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That Wooden Horse Necklace... (slight BG2EE spoiler)

enqenqenqenq Member Posts: 499
Reading the description, it's just an Amulet of Protection wrapped in a tiny wooden horse. Except it can be worn together with a Ring of Protection or an enchanted armor just fine. I find this to be a tiny bit OP!

So question one, intended? And if yes, can I wrap some more equipment in tiny wooden horses??

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  • JalilyJalily Member Posts: 4,681
    Oversight...
  • WebDrakeWebDrake Member Posts: 35
    Dammit, it was you who got it changed! :-P

    Personally I'm extremely disappointed that the Wooden Horse behaviour was changed in the recent update. I don't care about the protection side of it -- it's nice, but I survived without it in BG2 original and I can survive without it in BG2EE.

    What annoys me is that its exceptionality as a protection item seemed to me a perfect fit with its story context -- it's a gift from a child (what non-evil protagonist is going to refuse to wear it?), who also happens to be a naturally gifted wild mage. There's something really quite moving about the idea of being handed a precious toy by a child with assurances that it will protect you -- and then discovering that, in fact, it's really true.
  • enqenqenqenq Member Posts: 499
    You're gonna want to wear it anyway though, since it's +2 now :)
  • EudaemoniumEudaemonium Member Posts: 3,199
    Give it to Dorn, for the lulz.
  • WebDrakeWebDrake Member Posts: 35
    @enqenq: Well, it's on, so it's not coming off ;-)

    @Eudaemonium: I was thinking more that Dorn should wear the nymph cloak ...

    @Jalily: Personally, I would have fixed the description (tweaked it so that it described a unique item rather than an amulet of protection wrapped in a toy), rather than made the item consistent with other amulets of protection. Maybe I protest too much here, but I think anyone with any experience of a child's certainty in their magical make-believe will understand when I suggest that there's something rather special about a child handing you a toy which really does protect you, and in that item being as remarkable and unique as the child herself.
  • EudaemoniumEudaemonium Member Posts: 3,199
    Dorn has pretty high Charisma. Nymph Cloak kinda works. Wooden horse made by child, less so...
  • WebDrakeWebDrake Member Posts: 35
    Hmm. Bronze pantalettes, then? If some aspects of his storyline are anything to go by, he's got something to fill them with ... :-P
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