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Boo's NPC Polls Part 3: Who do you think is the Coolest Cleric?

booinyoureyesbooinyoureyes Member Posts: 6,164
edited February 2014 in General Discussion (Spoiler Warning!)
Part 3: Clerics
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  1. Boo's NPC Polls Part 3: Who's do you think is the Coolest Cleric?118 votes
    1. Branwen (By Valkur's strapping buttocks is she awesome or what???)
      17.80%
    2. Viconia (Only the disgusting Rivvil would not appreciate her)
      41.53%
    3. Yeslick (Clangeddin's will be done)
        4.24%
    4. Quayle (cuz he's soooo smrt)
        2.54%
    5. Tiax (Rules!)
        6.78%
    6. Anomen (Did you not hear about that time he killed those giants all by himself?)
        5.93%
    7. Aerie (She's cooler than Chiktikka Fastpaws)
      15.25%
    8. Just show me the results (this option does NOT mean "all of the above")
        5.93%
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  • booinyoureyesbooinyoureyes Member Posts: 6,164
    tough choice for me, as I love Aerie and Tiax clearly rules. Anomen is just an interesting character for me though
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  • BelgarathMTHBelgarathMTH Member Posts: 5,653
    Ano's my man. I love me some scruffy-looking, chiseled-jaw, paladin wannabe, Superman level powerful Ano. ;)

    In BG1, I'm actually rather fond of Yeslick. BG needs some more wise and good, Durkon type dwarves. I wish Yeslick were in BG2.

    I also really like Branwen. This poll list would be a hard choice for me if my Ano weren't on the list.

    I also really love Berelinde's Gavin, who is unfortunately not compatible with EE at the moment.
  • booinyoureyesbooinyoureyes Member Posts: 6,164
    edited February 2014
    I agree with BelgarathMTH. This is definitely the hardest one for me, and I think for many others. I am eager to try the Branwen NPC mod for BG2. Tiax is also very amusing. Aerie was the toughest not to vote for since I enjoy her character a lot, and she is interesting mechanically (when I used her I was bad at the game, and have improved a lot recently. I never took advantage of her multi-class and what it brings to her character)

    Totally understand Shandyr's indecision, and the creator of this poll is clearly a Chaotic Evil jerk for not giving the option of "other". Its tough with BG1 characters who are not in BG2. These are some very popular characters here (also three romance choices)
  • MoradinMoradin Member Posts: 372
    Me votes fer Yeslik. A fine cleric and a fine son o' Moradin. Not the smartest of His sons, but as hard as a rock.
  • KamigoroshiKamigoroshi Member Posts: 5,870
    From those in the poll? Branwen all the way. However, my true vote belongs to Lysan, the priestress of Auril from Icewind Dale. Fall-From-Grace is a close second.
  • the_spyderthe_spyder Member Posts: 5,018
    It was hard to vote against Tiax, but the deed had to be done. Viccy wins, hands down in my mind. Hey, get outa here. That's private.
  • FinneousPJFinneousPJ Member Posts: 6,455
    I'm surprised if my dark temptress doesn't win this.
  • LoubLoub Member Posts: 471
    From a powergaming standpoint, Viconia is by far the most superior one.
    And for those complaining about her con: 20 HP is all that she loses, and her 65% magic resistance far more than makes up for that. She also has 19 Dexterity and 18 Wisdom, which grant her, respectively, incredibly low AC and THAC0 with Slings as well as very high priority on actions (iniative) (which means less likely to be interrupted), and a bunch of extra spell slots which can be used to memorize extra cures, sanctuaries (more on that later) and Create Undead.
    Plus, her Command Undead ability is widely considered to be superior than a good cleric's Turn Undead, simply because it means she can walk through hallowed areas with Sanctuary activated while letting her army of zombies/skeletons/vampires or whatever rape, pillage and burn through the opposition.
    With Call Upon Holy Might and a Mage's Strength she can easily reach over 23 Strength when necessary, which means she is no fragile flower, despite what people would like you to believe.
    Her high Intelligence proves to be a boon when dealing with Illithids, which is especially useful as she is one of the few characters capable of undoing intelligence damage in the party.
    Again, with Sanctuary and her 65% Magic Resistance she often needs not worry about being hit by stray fireballs or accidentally tripping a Skull Trap while moving through the battlefield to deliver support to party members, a thing Anomen is not even capable of dreaming to do so.
    Plus, she has IMO the best romance path and is a complete woobie and a survivor who has had it far worse than even the fan-favorite attention whore Aerie, but does not constantly bring it up at every possible conversation, unlike the aforementioned fan-favorite attention whore.
  • OneAngryMushroomOneAngryMushroom Member Posts: 564
    Close call between Brawnwen and Viconia, Really close but Viconia interacts more. If Brawnwen had her own "romance" I'd vote for her without a second thought
  • OneAngryMushroomOneAngryMushroom Member Posts: 564
    @BelgarathMTH
    Sweet, but I have a confession to make... I've never played a modded BG. So I really don't know anything about modding it or mods themselves
  • elementelement Member Posts: 833
    edited February 2014
    arr so tough I love branwen and Aerie but I think viconia just shades it

