Cheating or not? (Spoilers!)

amuletofyendor

Okay, I have a couple of questions regarding what is considered cheating or not.

1. I am running a solo monk. At the demon knights' altar in the Underdark, you are supposed to put an animal on the altar to sacrifice. This is achieved by summoning an animal, generally. However, since I am a monk, I cannot use magical items. So, I used debug to summon a cow on the altar. Is this considered cheating?

2. You can get the Golden Pantaloons if you imported a character from BG to BG 2. However, I started my monk fresh. Keeping in mind that if you imported a character, the golden pantaloons are EXTREMELY easy to get, would this be considered cheating?

Yes, I know that TECHNICALLY, these things are cheating, but I'm asking for an opinion. Thanks in advance.

Tresset

1. Well actually a monk CAN summon some things, but only with the help of magical items. The Horn of Valhalla or the Spider Figurine, for example, can be used by monks and just about everyone else too. Even if summoning something is not an option then all you have to do is lure a kuo-toa or something to the alter and that will fulfill the sacrifice too.

2. I am sure that a lot of people do that.

To be perfectly honest though, it is more or less up to you to decide on what you consider cheating. Pretty much everyone here has different views on what constitutes a cheat. One of the nicest things about this game is that you can play it however you want. I would say to just do whatever you find to be the most enjoyable for you.

meagloth

Dude, it's a single player game. "Cheating" is completely subjective and subsequently irrelevant.

Sed

Helm sees all. Know that, and be judged!

sarevok57

Sed said:

Helm sees all. Know that, and be judged!

hahaha, awesome

Sed

@sarevok57‌
Couldn't help myself

JuliusBorisov

Sed said:

Helm sees all. Know that, and be judged!

I say that the churches lie to you! They claim their gods are present when they do nothing other than require your coin to fill their pockets!

Sed

I'd say it's the priests that lie
The churches are mostly standing there, looming over you

lolien

I had a hard time to find out, what must i do by that altar. Honestly, i never found out the proper solution, i used to charm one of the kua-toa neighbour, and guide it to the oltar, and it was accepted as a sacrafice. I think that sometimes i didn't charmed the kua-toa, just let it chase me to the altar, and it functioned that way too. But that was a long time ago, when i'd been there.

Nimran

bengoshi said:

Sed said:

Helm sees all. Know that, and be judged!

I say that the churches lie to you! They claim their gods are present when they do nothing other than require your coin to fill their pockets!

This must not come to pass. The ever-seeing eye of Helm must be made aware of what they intend.

Why would an ever-seeing eye need to be made aware of something? Isn't it ever-seeing? Wouldn't it already know?

TheArtisan

1. It's already mentioned that you can summon animals via items, so I don't see this as a huge deal.

2. Barely relevant to the game, imo. You aren't going to get anything out of it until late ToB, and honestly in my experience the payoff is barely usable.

Is it cheating? Sorta. You are, after all, doing something you're normally not capable of in that particular instance. Will it ruin your game experience or make things too easy? Probably not.