Following the blood soaked brick road to spell hold
Xavioria
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I personally loved a few of bg2's ideas. One was the idea of getting a bunch of friends to help you kill a semi easy vampire in a very small space.
The other, was choosing a way to get to spellhold.
Personally, I always thought there would have been other ways to reach there. One mod that comes to mind that added to this a bit (there may be others) was the Saerilith mod (I didn't like her, but this idea was decent).
This mod mentioned above added the choice to recieve aid from the Paladins of the Radiant Heart into taking you to spellhold, although if I recall correctly, their reasons as to why they wanted you to go wasn't very well put together in that mod, but it was a good idea in the first place, and I would love it if there were other ways to get there. Following a vicious vampire or thieves into spellhold both seem like very evil pathways to that goal, and think that other ways should be added, with proper reasoning and lore behind it, of course.
I was thinking that the Paladin route was a good idea, but better reasoning as to why THEY of all people would want you to head there would make better sense. I also thinking enlisting the aid of the captors themselves, the Cowled Wizards, would also be a great candidate for this. Perhaps that might shut people out of a few rewards, but that's what a game with choices is supposed to do anyways.
This would give people a way there that is either neutral (Cowled Wizards) or Good (Radiant Heart) to reach Spellhold without comprimising the values of the PC.
Any other ideas would be awesome if anyone wants to add to this
The other, was choosing a way to get to spellhold.
Personally, I always thought there would have been other ways to reach there. One mod that comes to mind that added to this a bit (there may be others) was the Saerilith mod (I didn't like her, but this idea was decent).
This mod mentioned above added the choice to recieve aid from the Paladins of the Radiant Heart into taking you to spellhold, although if I recall correctly, their reasons as to why they wanted you to go wasn't very well put together in that mod, but it was a good idea in the first place, and I would love it if there were other ways to get there. Following a vicious vampire or thieves into spellhold both seem like very evil pathways to that goal, and think that other ways should be added, with proper reasoning and lore behind it, of course.
I was thinking that the Paladin route was a good idea, but better reasoning as to why THEY of all people would want you to head there would make better sense. I also thinking enlisting the aid of the captors themselves, the Cowled Wizards, would also be a great candidate for this. Perhaps that might shut people out of a few rewards, but that's what a game with choices is supposed to do anyways.
This would give people a way there that is either neutral (Cowled Wizards) or Good (Radiant Heart) to reach Spellhold without comprimising the values of the PC.
Any other ideas would be awesome if anyone wants to add to this
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Choosing a 3rd option should have consequences for the whole Shadow Thief/ Vampire struggle, as you never weakened Bodhi's forces for Aran Linvail.