    arr that tormented me as soon as clicked it should have taken the neutral option
  • CrevsDaakCrevsDaak Member Posts: 7,155
    Tiax is cool, but Viconia is sometimes amusing, I like her much more but I can't resist voting for my favorite mad gnome.
  • booinyoureyesbooinyoureyes Member Posts: 6,164
    element said:

    arr so tough I love branwen and Aerie but I think viconia just shades it

    arr that tormented me as soon as clicked it should have taken the neutral option

    There is no neutral option! Mwahahahaahaha
    (your alignment has shifted 1 toward Lawful Evil)
    dang
  • SilverstarSilverstar Member Posts: 2,207
    Shandyr said:

    I'd say: Branwen from BG1
    and Aerie from BG2

    That basically. Baldur's Gate-exclusive companions suffers from a bad case of BAPS (Barely Any Personality Syndrome) and as such it isn't a very fair comparison. Viconia is a very close second place if we discount the first game though. Aerie wins on account of being the best caster class in the game and just being all-around pleasant.
  • the_spyderthe_spyder Member Posts: 5,018
    BelgarathMTH said:

    @OneAngryMushroom, there's an EE compatible Branwen mod at Pocket Plane that puts Branwen into BG2, with a romance. It's very stable and well-written - I did my first BG2:EE run with her in my party.

    She has great in-character interactions with the other Bioware NPC's, and her romance is doable as a friendship, and also references the events and stories of the BG1 NPC Project, if you've played her with that.

    I've always wondered why she never made it into BG2. I like Branflakes, quite a bit. I just like Viccy better. But yeah, I could totally see a party of:

    Keldorn
    Charname
    Branwen
    Minsc
    Aerie (or Jaheira depending on the class of Charname)
    Yoshi/Imoen

    I think that would be quite kickin.
  • NonnahswriterNonnahswriter Member Posts: 2,520
    I voted for Aerie in the mage thread, so Branwen gets my vote here. :)
  • booinyoureyesbooinyoureyes Member Posts: 6,164
    wow, Branwen was a LOT more popular than I expected!
    I thought Viconia would win handily (I've never played with her... :( I am a disgrace) but I expected more love for Anomen and Aerie in particular. I think many consider Aerie more of a mage, which may factor in to the results of this poll.
  • GodGod Member Posts: 1,150
    Tiax is the Jan Jansen of Baldur's Gate I.
  • CoutelierCoutelier Member Posts: 1,282
    I voted for Aerie in both the mage and cleric polls, even though obviously she's not fully either, although I agree she probably is more of a mage, or witch. But she's sweet, shy, kind, both contrasts with and is a perfect pal for Imoen who I love as well. And also she doesn't really whine or seek attention at all; that's nothing to do with not liking that other people don't like her - it's just pointing out the reality that it doesn't happen. She never brings it up with anyone except in the romance.
  • ArizaelArizael Member Posts: 263
    Aerie wins it. Cleric spells in sequencer rolls.
  • HeindrichHeindrich Member, Moderator Posts: 2,959
    @booinyoureyes

    Earlier on, when Aerie was WAY behind, I wondered if I should summon @Coutelier for a little backup. :D

    But then I thought that'd be 'powergaming' the poll, and you know, I disapprove of powergaming.
  • CrevsDaakCrevsDaak Member Posts: 7,155
    @Heindrich I don't know what you mean but Aerie is better than Viconia in powergaming terms.
  • TwoWayFinesseTwoWayFinesse Member Posts: 128
    Most annoying: Anomem
    Most megalomaniacal (I hope that's a word): Tiax
    Most changed: Aerie
    Most likely to use an Axe: Yeslick
    Most likely to never be used: Quayle (stands back to wait for contrary responses!)
  • TwaniTwani Member Posts: 640
    I voted for Anomen, as you know, first romance option, even if he was annoying, he still has a part of my heart. (A very tiny part. THat's mostly bitter and jaded and miserable, but hey, he has it!) And, well, powergaming wise, he can become very, very powerful. Useful character, for certain.

    In truth, though, Branwen might be my favorite. Calm, confident, badass gal- and an excellent romance in BG1 NPC mod (who wrote that one?) carried forward to an excellent romance in BG2 by Kuylok. Probably my favorite romance with a female character by a male character. She's not the most powerful, no, but she is awesome.

    I like Aerie and Viconia too, though, for different reasons, and Tiax amuses me. And there's nothing wrong with Yeslick. Um. Don't think I've ever used Quayle, though... can I vote for least favorite instead?
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