I've always been found of Marl. The whole dialogue is pretty good and enables both RP choices (you can define your character by picking certain choices) but also PG choices to maximize EXP if that's your bag. He's a broken, drunken dad and want to take out his anger on anyone he meets.
I also love that little encounter in BG2 Temple district where a woman goes up to a guard claiming he's the father of her child. It's hilariously written and always makes me laugh a bit even though I've read it a 100 times. Forgot her name though.
I like the little kids in BG1. I like the way they are feisty and independent, though sometimes (and particularly in the case of Footy, the boy who is watching Bassilus and his zombies) their stories can prove to be quite tragic. However, my favourite is Chloe, the little girl who approaches you in Beregost after you clear the Nashkel mines. I love the way she greets you by saying "Ooh, you smell!". It always makes me laugh.
I've always been found of Marl. The whole dialogue is pretty good and enables both RP choices (you can define your character by picking certain choices) but also PG choices to maximize EXP if that's your bag. He's a broken, drunken dad and want to take out his anger on anyone he meets.
Even when I am in theory role playing I find it impossible not give the answers that net you the 900 XP. However, I recently tried out the NPC project for the first time and it turns out if you have Montaron in your party as soon as Marl opens his mouth things escalate really quickly.
I’m surprised nobody has mentioned Tamoko here, although she’s an evil character she wanted to save Sarevok before he destroyed himself, without understanding that he was already too far gone. She was certainly one of the more relatable characters in the original game.
Particularly with what happened at the end of ToB with certain characters, a very touching moment I felt.
I actutually like Gorion... he rescued and raised you and finally died defending you from Sarevok. Btw. in the German version he is voiced by the same guy who voiced Xzar. So Gorion always sounds a bit crazy and evil .
@TrauerweideOr Xzar sounds wise and forgiving, heh. (I actually never noticed that. Maybe because Xzar and Montaron only served as backup against Tarnesh in my one German runthrough, soon-to-be-replaced by J&K.)
I’m surprised nobody has mentioned Tamoko here, although she’s an evil character she wanted to save Sarevok before he destroyed himself, without understanding that he was already too far gone. She was certainly one of the more relatable characters in the original game.
Particularly with what happened at the end of ToB with certain characters, a very touching moment I felt.
Last time I beat the game, I noticed I had an option to promise her I won't kill Sarevok.
This lead to me looking into weather it had been possible to beat the game without killing him this whole time and I never noticed.
It's not. If you make that promise I guess that just ends up being a promise you break.
I've always liked Winthrop and his wise down-to-earth humor.
You can feel his influence in Imoen's personality until late in Throne of Bhaal, and his banter when you come back in Chapter 6 is short but very refreshing and somewhat nostalgic.
I never miss making a detour to greet him in all my runs, no matter what alignment or character I play.
Nimbul. He has the best charmed dialogue in the game, including his selection command, "Hush little baby, don't say a word... Nimbul is going to show you the big black bird."
Nimbul is brutal to try and fight at the time you meet him...absolutely brutal.
Lead him down to the graveyard, charm him, click on a couple tombstones, leave Nimbul there, and he won't be a problem any more. Be sure to collect your reward first from the mayor; he probably won't survive the carnage that ensues. You will probably have to sneak back to get Nimbul's stuff (if it was not incinerated).
Honorable Mention to that Ogre you find chilling at a Fireplace north of the Gnoll Fortress. When you talk to him he's all "I just had a big meal and all I wanna do is bliss out on my good tummy feelings for a while. Can we fight later?"
I like Silke. True, I do kill her every time I meet her but I still like her.
I too like Silke. She hired me to do a job. I did it and she paid me. That's all I really ask. Work doesn't have anything to do with morality to me. That and she's so dern perky!
Honorable Mention to that Ogre you find chilling at a Fireplace north of the Gnoll Fortress. When you talk to him he's all "I just had a big meal and all I wanna do is bliss out on my good tummy feelings for a while. Can we fight later?"
Ate a big burrito and now I'm thinking about him.
I really wish there was a peaceful resolution to that encounter. I think it's the NPC project that adds Ogre-sized bags of turnips for sale at the Nashkel Carnival--I tried bringing one out to Bear River to roast with the ogre, but nothing doing.
Honorable Mention to that Ogre you find chilling at a Fireplace north of the Gnoll Fortress. When you talk to him he's all "I just had a big meal and all I wanna do is bliss out on my good tummy feelings for a while. Can we fight later?"
Ate a big burrito and now I'm thinking about him.
I really wish there was a peaceful resolution to that encounter. I think it's the NPC project that adds Ogre-sized bags of turnips for sale at the Nashkel Carnival--I tried bringing one out to Bear River to roast with the ogre, but nothing doing.
Isn't the peaceful resolution just you leaving him alone like he asks? I seem to recall that he won't fight you unless you repeatedly talk to him after he asks you to stop pestering him.
I love Gorion because there is so much nuance to his character (or rather to his role in Charnames backstory onto which we can project his character ). I imagine many of my Charnames changing their mind about Gorion one way or the other significantly over the course of their adventure. The slight inconsistencies between BG1 and ToB actually add to that by making us doubt the reliability of the information we are given. Jim Cummings' voice and @artastrophe 's amazing portrait surely help as well.
