She who shall not be named publicly (Hexxat related spoiler)
marceror
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It seems a lot of people want to see Clara as a long term party member. The issue is, I don't think Clara is even an adventurer, much less a thief. As far as I can tell she gains all of her abilities directly from Hexxat, so if, for example, an option to kill Hexxat to save Clara was added, what would you be left with? Not likely anyone who you would want to keep in your party.
Remember, adventurers are heroes by nature, and even low level adventurers are far more capable than your average commoner. Unless you're looking for Clara to cook the meals, I'm not sure she brings much to a mid to high to near god level adventure.
I think I read that she used to be prostitute, so maybe she could get a job at the Copper Coronet, or something.
Remember, adventurers are heroes by nature, and even low level adventurers are far more capable than your average commoner. Unless you're looking for Clara to cook the meals, I'm not sure she brings much to a mid to high to near god level adventure.
I think I read that she used to be prostitute, so maybe she could get a job at the Copper Coronet, or something.
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personaly I would imagine that she was atleast some what competent for hexxat to choose her in the first place. Secondly I actualy think the idea of her being inferior to hexxat would make her more interesting. As in would you do the right thing and save her? or sacrifice her to gain the more powerful hexxat?
personaly id very much like an option to take her as an npc although that's mostly due to my dislike of Hexxat. I do think though that there should definately be an option to save her even if she didn't become an npc afterwards
also as a side note they could always make her a bard it seems a little more in keeping with what we know of her after all
If she's learned the "basics" of being a thief as @shawne points out, then she is at best like a level 3 - 4 thief. She would be a total liability, to a party. That might be interesting for some players. But my point is, she shouldn't be able to even *remotely* compare to Hexxat.
I'd like to see Clara as a DLC, partly for the novelty of it, and partly because I want a pure thief for my neutral and good parties (the roleplayer in me cringes at the thought of allowing Hexx with anything else than an evil party).
And it's not like the game lacks items and consumables that act as steroids for thief abilities.
as to being believable well maybe not, but id say Hexxat's herself is a stretch from day one so I don't think it would be to much of an issue. Besides I'm pretty sure given the general standard of writing they could do something decent in this respect
personally if I was doing it id make her start with very poor stats which improved through her personal quest line or dialogue maybe being mentored by charname
like I said before though I think that the option to save her is more relevant then being able to recruit her as a party member
It's easy to write an additional background for anyone including Clara.
Hexxat however is a creature that is evil not by choice but by very nature she wont get any better and she wont stop she even introduces herself by brutaly murdering an innocent so charname knows from the very start what she is
how on earth are you going to justify that for a good aligned character
edit:sorry for derailing ill leave it there
Sarevok is not necessarily going to change, and the player has no definite indication he even CAN change when recruiting the guy. Sarevok was willing the destroy a nation for the sake of his own power. How on Earth are you going to justify that?
Also, Hexxat presumably consumed Clara because she needed to in order to cement her awakening. It's not as if she's happy about being a vampire and is only as such because her previous adventure went bad. She and Viconia share the same Neutral Evil alignment, as they're both willing to do whatever it takes to survive, whether it be murdering racist farmers or drinking the blood you need to live.
CHARNAME needs powerful, capable friends to go on a suicide mission to an impenetrable magical fortress. That mission transcends alignment.
I'll say it. People want her because her portrait is more "attractive" than the real Hexxat.
To be a little bit more diplomatic, I'm sure there are some semi-valid reason as to why they want Clara instead of Hexxat but some of the stuff I've read on these boards is just absolutely insane.
Sarevok cannot disobey charname so his alignment is redundant if u want him to be good he will be good
Hexxat kills her what else matters Hexxat will always kill others
no you don't know they will change but you know they can the same is not true for Hexxat she is evil and will always be evil by definition of what she is
and the last one is just a cop out if you justifying evil just to meet your goals your probably not much of a good charname in the first place
then if she could be an NPC it could be interesting. maybe we don't get to kill hexxat and we are left with her hunting us down, but Clara stays with us because she is not experienced enough to handle Hexxat on her own. we need to track down hexxat now, and may run into some mini quests where we realize some things Clara has done previously in life and need to settle an old debt.
I take viconia with as a good guy because people are after her and she needs safety in the group. I could do that for Clara too, and maybe some of the quests will teach her something and her weak stats will grow a bit over time to be on equal footing with other NPCs.
it is an interesting character the developers could roll with. we have our first non kitted/multi/dual thief, maybe we should get a neutral or good one now? I would pay for Clara I think. at least I would have a pure thief considering that I am never evil and cannot justify myself into taking a vampire. I would kill Hexxat, but I get no reward for it or another NPC, like Clara.
There just isn't a comparison.
My crush on Clara will give her the ability that she needs to be an adventurer! Her, and her companion, Oogie Wisham, Cleric of, uhh...like, Savras!