@Son_of_Imoen
Zaram is the main character actually. No this new character is named Koraxus Semorn and you'll first meet him in Chapter 1 (Not to be confused with the Prologue which Fanfic counts as "Chapter 1")
The clerics in temples often say they provide healing services in exchange for a donation. But is it really a donation if you expect to get something in return for it?
The clerics in temples often say they provide healing services in exchange for a donation. But is it really a donation if you expect to get something in return for it?
Well..apparently the church has the power to absolve almost any sin you've committed. So I guess you do get something in return
The clerics in temples often say they provide healing services in exchange for a donation. But is it really a donation if you expect to get something in return for it?
We have stuff like that in real life too. You can donate to a kickstarter for example, and they will give you some goodies in return, but this is legally distinct from the act of simply buying something from them. Mostly because they're under no real obligation to actually deliver on the goods.
Would be funny if once in a while the priest would take your money but then say something like "Sorry, all out of heals for the day!"
The clerics in temples often say they provide healing services in exchange for a donation. But is it really a donation if you expect to get something in return for it?
It's also worth noting that unlike in real life, clerics in D&D can pray to their deity to intercede on your behalf. ("Oh, mighty Umberlee, spare your wrath from the humble fisherman Jonas and send not your whales to devour him... THIS day.") In a lot of cases, this is what people who tithe to the various churches are asking for, for generic blessings and favours and not a specific spell. Of course, whether or not the deity will actually do anything is a different matter altogether.
It's also worth noting that unlike in real life, clerics in D&D can pray to their deity to intercede on your behalf. ("Oh, mighty Umberlee, spare your wrath from the humble fisherman Jonas and send not your whales to devour him... THIS day.") In a lot of cases, this is what people who tithe to the various churches are asking for, for generic blessings and favours and not a specific spell. Of course, whether or not the deity will actually do anything is a different matter altogether.
I mean, those fishermen seemed to have a pretty concrete situation with Umberlee. It was pretty much a divine protection racket. Sounded like on the days where they paid their dues, they caught fish and were unmolested by the seas, and on the days when they did not, the fish eluded them and the storms threatened to sink them.
They even had it nailed down to precise numbers, by the sound of it. The fishermen felt she was too expensive, which seemed to imply they knew they couldn't just get away with paying her less.
Of course, hard to know how much they should be trusted. They were killers trying to weave a sympathetic tale about why they'd murdered their local priestess in cold blood. But that was presumably a plausible lie at least, so it wouldn't be unheard of for a god to have that kind of arrangement.
Xvarts try to insult humans by calling them "Humanoid scuzz suckers!" It's not a bad insult except for the fact that xvarts are humanoid and humans aren't.
A dryad approaches you and asks you to help because a wondrous ancient oak is in peril from a couple of thugs who are planning to cut it down. It turns out the would-be lumberjacks are armed with a club and a katana. So did the tree really need your help or could it have won that fight on its own?
A dryad approaches you and asks you to help because a wondrous ancient oak is in peril from a couple of thugs who are planning to cut it down. It turns out the would-be lumberjacks are armed with a club and a katana. So did the tree really need your help or could it have won that fight on its own?
I mean, I assume they had a wood chopping axe on them too. You don't, for the most part, use your weapons for tree chopping. Every character can reasonably be assumed to have basic amenities that aren't relevant to your gameplay experience, and as such don't manifest as loot. Flint, torches, lunch, the shirt on his back, these are all things that your character either has or doesn't without the player having to worry about it.
A dryad approaches you and asks you to help because a wondrous ancient oak is in peril from a couple of thugs who are planning to cut it down. It turns out the would-be lumberjacks are armed with a club and a katana. So did the tree really need your help or could it have won that fight on its own?
I mean, I assume they had a wood chopping axe on them too. You don't, for the most part, use your weapons for tree chopping. Every character can reasonably be assumed to have basic amenities that aren't relevant to your gameplay experience, and as such don't manifest as loot. Flint, torches, lunch, the shirt on his back, these are all things that your character either has or doesn't without the player having to worry about it.
Or maybe they were planning to borrow the +1 halberd from the Dire Wolf?
A dryad approaches you and asks you to help because a wondrous ancient oak is in peril from a couple of thugs who are planning to cut it down. It turns out the would-be lumberjacks are armed with a club and a katana. So did the tree really need your help or could it have won that fight on its own?
I mean, I assume they had a wood chopping axe on them too. You don't, for the most part, use your weapons for tree chopping. Every character can reasonably be assumed to have basic amenities that aren't relevant to your gameplay experience, and as such don't manifest as loot. Flint, torches, lunch, the shirt on his back, these are all things that your character either has or doesn't without the player having to worry about it.
Or maybe they were planning to borrow the +1 halberd from the Dire Wolf?
Lindybeige (Nikolas Lloyd) argues, quite persuasively I think, that halberds were really thrusting rather than chopping weapons. And indeed they were originally included in the 'spear' category in vanilla BG. But I still think it would be a better bet than a katana for cutting down a tree.
Oh yeah, for sure. Historically, you'd stick them in the ground, and let the enemy's horse charge into them, impaling themselves. Then if the horseman gets up after the crash you can fight them on foot instead of on their horse. This whole Baldur's Gate idea of Halberd Grandmastery is nonsense. There was never any complicated martial art associated with that weapon. I know that much.
But like, the chopping part of it doesn't even look particularly sharp in the icon. How sharp are we supposed to imagine that part to be exactly?
