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Who's the most stylish?

meaglothmeagloth Member Posts: 3,806
edited May 2014 in General Discussion (Spoiler Warning!)
I mean paper dolls. Which one looks the best? For me it's the male elven Mage in pink and blue with a resistance robe. The archmagi robes a cool to, but I see them so much I get sick of them. I also like the un armored paperdoll. That hilariously skinny waist. Safana err, the human female thief(in leather. That catsuit is awkward.) is quite *ahem* nice as well.
Edit: got the right pics in.
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  • GoturalGotural Member Posts: 1,229
    The first one is indeed pretty bad***
  • FinaLfrontFinaLfront Member Posts: 260
    I agree, first one in all it's overused archmage glory. Plus, the first one gets the unfair advantage of wielding a sword.

    I usually opt out of any archmagi robes for fire resistant ones in my runs. That coupled with the ring of fire resist allow my weak mages with their 12 hitpoints to survive fire balls and the like. Or in Xans case, ring + sword + electric res boots + electric res robe = 90 fire resist, 70 electric resist. Talk about being able to eat a few lightning bolts and fireballs.
  • jackjackjackjack Member Posts: 3,251
    Anything but Elves and Half-Elves - they look terrible, IMO.
    If I had to choose a best, I'd say Halflings.
  • meaglothmeagloth Member Posts: 3,806
    @jackjack‌ huh, I tend to like anything the *is* elven.

    Also, did anyone like the vanilla bg2 animations? The elves were REALLLY bad then. They looked like 80 year olds with corn rows. EE did away with them(tank you bujeebus!) but I bet at least some of you were disappointed.
  • meaglothmeagloth Member Posts: 3,806
    I tried to find something like what @Elminister‌ has for bg1 but couldn't,(thx btw) but I did find this:
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  • CrevsDaakCrevsDaak Member Posts: 7,155
    BG:EE uses the same as BG1 for the inventory screen + the ones added by 1PP.
  • meaglothmeagloth Member Posts: 3,806
    Looking back at that, I do wish we had some of them. We should have an options somewhere. (Would it be impossible for there to be a button that switched you between the two in inventory and/or character creation? Maybe just for CHARNAME, and NPC's having the one that suits them best? *that* would be cool.)
  • meaglothmeagloth Member Posts: 3,806
    @CrevsDaak‌ 1PP?
  • iuventasiuventas Member Posts: 95
    edited May 2014
    Everything but vanilla BG2 human female cleric.
    These veiny legs are terrifying!
  • recklessheartrecklessheart Member Posts: 692
    I have to vouch for the vanilla BG2 human female mage, which I think looks much more characteristic and stylish than the plain, rather bland model that has been carried from BG1 to BG2:EE. I like both the original and BG2 elven male mage models. Honestly, I wish you could opt to alternate between both models at character creation for the EEs.
  • meaglothmeagloth Member Posts: 3,806
    Seriously though, could we have a way to switch between these? That would be awesome. (I get the feeling this is one of those "hardcoded" things, that are a million pains in the ass and just as many dollars to change, but it's worth a shot)
  • ElrandirElrandir Member Posts: 1,664
    To answer the original post, I prefer the mage myself. I always prefer the appearance of the non-archmagi robes. They just look awesome.

    As for the vanilla BG2 paper dolls, I never played vanilla BG2, so seeing them all was new for me. Who on earth is the seemingly asian human male? Is that a paper doll reserved for the kensai? Because it's awesome! I would LOVE to have more paper doll options myself, as sometimes I just don't like what's given to me. Besides, the vanilla BG2 paper dolls just seem more awesome in general. More detailed, I suppose.
  • FinaLfrontFinaLfront Member Posts: 260
    @Elrandir‌
    The seemingly Asian male and female are the original Monk paper dolls, and it's a real travesty that these dolls aren't used in the EEs
  • ElrandirElrandir Member Posts: 1,664
    @FinaLfront‌ Ahhh, I see. Honestly, I think I prefer the EE's monks. That said, I would love to see the paper doll used for the kensai. It just looks more swordsman-esque to me.
  • LathlaerLathlaer Member Posts: 475
    Threads like this remind me how little I remembered from the original Baldur's Gate. I mean, I have played it countless times but after a few years of break I took everything EE gave and not once did I fully realise how many small things they changed.

