will a half orc character (male) have all romance options open to him?
georgelappies
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Thinking of playing a good half orc barbarian but would like to have the options of romance available.
Does being a half orc limit this in any way in BG1 and or BG2?
Does being a half orc limit this in any way in BG1 and or BG2?
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Female: Dorn?
All options open, you're just as much of an orc as anyone.
Other way is to find the variable in the ee/shadowkeeper
(Something along the lines of "JaheiraMatch=0" Set it to =1 and you're good to go.
Oooor.. use a mod (such as the tweakpack, which is more or less a must anyway) and set romance cheats to ignore race.. and gender, if you want to..
Ooooor just romance Viccy. Viccy/Jahy romance are the best vanilla ones there are, except Viccy actually has a good excuse to be a bitch unlike Jaheira... being Drow and all..
Does the tweak pack work with bgee? How does patches to game in future effect it?
Future patches can muck up everything.. modding the game before the next megapatch we've been promised probably isn't a good idea.. unless you wanna do the risky thing and ride the bomb to hell.
HOWEVER. Playing through BG:EE and importing said character to BG2 (Vanilla) doesn't seem to offer any issues at all. None that I've come across anyway.
So while waiting for BG2:EE, you might as well play Vanilla and use the Tweakpack to alter the romances as you see fit.
Romances in BG:EE is non-existant anyway, the few flirtatious dialogue options you get with the three new NPC's isn't anywhere near being what you can expect from BG2, so I wouldn't worry about playing an Orc in BG:EE.
(Chances are that the original tweakpack will work rather well with BG2:EE once that launches, if you want to wait.)
Blabbering aside, I still think your best bet is just Orc'ifying a Human Barb. Set Str/Con to 19 and reduce your initial rolls for Int/Cha by 2 (Or just set them to a max of 16.. ), Set Avatar to Fighter Male Orc (Or keep human, as @the_spyder said, there are several Half-orcs that are so humanlike that the orc blood might not be that obvious)
Whatever the case here, using Human instead of Half-Orc only gives benefits, once you've adjusted the Ability scores (You'll find link to the "EE Keeper" in the modding section of the forum) the orcs have no benefits.. darkvision is a joke anyway.
(Also, making your character like this gives you a galvanized project in terms of future bugs, patches, mods, whatever. Altering stats and looks will never affect your game in a negative way)
Suggestion:
Male
Human
Barbarian
Chaotic Good
18/XX,18,18,12,10,16. Pre EE Modding
19,18,19,12,10,16. Post EE Modding
** Two-handed sword
** Two-handed weaponstyle
Name: Noober of Nashkel
In EE (simple install, simple use).
Bump Str/Con to 19
Set avatar as Fighter Male Half-orc
Done.
Go forth and slay your way to the throne of our father!