Hmmm... here is one from EE that nobody seems to have mentioned yet. The passed out guys that surround Kryll are called Rick, Lori, Glenn and Shane. Obvious reference to a certain tv and comic book series... ironic seeing what becomes of them .
Nobody mentioned Daer'Ragh the mage on the nashkel graveyard... The guy with 10 Phoenix Guards. Daer'Ragh was named after one of Biowares programmers, Mark Darrah.
Mencar Pebblecrusher is also the name of one of the old forumite's. I think he's the only one that made it into BG1 via the TOSC expansion.
Lanfear obviously in BG2 along with Gromnir and Draconis in Throne of Bhaal.
Not sure if any others made it in.
Trying to remember waaaay back to when I was a regular on that forum: didn't Gromnir have an obsession/long-running joke regarding a "twin-hooked sword of paladin-gelding"? I don't suppose that made it into the game, did it?
I wonder what stats such a weapon should have...
That sword didn't, but his "Ha...good fun!" line certainly did.
Nobody mentioned Daer'Ragh the mage on the nashkel graveyard... The guy with 10 Phoenix Guards. Daer'Ragh was named after one of Biowares programmers, Mark Darrah.
- Ajantis' biography says: "He has been sent by his superior Keldorn Firecam to investigate and wipe out the bandits plaguing the Sword Coast." We all know who Keldorn Firecam is.
Keldorn will actually comment on this, making reference and tribute to Ajantis if he's with you when you kill him - he's one of the knights turned into beasts who greet you on your arrival at the Windspear Hills.
Some others:
Jan, if taken to prison, will beg "Help me CHARNAME, you're my only hope!"
Garrick in the second game essentially recreates the plot of Cyrano de Bergerac.
Garrick's "morale failure" line paraphrases "Brave brave Sir Robin, Sir Robin ran away" from Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
In Throne of Bhaal, the Spectator Beholder shows up again in Sendai's Enclave. He mocks Captain Egeissag by saying "Oh Captain, my captain!" (quoting Dead Poets Society). When asked why he's doing that, he simply says he's always wanted to say that.
The people who ambush you when Dorn shows up are named Dorotea and Senjak. This is a reference to character from Glen Cooks The Black Company series(great books btw)
@PawnSlayer. "Oh Captain, My Captain" is actually a poem written by Walt Whitman. Dead Poets Society only borrowed it.
I'm aware, but in this specific case I'm pretty sure it's a reference to Dead Poets Society. In the film, it comes up early, but is important in the climax when the teacher's students all say it by way of expressing support for him. The Spectator Beholder is clearly mocking this usage by pretending to support the Captain, when he obviously doesn't possess an ounce of loyalty towards him.
After talking to Nobleman and Noblewoman in Candlekeep Inn you can choose to ask about their jewelry in quite a dirrect manner.
The phrase you should pick starts quite gently: "Oh, I would not let it concern you, milady (...)"
The snapping up of the fabulously shining Star Sapphire upstairs was considered to be an Easter Egg itself. Imagine that after choosing that specific dialogue option our lovely pidgeons actually LEAVE their valuables somewehere. You can find that treasure in the mystical SS Chest... And what would it be? Check out for yourselves !
After talking to Nobleman and Noblewoman in Candlekeep Inn you can choose to ask about their jewelry in quite a dirrect manner.
The phrase you should pick starts quite gently: "Oh, I would not let it concern you, milady (...)"
The snapping up of the fabulously shining Star Sapphire upstairs was considered to be an Easter Egg itself. Imagine that after choosing that specific dialogue option our lovely pidgeons actually LEAVE their valuables somewehere. You can find that treasure in the mystical SS Chest... And what would it be? Check out for yourselves !
[You'll need Charisma 18 in order to do that.]
So if you have an 18 charisma, you can get the gem upstairs even if you don't have Pick Pockets you're saying? Sorry I didn't understand your post fully.
@HaHaCharade there's a container upstairs in the Candlekeep Inn which normally contains a star sapphire (and only a star sapphire). If you talk the nobleman/noblewomen as @Kozaro describes, there will be a couple extra items in that container, in addition to the star sapphire.
@TJ_Hooker - that's right. The Chest's still locked. But somehow CHARNAME can convince the couple to store their property. Then - quickly run upstairs, open the lock, and be amazed by this obscured content.
