Jan Jansen, an amazing adventure.
GSmith84
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I want to say I've beaten BG2: ToB so many times of different alignments and different ways. Though I've always unwittingly maintained the same party. And in many recent play-throughs usually acting as a challenge and going solo.
Today was the first time I ever played the game with Jan Jansen in the group for a significant amount of time. As such I must say, if a statue hasn't been erected somewhere in honor of the writer responsible for Jan's musings... a great injustice of our time has been done.
(Attachment - Though I've played much more back with the 5 disc combo, my steam version hasn't been played any less. Of all my gaming since the days of my Atari 5200 I think BG2: ToB is my most favorite game of all time still)
Today was the first time I ever played the game with Jan Jansen in the group for a significant amount of time. As such I must say, if a statue hasn't been erected somewhere in honor of the writer responsible for Jan's musings... a great injustice of our time has been done.
(Attachment - Though I've played much more back with the 5 disc combo, my steam version hasn't been played any less. Of all my gaming since the days of my Atari 5200 I think BG2: ToB is my most favorite game of all time still)
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Those were tough times for the Jansen family. The onion population had gone into hiding, leaving the Jansen family with a missing key ingredient for its well known turnip soup. Worse still Uncle Tookar was still nowhere to be found, leaving the Jansen family's future in the hands of Uncle Graveltoes.
Amongst all of this there was a sudden rise in sales for elvish parsnip tea. Suddenly the demand for turnips collapsed!
Of course none of this would have happened if it hadn't been for the rise of the Elven Mercantile Traders Company. That band of braggarts and broccoli huggers raided the Jansen family turnip trading caravans, forcing turnip prices up. Not long after that parsnips became the root vegetable of choice on the streets of Athkatla, Crimmor, and Darromar. Even carrots, beets, and rutabagas soon overtook turnips in popularity.
Worse still, amongst all of this a copy of the Jansen family turnip recipes had been stolen by a villainous cretin by the name of Tilly Wigglebottom. Between the elves, griffins, stolen recipes, and a number of angry onions the Jansen family had their hands full with problems!
As is always the case in the vegetable peddling business nothing good lasts forever, unless of course you are Uncle Fibbert. Not every gnome can aspire to becoming a gnome mummy after all.
Seriosly, having read all those hilarious vegetable posts by @Elminister I wonder how this old wizard feels himself being in spectacles.
Best voiced comment in the whole game. Jan Jansen is a treasure.
I guess it's up to Beamdog. Let's hope that they decide to hire the guy who wrote Jan.
Later in the game, I give him a wonderful drow crossbow of speed and of course the Firetooth +4.
Jansen Spectroscopes are very nice and seldomly need swapping - they serve as a protection from critical hits and giving the detect illusion skill a 20% bonus can be only positive.
Jansen Techno-Gloves - well, I take them off when I don't need to pick a lock or a pocket. Gauntlets of Ogre Power are much more useful - Jan can be a wonderful backstabber with this item.
Jansen AdventureWear is a solid armor and doesn't need to be taken off unless you plan to give him the Robe of Vecna. But I rarely give the Robe to Jan - my own wizard/Edwin/Aerie are better choices for this item.
I often end up giving him the Wondrous Gloves in TOB to replace his own ones, as the bonus THAC0 and spells help a bit.