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Boo's NPC Polls Part 2: Who's your Dearest Druid

booinyoureyesbooinyoureyes Member Posts: 6,164
edited February 2014 in General Discussion (Spoiler Warning!)
Making some NPC polls, time for druids!
Please vote and maybe give a little explanation for your choice
  1. Boo's NPC Polls Part 2: Who's your Dearest Druid116 votes
    1. Jaheira (Nature's Servant awaits!)
      71.55%
    2. Faldorn (Only one to stop man from spoiling the Oak Father's gifts)
        7.76%
    3. Cernd (If he serves the greater good)
      12.93%
    4. Just show me the results (this option does NOT mean "all of the above")
        7.76%
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  • MetallomanMetalloman Member, Moderator, Translator (NDA) Posts: 3,975
    All life.
  • ChildofBhaal599ChildofBhaal599 Member Posts: 1,781
    edited February 2014
    the result was obvious before I even voted. even as people complain of her romance I don't see people complain nearly as much about her character as when it comes to the competition. i think clerics would be an interesting showdown with lots of good options if you include multiclasses/dualclasses
  • HeindrichHeindrich Member, Moderator Posts: 2,959
    edited February 2014
    Yeah this is gonna be a landslide.

    I'm not Jaheira's biggest fan, but even I shed a tear when she got vorpal'd in my final battle vs Melissan.

    I think of her like a maternal figure, whose overbearing personality causes some resentment from Charname (like a rebellious teen), but ultimately she wants the best for him, and he loves her for it.
  • AristilliusAristillius Member Posts: 873
    Huge Jaheira fan here ^^
  • CrevsDaakCrevsDaak Member Posts: 7,155
    edited February 2014
    He's the biggest asshole ever. I avoid using Druids so I never used a druid more than Jaheira in Irenicus' Dungeon.
    Jaheira should go first in my favorites, but no one is as assholish as Cernd, NO ONE!!! So he's very funny, he should be CN for me.
  • booinyoureyesbooinyoureyes Member Posts: 6,164
    ChildofBhaal599 said:

    the result was obvious before I even voted. even as people complain of her romance I don't see people complain nearly as much about her character as when it comes to the competition. i think clerics would be an interesting showdown with lots of good options if you include multiclasses/dualclasses

    thats coming!
  • elementelement Member Posts: 833
    Im glad to see Faldorn got a vote, cool character I actualy enjoy her a lot
  • AnduinAnduin Member Posts: 5,745
    Jaheria is a classy bird. She is of noble birth. Like all good nobles she pretends to love nature whilst hunting it down with horse and hound on the sly.

    You couldn't take her out to McDonald's.

    She would need to be wined and dined in Paris by Michelin starred chef's.

    So Jaheria, for me, is the dearest druid.
  • GodGod Member Posts: 1,150
    I don't particularly like Faldorn but I do dislike the other two.
  • FredjoFredjo Member Posts: 477
    Man is that woman RAW(rrrrrrrr)!!!! (Am drunk and enjoying it:)
  • ArizaelArizael Member Posts: 263
    Jaheira is so extremely unpleasant, that it actualy makes her pretty interesting and fun.
  • recklessheartrecklessheart Member Posts: 692
    I really want to say Cernd, as I feel bad for how bad he gets neglected! But it is harsh that he is up against Jaheira, who is in my top 3 (if not my #1) NPC in the saga.
  • TwoWayFinesseTwoWayFinesse Member Posts: 128
    Cernd, sorry, No.
    Never had Faldorn in my party, and what with her being a psycho and all, No.

    Jaheira may be bossy, but we all like that some of the time.
  • TwaniTwani Member Posts: 640
    Jaheria is going to be the landslider, no doubt about her. And I do love her.

    But Faldorn benefited a lot from BG1NPC project, which is a mod I never play without, and before her transformation in BG2, was quite an interesting character. So I'll throw her a pity vote, even though Jaheria is probably more awesome overall.