There are Easter Eggs referring to Old Norse mythology. The girdle of Frost Giant Strength represents Megingjörð which is Thor's belt. The Gauntlets of Ogre Power represent Járngreipr, which are Thor's gauntlets. In the game by combining them Cromwell can create Crom Faeyr which represents Mjölnir, which is Thor's hammer. Faeyr is probably a bastardization of the god Freyr or godess Freya.
After talking to Nobleman and Noblewoman in Candlekeep Inn you can choose to ask about their jewelry in quite a dirrect manner.
The phrase you should pick starts quite gently: "Oh, I would not let it concern you, milady (...)"
The snapping up of the fabulously shining Star Sapphire upstairs was considered to be an Easter Egg itself. Imagine that after choosing that specific dialogue option our lovely pidgeons actually LEAVE their valuables somewehere. You can find that treasure in the mystical SS Chest... And what would it be? Check out for yourselves !
[You'll need Charisma 18 in order to do that.]
wow. That's better than charming them. which also nets you a couple of gp.
Branwen's line when she is badly wounded "It's just a flesh wound" comes from Monty Python and the Holy Grail (the black knight, after King Arthur has cut off both his arms - LMAO).
You meet an elf named Erevain Blacksheaf at the inn in Easthaven. Later, you find his body on the first level of the Dragon's Eye dungeon. Among his belongings is a journal with an entry where he contemplates the unfortunate state of elves in a world now dominated by humans. Realizing his negativity, he ends by remarking that he's beginning to sound like his cousin Xan (who is obviously famous for being extremely negative himself).
The Eldoth's quotes "The first duty in life is to be as artificial as possible", "Only shallow people don't judge by appearance", "There is no good or evil, only the charming and the tedious" clearly reference to Oscar Wilde.
Surprised no one has mentioned the Flaming Fist guards yelling, "I AM THE LAW!".
It's a line from the Judge Dredd movie.
Technically, it's a line for the Judge Dredd comic stip in 2000AD.
I don't think it's original to Judge Dredd in 2000AD. I vaguely recall it being a line from a song in the early 70s, shortly before Judge Dredd was invented in 1977 ... I guess from context that it must have been some country-and-western song, but I can't remember precisely.
However, I think that in BG, it is supposed to be from Judge Dredd - who of course got it from those before (and probably the idea from that 1922 movie).
After leafing through some AD&D handbooks you can notice that Baldur's Gate series are influenced by the Spelljammer setting. Miniatures of Giant Space Hamsters do exists in the D&D universe, and for those who haven't knew that yet - cosmic roots of Boo could exceed even the Minsc's blooming imagination...
Mencar Pebblecrusher (forumite from old BG forums) leads a band of adventurers upstairs at an Inn in BG2 (who provide a pretty good fight if provoked) - I'm pretty sure this was the result of a contest he won during the development of BG2.
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The guy with 10 Phoenix Guards.
Daer'Ragh was named after one of Biowares programmers, Mark Darrah.
And her quote about "Men are so pathetic" is her channeling most of the women I have ever known.
Some others:
Jan, if taken to prison, will beg "Help me CHARNAME, you're my only hope!"
Garrick in the second game essentially recreates the plot of Cyrano de Bergerac.
Garrick's "morale failure" line paraphrases "Brave brave Sir Robin, Sir Robin ran away" from Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
In Throne of Bhaal, the Spectator Beholder shows up again in Sendai's Enclave. He mocks Captain Egeissag by saying "Oh Captain, my captain!" (quoting Dead Poets Society). When asked why he's doing that, he simply says he's always wanted to say that.
The phrase you should pick starts quite gently: "Oh, I would not let it concern you, milady (...)"
The snapping up of the fabulously shining Star Sapphire upstairs was considered to be an Easter Egg itself.
Imagine that after choosing that specific dialogue option our lovely pidgeons actually LEAVE their valuables somewehere. You can find that treasure in the mystical SS Chest... And what would it be? Check out for yourselves
If you want to get these you don't have to be a Thief. Just don't be a Greek either.
Lol
It's a line from the Judge Dredd movie.
However, I think that in BG, it is supposed to be from Judge Dredd - who of course got it from those before (and probably the idea from that 1922 movie).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsters_of_Spelljammer