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Potions, Scribe Scroll.

SkydreeSkydree Member Posts: 36
edited August 2012 in Archive (Feature Requests)
So, I was surprised not to have read anything about Scroll Scribing, and potion making. I used to use those a lot in DnD 2nd Edition, and always wondered if it would be feasible in BG? Maybe an XP penalty, along with possibly gems, and/or gold to fabricate them. Could prove a good way to render low level mages actually useful! :)

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  • FrozenDervishFrozenDervish Member Posts: 295
    While scribing scrolls is cool and all, you get so many scrolls already that to waste experience to make more seems a bit silly.

    Not saying it shouldn't be implemented for people that want it just wondering what the point would be besides roleplaying.
  • ArndasArndas Member Posts: 42
    I receive many scrolls as is. I agree with @FrozenDervish that it wouldn't really hurt to implement it, but I don't know how many people would use it.
  • MungriMungri Member Posts: 1,645
    Its a thief HLA, and you can never have enough time stop scrolls :)
  • SkydreeSkydree Member Posts: 36
    Mungri said:

    Its a thief HLA, and you can never have enough time stop scrolls :)

    Yeah, seriously!

    Hehe, but I guess that's true. They should tweak something for the beginning though, mages are seriously shafted compared to other classes at the beginning, especially pure mages. Single spell, usually sleep. It's kind of a hit or miss thing. Up until that ring of wizardry in Friendly Arm, hehe.
  • SkydreeSkydree Member Posts: 36
    I did think of something. With the addition of BG2 spells, I just realized that early mages in BG1 will have Find Familiar available in the beginning. While I like to entertain the idea of scroll scribing and alchemy, the new offered spells will definitely help.

    Especially against those pesky wolves at the beginning! :-)

    Pseudo-Dragon, I choose you!
  • LadyRhianLadyRhian Member Posts: 14,694
    @Skydree I want Faerie Dragons. ;)
  • SkydreeSkydree Member Posts: 36
    @LadyRhian I wonder if they are going to let us choose?

    I think in BG2, it depended on your alignment. But their stats are likely to scale with levels, as the ones you can get in BG2, could take on anything on their own in the beginning. ( ie. the two assassins at the beginning, hehehe!)

    The Faerie Dragon you could get with Chaotic Good, if I remember correctly? They are arguably the best one you can get, with invisibility, and mirror image available. :)
  • LadyRhianLadyRhian Member Posts: 14,694
    @Skyden Pseudo-Dragon, actually. No cool Euphoria Gas breath weapon. Darn it...
  • MoomintrollMoomintroll Member Posts: 1,498
    Aren't they like the my little pony of familiars? "fairy dragon flutters its rainbow eyelashes before waddling it's paunch into your already overburdened pack"
  • SkydreeSkydree Member Posts: 36
    LadyRhian said:

    @Skyden Pseudo-Dragon, actually. No cool Euphoria Gas breath weapon. Darn it...

    Darn it! It was the only reason I chose em!
    Moomintroll said:

    Aren't they like the my little pony of familiars? "fairy dragon flutters its rainbow eyelashes before waddling it's paunch into your already overburdened pack"

    Haha, totally. Nobody can resist the cuteness! Friendship prevails! :P
  • LadyRhianLadyRhian Member Posts: 14,694
    Pseudodragon- http://diterlizzi.com/home/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/pseudodragon.jpg

    Faerie Dragon- http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/21/Faerie_Dragon.JPG
    Color: http://index.rpg.net/pictures/show-thumbnail.phtml?picid=8181&maxWidth=150&maxHeight=300
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