    Now if only I could remember to write Jaheira rather then Jaheria. Hm. Probably never going to happen.
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  • KidCarnivalKidCarnival Member Posts: 3,747
    I vote for @Kamigoroshi. He's the only "druid NPC" I played with (in our Black Pits/non sequitur runs). As a green ooze, he looks like a small galaxy when casting. It's truly magical and a miracle of life and nature and stuff.

    In other words, not too fond of any of the poll options. Faldorn is probably the most interesting one, but gets the short end of the story stick in BG2.
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  • deltagodeltago Member Posts: 7,811
    None of the above.
  • RewolfRewolf Member Posts: 102
    I can't actually think of a game I played without Jaheira, so this is a no-brainer for me!
  • Demonoid_LimewireDemonoid_Limewire Member Posts: 424
    Her stats leave much to be desired, but she actually is one of the strongest multiclass NPCs. And she gets a revive spell that normal druids don't.
  • ChildofBhaal599ChildofBhaal599 Member Posts: 1,781
    Viconia_DeVir said:

    I've little fondness for the jaluk of the druids, and his tiresome nonsense praising the parliament of trees or somesuch. I might have answered several questions the wael had of biology, but he proved too much a coward to test himself and the depths of his belief.

    The darthir elg'caress, on the other hand, was a different prospect. I named her a cross-bred mongrel, in our travels, and met equal spite in turn for my so-called 'parade of scabbed obscenity'. Yet - beyond that - she showed herself eager to embrace vengeance for her loss. I'd a grudging respect for those who bore Shar's whim so gracefully. While we may have spat and hissed at each other at times, I cannot deny there was a bond between us, invisibly and delicately forged by the trials we'd shared.

    i take it charname wasn't a male half elf or human that you are willing to be so respectful about her? :)
  • ZaknafeinBaenreZaknafeinBaenre Member Posts: 349
    Viconia_DeVir said:

    I've little fondness for the jaluk of the druids, and his tiresome nonsense praising the parliament of trees or somesuch. I might have answered several questions the wael had of biology, but he proved too much a coward to test himself and the depths of his belief.

    The darthir elg'caress, on the other hand, was a different prospect. I named her a cross-bred mongrel, in our travels, and met equal spite in turn for my so-called 'parade of scabbed obscenity'. Yet - beyond that - she showed herself eager to embrace vengeance for her loss. I'd a grudging respect for those who bore Shar's whim so gracefully. While we may have spat and hissed at each other at times, I cannot deny there was a bond between us, invisibly and delicately forged by the trials we'd shared.

    One of Viconia's greatest in-game quotes says it best: If a tree falls in the forest, does anybody care?

    That being said, I voted Cernd because I think he pretty much does what he's told and doesn't get an attitude with me all the time like that self-righteous know-it-all named Jaheira.
  • LesseLesse Member Posts: 81
    The bossy half elf was my first character's true love. And I like to think any girl who could melt his cynical heart was no less than amazing. She was bossy, loud, opinionated and often blunt and he (and I) adored her for it.

    I also adored Feldorn, and would have liked her to be the "pure" druid in BG 2. Cernd was alright, but doesn't really compare to Jeheria's strong, often obnoxious personality or Feldorn's cruel, feral nature in my eyes,
  • toanwrathtoanwrath Member Posts: 621
    Jaheira is an interesting character--very useful in combat in both games as druids level up quickly and they gave her a raise dead spell that no other druid has. I always enjoy the characters with romance options because they provide more story time with the (usually great) writing that the BG series has to offer.

    Shapeshifters don't work properly in my eyes so I have a hard time using Cernd--though he has some insight I enjoy listening to now and then. Cernd has some cool dialogues so I like him

    I don't like Faldorn, but maybe that's because she was put as side quest villain with no interactive story like the other druids, or didn't get to a high enough level to show that low stats don't matter when you are a powerful caster (maybe she should have been a shapeshifter too).
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