@shawne the halfling bonus is to slings IIRC. While she does have bow proficiency she is still a good tank due to her high Dex and self-Str buff, and progresses rapidly enough as a single class fighter to get tons of proficiency points. There's a thread on these forums called "What to do with Mazzy?" and it seems that people have all kinds of tactics for including melee.
Alignment-wise, Lawful Neutral and Lawful Evil are underrepresented, with only one NPC for each...
and Anomen eventually changes to Lawful Good or Chaotic Neutral, depending on the outcome of his quest.
This is why I think, if Hexxat is evil, she'll be Lawful Evil. If she's neutral, then Lawful Neutral--that is, if they intended to keep some sort of balance throughout the NPC alignments.
I have always perceived that there's a bit of a lack of female and neutral tanks in the Baldur's Gate games. I'm with @Thrasymachus that there are no neutral non-hybrid frontliners.
Jaheira's a good tank but only true neutral (she acts NG) due to the ruleset. I've not really used Mazzy enough to comment, which is a failing on my part. Despite getting on with neutral and evil parties quite well she's still LG, limiting her use in low-rep groups.
Yes, there's definitely a lack of neutral frontliners in both games. Jaheira, Anomen (only if he fails his quest), and maybe Haer'dalis. That's it. A chaotic neutral barbarian or perhaps even a lawful neutral vanilla fighter would even this out.
Alignment-wise, Lawful Neutral and Lawful Evil are underrepresented, with only one NPC for each...
and Anomen eventually changes to Lawful Good or Chaotic Neutral, depending on the outcome of his quest.
This is why I think, if Hexxat is evil, she'll be Lawful Evil. If she's neutral, then Lawful Neutral--that is, if they intended to keep some sort of balance throughout the NPC alignments.
Well, it is true that they made all the EE NPCs (Easter Egg aside) a rough balance: Lawful Good, Chaotic Neutral, Neutral Evil. So they might be into preserving balance somewhat, but to what extent is debatable. BG1 had a pretty large variety of NPC alignments, after all. For vanilla in Evil alone there were two Lawfuls, three Chaotics, and three Neutrals.
Although I'm really neutral about having a female dwarf in the party or a female dwarven Barbarian But I can't help but feel if they made her romanceble it would be some what like this. PC: Why do I love you? Female Dwarven Barbarian: Because I'm the only one that can pick you up darling.
Though personally I would love to have a female Triefling or Ashmir(I don't think I spelled that right) in the party there was that one female Triefling rogue that you met early game in NWN2 that I absolutely loved. Class really wouldn't matter to me.
@shawne the halfling bonus is to slings IIRC. While she does have bow proficiency she is still a good tank due to her high Dex and self-Str buff, and progresses rapidly enough as a single class fighter to get tons of proficiency points. There's a thread on these forums called "What to do with Mazzy?" and it seems that people have all kinds of tactics for including melee.
I can't wait to see Mazzy's face in BG2. All that effort to be a Paladin. Dreaming she was born into a different rule-set. Working so so hard to defy the logistics of d&d.
Then in walks Dorn, the Half-Orc Blackguard...! Imagine the banter! xD
Mazzy: "What.. how? It's not possible! They told me it was never possible in 2nd edition!"
Dorn: "Pffft. And you believed that? There is a height requirement, 'short-stuff'. 6'2 and bad-ass."
Mazzy: "How is this possible!? This can't be happening to me! Please!"
Dorn: "Hey Maz. Your knighthood arrived. They left it on top of the fridge. Shouldn't be too difficult to reach... Oh wait. Bahahaha!"
I'd agree with a romanceable Lawful Neutral female Dwarven Defender. That would be the logical next step after filling the evil female Thief hole, I think.
Shameless Advertisement for a frontline/tanking capable female dwarven skald with female shorty romance http://forum.baldursgate.com/discussion/comment/382134 Except for making her romance m or f, and changing the alignment to neutral, I think I covered many things that are lacking.
Alignment-wise, Lawful Neutral and Lawful Evil are underrepresented, with only one NPC for each...
and Anomen eventually changes to Lawful Good or Chaotic Neutral, depending on the outcome of his quest.
This is why I think, if Hexxat is evil, she'll be Lawful Evil. If she's neutral, then Lawful Neutral--that is, if they intended to keep some sort of balance throughout the NPC alignments.
Well, it is true that they made all the EE NPCs (Easter Egg aside) a rough balance: Lawful Good, Chaotic Neutral, Neutral Evil. So they might be into preserving balance somewhat, but to what extent is debatable. BG1 had a pretty large variety of NPC alignments, after all. For vanilla in Evil alone there were two Lawfuls, three Chaotics, and three Neutrals.
If Hexxat is Lawful Evil, the Evil alignments would then be balanced perfectly:
Alignment-wise, Lawful Neutral and Lawful Evil are underrepresented, with only one NPC for each...
and Anomen eventually changes to Lawful Good or Chaotic Neutral, depending on the outcome of his quest.
This is why I think, if Hexxat is evil, she'll be Lawful Evil. If she's neutral, then Lawful Neutral--that is, if they intended to keep some sort of balance throughout the NPC alignments.
Well, it is true that they made all the EE NPCs (Easter Egg aside) a rough balance: Lawful Good, Chaotic Neutral, Neutral Evil. So they might be into preserving balance somewhat, but to what extent is debatable. BG1 had a pretty large variety of NPC alignments, after all. For vanilla in Evil alone there were two Lawfuls, three Chaotics, and three Neutrals.
If Hexxat is Lawful Evil, the Evil alignments would then be balanced perfectly:
I think a female,lawful neutral, dwarfen defender would fill a big gaply
You would get a nice tank for the neutral allignment and an extra shorty.(we have yet to have a female dwarf in either game.)
Its not to cliché either in my opinion so I think the character could be written quite interestingly.
Exactly what I had in mind. A romancable, Female, Lawful Neutral, Dwarven Defender with high CON. She would be the other side of Korgan. And maybe she would have relations to Yeslick in some way. It would fill a ton of gaps and satisfy a lon of people, I think.
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This is why I think, if Hexxat is evil, she'll be Lawful Evil. If she's neutral, then Lawful Neutral--that is, if they intended to keep some sort of balance throughout the NPC alignments.
PC: Why do I love you?
Female Dwarven Barbarian: Because I'm the only one that can pick you up darling.
Though personally I would love to have a female Triefling or Ashmir(I don't think I spelled that right) in the party there was that one female Triefling rogue that you met early game in NWN2 that I absolutely loved. Class really wouldn't matter to me.
You would get a nice tank for the neutral allignment and an extra shorty.(we have yet to have a female dwarf in either game.)
Its not to cliché either in my opinion so I think the character could be written quite interestingly.
Then in walks Dorn, the Half-Orc Blackguard...! Imagine the banter! xD
Mazzy: "What.. how? It's not possible! They told me it was never possible in 2nd edition!"
Dorn: "Pffft. And you believed that? There is a height requirement, 'short-stuff'. 6'2 and bad-ass."
Mazzy: "How is this possible!? This can't be happening to me! Please!"
Dorn: "Hey Maz. Your knighthood arrived. They left it on top of the fridge. Shouldn't be too difficult to reach... Oh wait. Bahahaha!"
a romancable short character is needed
and also a female short character of which there is none
of course all these could be fixed by one character but they are still the weakest aspects of the cast imo. although a barbarian would be nice
i think i meant to say dwarf
id better go apologise to Mazzy
Yes, Yes we can!