Best use of 'cursed' belt of gender altering

Ixtabai

What do you do with the cursed belt that changes your gender to the opposite sex?

I used it after Nashkel on Dorn and was blown away, Dorn is way cooler (not to mention sexier) as a female. She comes in midnight black plate armor and equipped with composite longbow or two handed sword has got to be the coolest use of the belt.... damn.

Montresor_SP

Use it on Edwin, then drop himher in front of himher Thayvian comrades in the area east of Larswood. Heheheh! :-)

If you could save it for BG2: Put it on Anomen, change hisher clothes color to pink, and then drop himher off in front of the Delryn estate!

Or (still BG2) slip it on Edwin just as he has been restored to male form after his "nether scroll" mishap. "Ah, my natural form at last... hey, CHARNAME, what are you doing?? *high-pitched voice* NOOOOO!!" >;-)

ambrennan

Common consensus is Shar-Teel , Viconia or Edwin. Personally, I'd sell it and buy some scrolls for the party wild Mage.

Jalily

You can also use it to romance all three BG:EE love interests at once. Male Charnames, briefly wear it while Rasaad is in the party. Female Charnames, recruit Rasaad as a woman and then put it on to romance Neera.

DreadKhan

The crying game? Poor rasaad!

Mortianna

If you have an all-female party and want to recruit Shar-Teel, you can put the belt on one of your party members and accept her challenge to a dual. If you win, she'll join your party. Otherwise, she will walk away and disappear if you talk to her without a having a male in your party.

Parasolsyndicate

"Heya, it's me, Im...Ingemar!"

TaylorTwerk

I've always wanted to put it on a pregnant Aerie.

Ixtabai

TaylorTwerk said:

I've always wanted to put it on a pregnant Aerie.

OMG! Would that function as a magical abortion? Or would the belt not affect the placenta considering it part of the (belt-less) child inside the (belted) Aerie? A real philosophical chicken and egg right here...

Ixtabai

Before Dorn I tried it briefly on Khalid (whom i subsequently dubbed Khadija). Was fun having Khadija and Jaheira helming the troupe... @ambrennan I wouldn't dare put it on Shar-Teel! that's just too cruel!

TaylorTwerk

Ixtabai said:

TaylorTwerk said:

I've always wanted to put it on a pregnant Aerie.

OMG! Would that function as a magical abortion? Or would the belt not affect the placenta considering it part of the (belt-less) child inside the (belted) Aerie? A real philosophical chicken and egg right here...

Either an abortion or a hold person/comand/magic missle or phantom sword c-section

Jarrakul

Nah, Aerie just becomes a seahorse. :P

Ixtabai

Putting the belt on Dorn makes more sense RP-wise... he comes to me asking for tips on guile and persuasion (& I am a bard after all). If he is to sneak up on his attackers and locate them via more subtle means, what better way than to adopt a stunning disguise like a sex-change! who would think....!

The only reason to put it on Shar-Teel would be if you are especially sadistic and, after defeating her in single combat, you want to further humiliate her by forcing her to walk in a man's shoes...

But, @ambrennan why Viconia??? There is no reason to...

TaylorTwerk

Ixtabai said:

Putting the belt on Dorn makes more sense RP-wise... he comes to me asking for tips on guile and persuasion (& I am a bard after all). If he is to sneak up on his attackers and locate them via more subtle means, what better way than to adopt a stunning disguise like a sex-change! who would think....!

The only reason to put it on Shar-Teel would be if you are especially sadistic and, after defeating her in single combat, you want to further humiliate her by forcing her to walk in a man's shoes...

But, @ambrennan why Viconia??? There is no reason to...

'Fetch me a sandwich male!'
Is one of her banters towards char, and edwin in my use of her in bg1 but I haven't tried a lot of variations with her so I'm sure she says it more often.

Jarrakul

Given how much people seem to like sex-changing the sexists (and I'll admit, the irony amuses me as well), I'm surprised no one's suggested Eldoth.

Nifft

Jarrakul said:

Nah, Aerie just becomes a seahorse. :P

This is the fate of all sex-swapped flying elf cleric-wizards who consort with a re-ascendent god of murder.

The clinical studies are well documented.

Jarrakul

"Well, the bad news is our sample size is one. The good news is we sampled the entire population, so our results should be pretty accurate anyway."

Southpaw

I use it on Khalid, when he annoys me (before kicking them out of the group), Shar-teel after winning a duel with her or Edwin (to get Edwina). http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/VideoGameCrueltyPotential

CoM_Solaufein

The best use is to give it to Jaheira of Shar-teel since they act like men.

Kitteh_On_A_Cloud

I always sell it. I'm boring, I know.

elminster

I normally give it to one of the fighters in my group. Sometimes Kagain or Shar-teel if I'm playing evil. Sometimes Khalid or Minsc if I'm leaning good.

CoM_Solaufein

Money is money.

Kitteh_On_A_Cloud said:

I always sell it. I'm boring, I know.

Tyranus

Edwin, hands down. He was sadly just born in the wrong body. It's just his fate. It's good that everything works themselves out in the end

wey136

Used it pn xzar. "Stop tpuching me"

demented

Change sex while in a relationship with Anomen. He's very repressed and it just seems like getting screwed by a guy would solve a lot of his problems.

Aristillius

@Jarrakul Hmm, maybe, but I have the feeling that Eldoth is more of a dick in general than a sexist specifically.
I have a feeling that if he changed gender he would just use his womanly charms to lure gullible men and continue as before X) Maybe he is the character that would deal best with a sex-change now that I think about it...

element

my chaotic neutral dragon disciple got upset put it on dawn then petrified him

he was much nicer to keep around that way

Jarrakul

@Aristillius, I dunno, some of Eldoth's interactions with Skie are remarkably misogynist. I think he even gives her the "women should be seen and not heard" like at some point. That could just be him trying to shut her up, but he's manipulative enough that he could probably come up with something more effective if he wasn't speaking from his cold, atrophied heart.

Aristillius

Yeah, you are probably right - I havent partied that much with Eldoth - it was merely speculation @Jarrakul

ICN

It seemed like such a good idea at the time.

After one too many nights of Khalid and Jaheira proving their status as a happily married couple with considerably more volume than was strictly necessary, Imoen arranged for a fancy new belt to find its way into Jaheira's wardrobe. Charname and Imoen rejoiced at the change the cursed girdle caused, confident that the reward of a good nights sleep awaited them. Their success was short-lived however, as true love finds a way, and Manheira proved to have a deep booming voice that could be heard for miles.

Fortunately, the story has a happy ending. As Charname prayed for mercy or death, one deity took pity and granted him the ability to cast a single spell: Silence, 15' radius. When he awoke the next morning, fully rested for the first time in far too long, Charname dedicated their life to that god who, in his time of need, had heard him... among other things. And that's the story of why I dual-classed to Cleric.

Wanderon

Sadly the belt does nothing except change the paper doll (AFAIK) - if it actually effected the character who wore it (changed banter etc) it would be much more fun - as it is I just sell it.