And like, how heavy and unwieldy are they? Even if you can conceivably cut wood with it, if you're just gonna exhaust yourself swinging this Behemoth Blade into Solid Oak all day long then Caldo and Krumm didn't really seem the type to make a project out of it.
Like I guess since it's magic you maybe don't have to worry about ruining your halberd on the tree but still.
Xvarts try to insult humans by calling them "Humanoid scuzz suckers!" It's not a bad insult except for the fact that xvarts are humanoid and humans aren't.
Actually, humans are humanoids. In Baldur's Gate, creatures generally have 1 of 5 general creature types: Humanoid, Giant, Monster, Animal, or Undead. Humans and other playable races are in the Humanoid category, as are xvarts.
Lindybeige (Nikolas Lloyd) argues, quite persuasively I think, that halberds were really thrusting rather than chopping weapons. And indeed they were originally included in the 'spear' category in vanilla BG. But I still think it would be a better bet than a katana for cutting down a tree.
There are differences in the nomenclature of polearms but traditionally the swiss halberd has a hammer or a hook in the opposite side of the chopping blade, and they use it to maul armored knights when they fall or to dismount them. They use the halberd as a pike to make the cavalier fall and they finish them. It had the same use as the warhammers´hook in the field against heavy armor. The blade part will not be as effective against plate armor, but can be used efectively against most adversaries. You could use it to chop the head of a knight surpassing the shield with a up-down blow from above using the long reach of the weapon, too.
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Zaram is the main character actually. No this new character is named Koraxus Semorn and you'll first meet him in Chapter 1 (Not to be confused with the Prologue which Fanfic counts as "Chapter 1")
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12923726/1/Baldur-s-Gate
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@Artona
Lol, Ekim. Not a terrible name actually. If I use that one I'll credit you.
I won't even ask what an extra dragon's name should be
How about Guams? Or Sselhtoot?
Well..apparently the church has the power to absolve almost any sin you've committed. So I guess you do get something in return
Closely tied in with reputation logic i guess^^
We have stuff like that in real life too. You can donate to a kickstarter for example, and they will give you some goodies in return, but this is legally distinct from the act of simply buying something from them. Mostly because they're under no real obligation to actually deliver on the goods.
Would be funny if once in a while the priest would take your money but then say something like "Sorry, all out of heals for the day!"
One word...
"Indulgences"
I mean, those fishermen seemed to have a pretty concrete situation with Umberlee. It was pretty much a divine protection racket. Sounded like on the days where they paid their dues, they caught fish and were unmolested by the seas, and on the days when they did not, the fish eluded them and the storms threatened to sink them.
They even had it nailed down to precise numbers, by the sound of it. The fishermen felt she was too expensive, which seemed to imply they knew they couldn't just get away with paying her less.
Of course, hard to know how much they should be trusted. They were killers trying to weave a sympathetic tale about why they'd murdered their local priestess in cold blood. But that was presumably a plausible lie at least, so it wouldn't be unheard of for a god to have that kind of arrangement.
Xvarts try to insult humans by calling them "Humanoid scuzz suckers!" It's not a bad insult except for the fact that xvarts are humanoid and humans aren't.
A dryad approaches you and asks you to help because a wondrous ancient oak is in peril from a couple of thugs who are planning to cut it down. It turns out the would-be lumberjacks are armed with a club and a katana. So did the tree really need your help or could it have won that fight on its own?
I mean, I assume they had a wood chopping axe on them too. You don't, for the most part, use your weapons for tree chopping. Every character can reasonably be assumed to have basic amenities that aren't relevant to your gameplay experience, and as such don't manifest as loot. Flint, torches, lunch, the shirt on his back, these are all things that your character either has or doesn't without the player having to worry about it.
Or maybe they were planning to borrow the +1 halberd from the Dire Wolf?
But like, the chopping part of it doesn't even look particularly sharp in the icon. How sharp are we supposed to imagine that part to be exactly?
And like, how heavy and unwieldy are they? Even if you can conceivably cut wood with it, if you're just gonna exhaust yourself swinging this Behemoth Blade into Solid Oak all day long then Caldo and Krumm didn't really seem the type to make a project out of it.
Like I guess since it's magic you maybe don't have to worry about ruining your halberd on the tree but still.
Jerry Seinfeld voice: "What's the deeeal with Halberds?"
Actually, humans are humanoids. In Baldur's Gate, creatures generally have 1 of 5 general creature types: Humanoid, Giant, Monster, Animal, or Undead. Humans and other playable races are in the Humanoid category, as are xvarts.
So it's kind of a meta insult they are using?
A scroll of Raise Dead is roughly 500-something gold.
A Gold Necklace sells for 800-something gold.
You know it's a high-magic world when bringing somebody back from the dead is cheaper than buying luxury goods. :P
There are differences in the nomenclature of polearms but traditionally the swiss halberd has a hammer or a hook in the opposite side of the chopping blade, and they use it to maul armored knights when they fall or to dismount them. They use the halberd as a pike to make the cavalier fall and they finish them. It had the same use as the warhammers´hook in the field against heavy armor. The blade part will not be as effective against plate armor, but can be used efectively against most adversaries. You could use it to chop the head of a knight surpassing the shield with a up-down blow from above using the long reach of the weapon, too.
http://www.medieval-life-and-times.info/medieval-weapons/halberd.htm
https://www.medievalchronicles.com/medieval-weapons/halberd-weapon/#targetText=Halberd was a type of,was wielded by the soldier.
As a chopping weapon it was also very effective, it seems.
It also appears to be quite handy if someone starts lobbing fruit at you.