    Like those paperdolls - now when I look at them I have this reaction that it's obvious and that's how they looked like before, but I didn't realise it until I saw this photo.
  • TwaniTwani Member Posts: 640
    Overall, I'm happy with 1PP work, but I do miss the male monk. Though I'm not sure where he got those robes in Candlekeep.
  • FinaLfrontFinaLfront Member Posts: 260
    Lathlaer said:

    Threads like this remind me how little I remembered from the original Baldur's Gate. I mean, I have played it countless times but after a few years of break I took everything EE gave and not once did I fully realise how many small things they changed.

    Like those paperdolls - now when I look at them I have this reaction that it's obvious and that's how they looked like before, but I didn't realise it until I saw this photo.

    @Lathlaer‌ And the spell books. I just came across this screen shot in a search. Totally didn't realize that the spells books were changed too until now.

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    There are quite a few things I find I miss from the originals.
  • the_spyderthe_spyder Member Posts: 5,018
    jackjack said:

    @meagloth‌
    Seems like a really hoopy frood.

    Yeah, but where's his towel?
    jackjack said:

    Anything but Elves and Half-Elves - they look terrible, IMO.
    If I had to choose a best, I'd say Halflings.

    I always hated how the Half Orcs look.

  • meaglothmeagloth Member Posts: 3,806
    the_spyder said:

    jackjack said:

    @meagloth‌
    Seems like a really hoopy frood.

    Yeah, but where's his towel?
    jackjack said:

    Anything but Elves and Half-Elves - they look terrible, IMO.
    If I had to choose a best, I'd say Halflings.

    I always hated how the Half Orcs look.

    And their default skin color is something else.
  • meaglothmeagloth Member Posts: 3,806
    recklessheart said:

    Elrandir said:

    To answer the original post, I prefer the mage myself. I always prefer the appearance of the non-archmagi robes. They just look awesome.

    I must confess that while I see the appeal, there is something - maybe the LOTR in me - that sees the acquisition of a hood to be a crowning achievement in 'cooldom' and suave. A Mage hidden behind a hood is a Mage that rejects the judgement of his lessers, if you ask me! ;)
    Its not that I don't like the archmagi robes, they're actually very nice, and I love the hood. I'm just a little tired of that being what I see every day; I play mostly mages and sorcerers. The other robes are refreshing.
  • SCARY_WIZARDSCARY_WIZARD Member Posts: 1,438
    Twani said:

    Overall, I'm happy with 1PP work, but I do miss the male monk. Though I'm not sure where he got those robes in Candlekeep.

    Gorion's Ward tried their hand at tailoring for a few years before undergoing... Monkery.

    Let's see...
    Female: Elves in general get it pretty cool-looking. Clerics and Magic-Users steal the show for me, though. The chain armour paperdoll in particular is really cool.
    Male: Elven and Human Clerics. :D I also like how the Magic-User robes sort of "billow" on the Elven male...
    -Like, seriously, I'm picturing some elf Fighter/Magic-User dude with a sword in one hand and MAGIC in the other. Strike pose. Glare. Yeah.
    meagloth said:

    Safana err, the human female thief(in leather. That catsuit is awkward.) is quite *ahem* nice as well.

    yes Safana uhm I have a confession to make. :(
  • ElrandirElrandir Member Posts: 1,664
    I realized only now that this is actually what one's favorite is, not "which of the two that Meagloth posted is better"... To answer, I'll say the EE's gnome in plate mail. I believe it's plate mail that I'm thinking of. It just looks so awesome.
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