Did you *actually* know?
Buttercheese
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I started posting random trivia about Baldur's Gate and Co. on the activity page, but it have become so many that I decided to start a new topic. If you yourself know an interesting piece of trivia, feel free to share.
Either way, here we go:
Did you know?
Alora isn't a halfling, she actually is a really short and petite gnome.
Bhaal and Cyric used to be lovers but Bhaal cheated on him with his sister which is why Cyric killed him.
Dynaheir sings "These boots are made for walking" by Nancy Sinatra because Dynaheir used to be Nancy Sinatra's old D'n'D player character.
CHARNAME isn't actually a Bhaalspawn, they were accidentally switched as a newborn with the temple's janitor's child. Alaundo's prophecy is just a fraud.
There is a squirrel with a powerful magic ring somewhere in the original Baldur's Gate.
Icewind Dale was named after Dale Ace Windy, a famous Canadian popstar from the 80s.
If you shoot a Magic Missile at Gorion in the very beginning of the original Baldur's Gate in Candlekeep, he will give you some very useful potions in return.
Adventure Y was originally supposed to be called Adventure Z but the devs reconsidered to avoid a potential legal suite from Bandai because of the similarity to Dragonball Z.
Kivan never had a wife, he just made the story up as part of his wrestling persona.
Sarevok was voiced by Jaleel White, who is most famous for his role as Steve Urkel in the 90s sitcom "Family Matters".
Nothing can stop the Smooze.
Edwin is actually a virgin, he is just overcompensating all the time.
When your familiar dies you may lose one constitution point, but if you keep it's corpse, Cromwell will forge a Katana +4, +2 bleeding damage/ round for 10 rounds from it.
There are actually no spambots on these forums, the mods just ban random people because the motherbrain tells them to do so.
If you wish to save Clara you need to choose the following dialogue options after meeting her: 2, 4, 1, 1, 3
There is a glitch that let's you one-hit Beholders, if you cast barkskin *and* stoneskin on yourself and then attack them with a Quarterstaff +1.
Gorion and Jaheira used to be a couple back in the day.
Either way, here we go:
Did you know?
Alora isn't a halfling, she actually is a really short and petite gnome.
Bhaal and Cyric used to be lovers but Bhaal cheated on him with his sister which is why Cyric killed him.
Dynaheir sings "These boots are made for walking" by Nancy Sinatra because Dynaheir used to be Nancy Sinatra's old D'n'D player character.
CHARNAME isn't actually a Bhaalspawn, they were accidentally switched as a newborn with the temple's janitor's child. Alaundo's prophecy is just a fraud.
There is a squirrel with a powerful magic ring somewhere in the original Baldur's Gate.
Icewind Dale was named after Dale Ace Windy, a famous Canadian popstar from the 80s.
If you shoot a Magic Missile at Gorion in the very beginning of the original Baldur's Gate in Candlekeep, he will give you some very useful potions in return.
Adventure Y was originally supposed to be called Adventure Z but the devs reconsidered to avoid a potential legal suite from Bandai because of the similarity to Dragonball Z.
Kivan never had a wife, he just made the story up as part of his wrestling persona.
Sarevok was voiced by Jaleel White, who is most famous for his role as Steve Urkel in the 90s sitcom "Family Matters".
Nothing can stop the Smooze.
Edwin is actually a virgin, he is just overcompensating all the time.
When your familiar dies you may lose one constitution point, but if you keep it's corpse, Cromwell will forge a Katana +4, +2 bleeding damage/ round for 10 rounds from it.
There are actually no spambots on these forums, the mods just ban random people because the motherbrain tells them to do so.
If you wish to save Clara you need to choose the following dialogue options after meeting her: 2, 4, 1, 1, 3
There is a glitch that let's you one-hit Beholders, if you cast barkskin *and* stoneskin on yourself and then attack them with a Quarterstaff +1.
Gorion and Jaheira used to be a couple back in the day.
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Please do share your contributions over there though, these are always fun to read.
Edit: Oh wait... I get it. lol
Errr... nevermind... carry on! *whistles*
Also, did you know that Edwin really is Edwina. Her amulet, aside from being very powerful, happens to also have an inbuilt gender reversal enchantment.
Think about it. It makes sense.
Level drain only kills you if you actually reach level 0. Due to a bug, if you're reduced to negative levels, you actually roll around to level 41.
So the Antichickenator spell actually turns, and not returns, a chicken into a man.
As for the source of the appropriate foul magic, blame an illusion by Fraz-Urb'luu.
I warrant your attention?! Oh frabjous day! Kalah! Callooh! Callay!
Also if the Antichickenator spell fails Thalantyr has an excellent recipe for Chicken Byriani.
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Did you know:
Dorn appears in the original Baldur's Gate. He is one of the characters petrified in Mutamin's Garden.
There *is* actually a squirrel that drops a magical item. But you have to visit the cave at exactly the right time of day.