Questions about Jaheria romance
MrNooby
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So, I've just started BG II EE, after finishing the first game, and I have a few questions about the Jaheria romance.
I did a lot of googling, and there seems to be stunningly little information, detail-wise.
How exactly is the start of her romance triggered? I'm not looking for spoilers, or what I should say to her in dialogue, but rather how the first dialogues with her trigger at all, and also any requirements there might be for her romance.
On the wiki it said a neutral alignment is required, but I've not read that anywhere else so I'm not sure thats true - my character is chaotic good.
Also, is it something I can miss?
I did a lot of googling, and there seems to be stunningly little information, detail-wise.
How exactly is the start of her romance triggered? I'm not looking for spoilers, or what I should say to her in dialogue, but rather how the first dialogues with her trigger at all, and also any requirements there might be for her romance.
On the wiki it said a neutral alignment is required, but I've not read that anywhere else so I'm not sure thats true - my character is chaotic good.
Also, is it something I can miss?
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If you match her taste, the romance will start on its own. No special triggers etc. are required to initiate it, it will happen fairly soon after you start the game and play for a bit. The only time special events come in is later down the line, where some annoying requirements like resting outdoors etc. are required to trigger romance progression; but that's fairly later on. Nevertheless, Jaheira's romance is notorious for bugging out because of those triggers, so you might want to compare a few walkthroughs or FAQs to get your bearings for those later stages.
Unlike the other romances which are less fragile, Jaheira's romance will be immediately (and permanently) terminated if you ever kick her out of the party, even temporarily - so don't! It will also be wrecked if she ever dies or gets turned to stone, even if you immediately resurrect her or turn her back to flesh. That's false information, she's not picky about alignment. Chaotic Good is fine.
Secondly, you mentioned that the dialogues occur in certain chapters - if I pass by a chapter without exhausting all of those dialogues, am I screwed?
For the record, in my current game I've "kicked Jaheira out" three times, spent an age with her as a corpse, and had her petrified once, yet Jaheira's still making with the lovetalks.
The key trick with removing any romance from the party is to leave before they can initiate dialogue with you to whine about being removed and when you do take them back, say "didn't mean it". She never picked up on the fact that I left her a week before coming back.
This way I also managed to carry Aerie's lovetalks through to her actually being mentally healthy and friend-zoned without the two of them having a You Must Choose argument. Jaheira was "sleeping in a different room" on the roof of the Coronet.
@Pantalion - that's a neat exploit for cheating the intended mechanic that Jaheira's romance breaks if you kick her out of the party. I'll bear it in mind next time someone asks for advice ... but nevertheless, it's still a cheat, so I won't use it myself.