Did you guys know that I always longed for a 'Two-Shield Style' proficiency? Fighting for your naked life with a shield equipped in either hand and no weapons whatsoever in your inventory would be no doubtly beyond epic!
The only game that I know of which actually does this is "Tales of Maj Eyal" (terrific roguelike, really).
Their "Dwarven Defender" look-alike actually dual wields shields!
Elminster:According to Volo's Guide to the Sword Coast the Firewine ruins are what is left of a series of interconnected cellars once used by a trading company. The cellars themselves are reportedly home to golems and other magical animated creatures. In order to pass by them safely you need a ward token, though not surprisingly he is unsure what it would look like.
Volo:Or you could always take a capable wizard with you to neutralize these sorts of threats. Know anyone?
Elminster:According to Volo's Guide to the Sword Coast the Firewine ruins are what is left of a series of interconnected cellars once used by a trading company. The cellars themselves are reportedly home to golems and other magical animated creatures. In order to pass by them safely you need a ward token, though not surprisingly he is unsure what it would look like.
Volo:Or you could always take a capable wizard with you to neutralize these sorts of threats. Know anyone?
Wait, do you mean one of those useless ward tokens from Durlag's Tower? Do you mean there actually MAY be something useful in those ruins hidden away some secret passage that no one has found in many years?! Could this be adventure Y?!
Elminster:According to Volo's Guide to the Sword Coast the Firewine ruins are what is left of a series of interconnected cellars once used by a trading company. The cellars themselves are reportedly home to golems and other magical animated creatures. In order to pass by them safely you need a ward token, though not surprisingly he is unsure what it would look like.
Volo:Or you could always take a capable wizard with you to neutralize these sorts of threats. Know anyone?
Wait, do you mean one of those useless ward tokens from Durlag's Tower? Do you mean there actually MAY be something useful in those ruins hidden away some secret passage that no one has found in many years?! Could this be adventure Y?!
Nah....
Nah. I already looked. Durlag's Tower is mentioned as needing its own separate ward tokens.
Hate to interrupt such a fine discussion on voice actors and re-rail the thread, but I just recently discovered several fun minor encounters in the Bridge District that I had somehow completely overlooked for the past 13 years.
Did you know that on the northernmost of the Bridge district piers, there is a halfling warrior called Stivan the Hunter who kills seagulls for a living? If you talk to him with Aerie in your party, she will find his ornithocidal tendencies very upsetting.
On the pier south of Stivan, there is a fat human merchant called Qadeel who has two ogre slaves as dockhands. One of the ogres is sick but Quadeel ignores his pleas for a break and proceeds to horsewhip him instead. After that, the ogres attack him. If you side with Qadeel and kill the ogres, you get 6500 EXP and 200 gold. A much more satisfying resolution is just to allow the ogres bludgeon the fat bastard to death and loot the 200 gold from his body.
She doesn't get that upset. Just says something about the gulls being mere scavengers (the halfling thinks they're evil, because... well, you should find out for yourselves). She gets a bit more upset about how the ogres are treated.
Did you Koveras is Sarevok spelt backwards!!! Has that been mentioned yet? I mean, wow... I must go and tell my friend Semaj who lives in Nilbog about it right away.
@Coutelier, do you play Might and Magic VI by any chance? "Nilbog" is the combination to open the vault doors in the goblins dungeon in New Sorpigal.
I haven't, but I've seen it used in other places. It's a reference to the movie 'Troll 2' (it's the name of the town in it), which doesn't have any trolls in it and is regarded as one of the worst movies ever made. But like Ed Wood movies, it's acquired a small cult following.
There's a documentay about it on Netflix I saw a while ago, 'Best Worst Movie'.
@Coutelier, do you play Might and Magic VI by any chance? "Nilbog" is the combination to open the vault doors in the goblins dungeon in New Sorpigal.
I haven't, but I've seen it used in other places. It's a reference to the movie 'Troll 2' (it's the name of the town in it), which doesn't have any trolls in it and is regarded as one of the worst movies ever made. But like Ed Wood movies, it's acquired a small cult following.
There's a documentay about it on Netflix I saw a while ago, 'Best Worst Movie'.
I own the movie Troll 2. It is hilarious. I hate canadian netflix I want to see that doc but it is unavailable here.
The most impressive thing about this scene is that when it cuts back to the guy spouting off the really cheesy lines there is a random fly on his forehead. I mean, I know the lines aren't going to get any better but was it really too much to do a second take without the fly? lol.
Edit: On second thought maybe it was the fly that actually did all the work when it came to the writing and the directing. Maybe this was just a cameo appearance on its part
According to Volo's Guide to the Sword Coast those wishing to browse in Candlekeep's library must be sponsored by a known mage of power. This is in addition to the entrance fee of a tome worth no less than 10,000 gold.
Also there are wards in place to stop books in the library from catching on fire (as well as any teleporting).
