I double my HP so I always turn in the belt before talking to J&K.

    I only keep it if I am playing a mage or know I'll have more than one in the party.
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  • RannRann Member Posts: 168
    I kill the little wretch every time & keep the belt, doesn't matter what alignment I am, I can always find a justification for offing the little oxygen-waster.
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  • KidCarnivalKidCarnival Member Posts: 3,747
    Anduin said:

    Grow a spine @Blipmusic !

    You are the prodigy of a GOD OF MURDER!

    Man up (or elf, dwarf, whatever...) and kill the runt who wasn't going to put his life on the line for fashion!

    It will put hairs on your chest!

    Keep in mind that the growing of chest hair will result in a -1 charisma if your charname is female.
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  • WanderonWanderon Member Posts: 1,418
    My party never has any knowledge that the belts belong to anyone other than the ogre - who doesn't need them anymore - ;-)
  • FrozenCellsFrozenCells Member Posts: 385
    edited March 2013
    I don't think I've ever returned it. I rather value my character's life more than property rights and there are so many bow-wielding bandits out there.
  • FiachFiach Member Posts: 231
    I usually play evil, so I keep it...hadn't thought of returning it and then killing the guy....maybe i'm only kind of evil :)
  • SCARY_WIZARDSCARY_WIZARD Member Posts: 1,438
    Well, I would certainly give it back to Unshey, but -- oh, Montaron, you need to be more careful! There's blood everywhere!
  • mjsmjs Member Posts: 742
    I don't always play evil, but when I do I return the belt and kill unshey.

    Seriously though I mostly play neutral good or lawful neutral and in my mind both alignments return items to their lawful owners. It's the right thing to do people!
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