Options for spicing up Garrick?
GKL206
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Poor Garrick is one of the least-loved characters in Baldur's Gate because of his combination of indifferent stats and no special abilities or personalised equipment. I was wondering about ways to change this (using EEKeeper, not writing a full scale mod) to make him a more appealing NPC to select. I'm thinking of something along the lines of giving him the Belt of Antipode non-removable and the special ability to create five bolts of ice per day. That example isn't exactly right because the increased vulnerability to fire outweighs the bonuses by too much but that shows how I'm thinking: I want to beef him up in some area but also apply a weakness in another. So any suggestions for kits, special abilities and personal equipment to make Garrick a more interesting character to play?
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Slice onion, crush garlic, peel chestnuts, and cut Garrick into tiny cubes!
Another option would be something like Nalia's ring, to explain his inexplicable survival.
http://www.gibberlings3.net/iwdification/
IIRC Quayle's change was because he couldn't even wield his default weapon.
I definitely wouldn't make him a skald, since that simply doesn't fit at all.
Garrick is already pretty darn spicy. The combo of bows and wands, plus having some of the only voiced NPC-to-NPC banter in the vanilla game, gives him alot to offer.
By me.
Over three years ago.
He does have the personality of a NTR game protagonist however, which might prove problematic for some.
Mechanics-wise, he's actually a really strong companion since like all mages/bards he can use wands. I tend to have him singing as standard and then switching in a bolt or a spell/wand every now and then if needed. He doesn't really need dex, he's a competent marksman with the xbow of speed + bolts of lightning (again, lightning. Love those).
If you want something not gamebreaking but that would thematically work for his character, then perhaps adding the defensive spin from a Blade could be fitting and explain how he manages to survive all the time. Or maybe some kind of inherent haste spell so he can run away if in danger (though himself, he would probably argue he casts haste to run INTO danger :P )
Btw, as a side note, with potions of haste now doubling APR, Garrick dishes out 4 bolts of lightning per round with pretty decent THAC0 without any modding/changing whatsoever. Perhaps he can start with a few potions of haste in his quickslot?
How did I know when I read the thread title that "garlic" would figure in a lot of answers?
And how the hell did I manage to miss my chance of getting my own recipe in early enough when it was still funny? Got to monitor the threads a lot better.
Either the "potion of haste" that they were referring to was something else or this is misinformation.
If it's part of 2.5 then that would explain it.