In Ust Natha this drow will offer to sleep with your male characters if they have high charisma. However different responses will appear depending on which NPC you have talk to her. Some male NPCs will get all the options (mostly evil ones). Some will only get the polite refusal option (mostly good and neutral ones). Keldorn, however, only gets the strong refusal option. Neat huh?
wait...wait you CAN actually get into the Lust Chambers? How have I missed that.. Ive been playing this game for 13 years. I knew the barkeep guy mentioned the Lust Chambers but didn't know you could get into them. Well I guess you Do learn something new every day.
Check out the Lust Chambers, indeed. This is where you can confirm character's straightness, if that's your will- none of the female characters are willing to sleep with the female in the lust chambers (very few of them are willing to sleep with the male, too, admittedly). As for males? Well, it seems our dear sparrow is up for anything, as he'll gladly join the male in the lust chambers as well as the female.
I wonder what Dorn and Hexxat do... haven't checked them out there yet.
Koveras is white because he supposedly is disguising himself or using illusion magics to hide his identity. White skin, perhaps not glowing eyes or tattoos on his forehead and no armor.
Koveras is white because he supposedly is disguising himself or using illusion magics to hide his identity. White skin, perhaps not glowing eyes or tattoos on his forehead and no armor.
Not hard to explain, really.
I prefer to think that he would rather show up armorless , after all, confronting the real Sarevok in Candlekeep and not knowing who he is for sure sounds more dramatic.
Did you know the voice of Rasaad is Mark Meer, who is most well known for playing the male version of Commander Shepard from the Mass Effect series? And as someone mentioned earlier, Jennifer Hale who voices Mazzy is also the voice of female Shepard. And her BG2 voice work was done over a decade earlier.
Voice actors are apparently a pretty tight community.
Speaking of which did you know that Mark Meer did ALL the Vorcha, ALL the Hanar and Niftu Cal, BIOTIC GOD, along with Commander Shepard?
Honestly, one of the best parts of playing the Mass Effect series was seeing his voice acting skills progress from being mediocre (but meme-tastic) in the first game, to very good in Mass Effect 2 and matching, or possibly even surpassing, Jennifer Hale's in Mass Effect 3.
Meer also voiced my favorite extra in ME2, the shotgun-obsessed turian in the safari/gun store on the Citadel. "Don't come crying to me if you get mauled by a varren and don't have your shotgun."
@DJKajuru It's not really more dramatic in my opinion and it would pretty stupid if he did come looking unchanged but armorless.
"Oh that towering, dark skinned, glowing eyed with deep voice person looks exactly like the one that killed MY FREAKING FATHER and tried to kill me. But he's not wearing armor. It's probably just me. Derp."
If I was Sarevok I would use illusion spells to look white, haired, normal eyed and without any tattoos to provide the best disguise possible.
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Their "Dwarven Defender" look-alike actually dual wields shields!
Wait, do you mean one of those useless ward tokens from Durlag's Tower?
Do you mean there actually MAY be something useful in those ruins hidden away some secret passage that no one has found in many years?!
Could this be adventure Y?!
Nah....
Did you Koveras is Sarevok spelt backwards!!! Has that been mentioned yet? I mean, wow... I must go and tell my friend Semaj who lives in Nilbog about it right away.
There's a documentay about it on Netflix I saw a while ago, 'Best Worst Movie'.
I hate canadian netflix
Edit: On second thought maybe it was the fly that actually did all the work when it came to the writing and the directing. Maybe this was just a cameo appearance on its part
http://baldursgate.wikia.com/wiki/Safana
I didn't know it.
Also there are wards in place to stop books in the library from catching on fire (as well as any teleporting).
In Ust Natha this drow will offer to sleep with your male characters if they have high charisma. However different responses will appear depending on which NPC you have talk to her. Some male NPCs will get all the options (mostly evil ones). Some will only get the polite refusal option (mostly good and neutral ones). Keldorn, however, only gets the strong refusal option. Neat huh?
Well I guess you Do learn something new every day.
I wonder what Dorn and Hexxat do... haven't checked them out there yet.
Hah! There is even a hint/warning that this may happen in the tavern in Ust Natha!
Did you know that Sendai is a Japanese city? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sendai
Did you know that the Umar Witch , mentioned in the Umar Hills Quest, is based on the Blair Witch plot?
Did you know that the female warrior found at the Marching Mountains was supposed to be Shar-Teel?
Bu-But! Kevin Michael Richardson is so cool! He has to be a BIG boomy black man!! :O Not a little white fellah! :P
White skin, perhaps not glowing eyes or tattoos on his forehead and no armor.
Not hard to explain, really.
That's why they were changed to use Katanas.
"The ogre mage (also known as the Japanese ogre) was introduced to the game in its first supplement, Greyhawk (1975)."
"In 4th Edition, ogre mages are actually members of a separate but similarly appearing race, the oni of Japanese folklore"
At least 4E cleared that up finally.
"Don't come crying to me if you get mauled by a varren and don't have your shotgun."
"Oh that towering, dark skinned, glowing eyed with deep voice person looks exactly like the one that killed MY FREAKING FATHER and tried to kill me. But he's not wearing armor. It's probably just me. Derp."
If I was Sarevok I would use illusion spells to look white, haired, normal eyed and without any tattoos to provide the best disguise possible.