Best Enhanced Edition NPC.

DarkDogg

Who is the best new NPC in both Enhanced Edition games and why?

jankiel

No

Clara :P

??

Taevik

I vote Clara

jpersinne

Clara.

FinneousPJ

Pointless poll if people are making up their own criteria, don't you think? I picked Dorn because he has the most strength.

AcridSyphilis

I didn't take Rasaad during BG:EE because monks are so squishy then, but I added him to my party in BG2 and I love the fact that you can debate him on his religion and influence him and I was surprised by what a deep character he was, and I also liked he was reasonable. Also monks rule in BG2.

On the otherhand, I took Dorn in BG:EE liked him a lot then, but I find myself mostly annoyed with him in BG2 because he's stupid evil. Yes, let's kill everything without thinking!!! You can be outright evil without bloodshed. He has no imagination ahha. It felt like he was making more work for himself than he needed.

DarkDogg

FinneousPJ said:

I picked Dorn because he has the most strength.

And I like Baeloth cause he's a dark elf sorcerer

Kurumi

Hexxat. Love her dialogues with others of her "kind" and certain party members like Aerie ... not to mention her preference for f_____s *^_^* ..

Pibaro

The very very secret new NPC in BG2EE!!!

Akachi

Rasaad in my game has

112 HP, -16 AC (Bracers AC3+Monk bonuses at level 24), -7THAC0 (un-nerfed table from BGTweaks), hits for 11-30 (with belt of hill giant strength, 14-33 with his gloves...not great but acceptable) and has 72% innate resistance to magic.

Just one level more and he'll be able to hit anything with +4 fists. Yeah, he's a powerhouse.

Not to mention a pretty well-written character. I can't wait to see what happens tto him in ToB.

Drugar

Dorn.

Great voicework (though in BG2:EE he doesn't remark that moving to a patch of flowers will be even bloodier than I'd hope, which is a shame), badass fighter and over-the-top completely senselessly evil.

Considering Viconia's "more bitch than evil" and Edwin's "more asshole than evil" and Sarevok's "I used to be really evil but now I'm just the diet version, just one calorie of evil", having Dorn go all out, "balls to the walls, murdering every innocent he can get his hands on evil" is refreshing.

SpaceInvader

Dorn's my favourite.
But Baeloth and Hexxat are also masterpieces.

Mungri

Oooh who and where is this Baeloth?

So far I only played with Hexxat after hearing good things.

Jalily

Mungri said:

Oooh who and where is this Baeloth?

He's an Easter egg in the first game.

Visit the tower in Larswood when your character is level 5+ in at least one class.

jackjack

I loves me thief, even if [Spoiler]she loves me not[/Spoiler]

Mungri

Oh Im not playing the first game anymore.

shawne

I enjoyed Baeloth, and am very intrigued by Hexxat, but overall I'd have to say that Dorn's my favorite NPC so far. His storyline (especially in SoA) is fantastic, Gord Marriott's voice acting is superb, and from a gameplay POV his stats and abilities make him incredibly useful.

Eudaemonium

I think they're all really well written and compelling. I really dislike Neera, but that's primarily due to her character being one I generally don't get along with, rather than the quality of her writing or plotline, so it would be unfair to mark her down because of a personal dislike. I love all the others.

Especially the one that isn't listed.

DetectiveMittens

I still haven't played Rasaad in BG:EE - I think when the time comes I will get around to it. But as far as it goes - I liked the Hexxat quests in SoA the most.

Plus

Who doesn't like a vampire - does this really count as a spoiler now.

Ryofu

who is clara?

JuliusBorisov

Although there're some people here who don't like Hexxat and her story, the amount of posts, threads, discussions about her is HUGE. It shows that this character has a great attention. And that is why I think this character and her story are well-written. When we don't have much to talk about something it often means we don't care. In this case we do much talking - because something that is connected to Hexxat is important to us. And from this POV, Hexxat character is one of the best things Beamdog has created.

Personally, I like Hexxat. It's a no-brainer for someone who step-by-step have been gathering all the available information about her during several months, isn't it?;))

To tell the truth, the twist in her plot was a complete surprise for me, as big as Yoshimo's destiny in the past. It was something like OMFG....NO, it can't be... NO....WOW...I CAN'T BELIEVE IT...

This feeling alone is enough for me to say Beamdog's job was done brilliantly. TAKE A BOW, Liam Esler!

I like her portrait and I'M GLAD the Devs have decided to give her something not general, not ordinary. It's a portrait of a very strong woman, really strong and is unprecedented in BG. Her look, her jewelry are very magnetic. I understant it's not something that everybody wants or likes but it gives her unique traits, it makes her special.

I like her voice, her dialogs, the words she chooses. Combined with the portrait it gives me an image of a very interesting NPC.

I like her stats and abilities. It's cool. Just cool.

So, starting from her story and ending with her look I'm sold.

Jalily

Ryofu said:

who is clara?

A major spoiler.

The_Mage

Neera is my favourite, I'd say. I have a distate for characters who are evil without any apparent gray-scale to their morals (if this makes sense). As pointed out earlier Dorn is a character who kills for the sheer pleasure of killing, without proper reason.

As for Hexxat, I cannot say much about her since I just acquired, but I do feel the interaction between her and Charname feels a bit stilted and out-of-place; the conversation options feel a bit off.

I have never used either the monk or the sorcerer, but I'm pretty indifferent towards monks anyway.

CoryNewb

I really enjoy neera more than I thought I would.

DarkDogg

Eudaemonium said:

Especially the one that isn't listed.

You mean Clara or someone else?

DetectiveMittens

DarkDogg said:

Eudaemonium said:

Especially the one that isn't listed.

You mean Clara or someone else?

Wilson

Mungri

Jalily said:

Ryofu said:

who is clara?

A major spoiler.

I was also wondering who Clara was, then I remembered. Thats one of those things you dont even put in spoiler tags.

Schneidend

AcridSyphilis said:

I didn't take Rasaad during BG:EE because monks are so squishy then, but I added him to my party in BG2 and I love the fact that you can debate him on his religion and influence him and I was surprised by what a deep character he was, and I also liked he was reasonable. Also monks rule in BG2.

On the otherhand, I took Dorn in BG:EE liked him a lot then, but I find myself mostly annoyed with him in BG2 because he's stupid evil. Yes, let's kill everything without thinking!!! You can be outright evil without bloodshed. He has no imagination ahha. It felt like he was making more work for himself than he needed.

He's not stupid evil, but his patron seems to be.

DarkDogg

hahaha that secret TOB NPC
reminds me of NWN2

Sliceofhell

Should've added "none" option?

shawne

Schneidend said:

AcridSyphilis said:

I didn't take Rasaad during BG:EE because monks are so squishy then, but I added him to my party in BG2 and I love the fact that you can debate him on his religion and influence him and I was surprised by what a deep character he was, and I also liked he was reasonable. Also monks rule in BG2.

On the otherhand, I took Dorn in BG:EE liked him a lot then, but I find myself mostly annoyed with him in BG2 because he's stupid evil. Yes, let's kill everything without thinking!!! You can be outright evil without bloodshed. He has no imagination ahha. It felt like he was making more work for himself than he needed.

He's not stupid evil, but his patron seems to be.

Exactly - in fact, that's kind of the starting point of his storyline: as a blackguard, he has to obey Ur-Gothoz's commands whether they're sensible or not...