I love Gorion because there is so much nuance to his character (or rather to his role in Charnames backstory onto which we can project his character ). I imagine many of my Charnames changing their mind about Gorion one way or the other significantly over the course of their adventure. The slight inconsistencies between BG1 and ToB actually add to that by making us doubt the reliability of the information we are given. Jim Cummings' voice and @artastrophe 's amazing portrait surely help as well.
Which inconsistencies are you referring to? The Gorion that shows up in ToB was a doppelganger (sort of) I believe - an illusion.
I love Gorion because there is so much nuance to his character (or rather to his role in Charnames backstory onto which we can project his character ). I imagine many of my Charnames changing their mind about Gorion one way or the other significantly over the course of their adventure. The slight inconsistencies between BG1 and ToB actually add to that by making us doubt the reliability of the information we are given. Jim Cummings' voice and @artastrophe 's amazing portrait surely help as well.
Which inconsistencies are you referring to? The Gorion that shows up in ToB was a doppelganger (sort of) I believe - an illusion.
Same here, I don't quite follow.
From what I understood, Gorion is a pretty straightforward character:
Yes, Gorion was more than just a foster father, but such a powerful mage was obviously more than just a kind old man taking care of an orphan he chanced upon.
It is soon revealed that he's a Harper, which basically means some kind of spy, the revelations in ToB about how he was part of the attack on Bhaal's temple (the one in SoD apparently) does not contradict any prior revelation. On the contrary and IIRC, his memory in the pocket plane tells how reluctant he was on how the whole attack happened, how he tried to convince the PC's mother (with whom he was having an affair apparently) to turn away from the madness of the ritual, and how he was sad to have to strike her down when she wouldn't hear reason.
So, yes he killed the PC's mother, but he actually did it to save the PC's life. And I don't see any inconsistencies between the story told in BG1 and the details revealed in ToB ?
EDIT: I re-read the scroll Gorion left you in his room in Chapter 6.
Indeed, he states that he was a friend and occasional lover of the PC's mother, who died in childbirth.
I haven't checked the revelations from Gorion's memory and the PC's mother from the pocket plane challenges in ToB, but it seems indeed that the version Gorion wrote in his scroll is, at least in part, a lie.
On finishing the whole trilogy and looking back, I think the scroll in his room is a lie, probably because knowing the truth that your dad was an evil god and your mum was an evil priestess might tip you over to the dark side if you weren’t there already
I like Silke. True, I do kill her every time I meet her but I still like her.
I too like Silke. She hired me to do a job. I did it and she paid me. That's all I really ask. Work doesn't have anything to do with morality to me. That and she's so dern perky!
Could I introduce you to some of my work colleagues? I fear they may attack me at any moment
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I also love that little encounter in BG2 Temple district where a woman goes up to a guard claiming he's the father of her child. It's hilariously written and always makes me laugh a bit even though I've read it a 100 times. Forgot her name though.
Even when I am in theory role playing I find it impossible not give the answers that net you the 900 XP. However, I recently tried out the NPC project for the first time and it turns out if you have Montaron in your party as soon as Marl opens his mouth things escalate really quickly.
Particularly with what happened at the end of ToB with certain characters, a very touching moment I felt.
Based on people I've seen who would use the phrase "thespian extraordinaire", she seems no worse than average.
Last time I beat the game, I noticed I had an option to promise her I won't kill Sarevok.
This lead to me looking into weather it had been possible to beat the game without killing him this whole time and I never noticed.
It's not. If you make that promise I guess that just ends up being a promise you break.
You can feel his influence in Imoen's personality until late in Throne of Bhaal, and his banter when you come back in Chapter 6 is short but very refreshing and somewhat nostalgic.
I never miss making a detour to greet him in all my runs, no matter what alignment or character I play.
Lead him down to the graveyard, charm him, click on a couple tombstones, leave Nimbul there, and he won't be a problem any more. Be sure to collect your reward first from the mayor; he probably won't survive the carnage that ensues. You will probably have to sneak back to get Nimbul's stuff (if it was not incinerated).
What's the deal with Oogie Wisham? I don't think I know this one.
He is upstairs in the tavern in the south of Beregost and is paranoid that the paladin downstairs is out to get him.
Ate a big burrito and now I'm thinking about him.
I too like Silke. She hired me to do a job. I did it and she paid me. That's all I really ask. Work doesn't have anything to do with morality to me. That and she's so dern perky!
I really wish there was a peaceful resolution to that encounter. I think it's the NPC project that adds Ogre-sized bags of turnips for sale at the Nashkel Carnival--I tried bringing one out to Bear River to roast with the ogre, but nothing doing.
Isn't the peaceful resolution just you leaving him alone like he asks? I seem to recall that he won't fight you unless you repeatedly talk to him after he asks you to stop pestering him.
Which inconsistencies are you referring to? The Gorion that shows up in ToB was a doppelganger (sort of) I believe - an illusion.
Same here, I don't quite follow.
From what I understood, Gorion is a pretty straightforward character:
Yes, Gorion was more than just a foster father, but such a powerful mage was obviously more than just a kind old man taking care of an orphan he chanced upon.
It is soon revealed that he's a Harper, which basically means some kind of spy, the revelations in ToB about how he was part of the attack on Bhaal's temple (the one in SoD apparently) does not contradict any prior revelation. On the contrary and IIRC, his memory in the pocket plane tells how reluctant he was on how the whole attack happened, how he tried to convince the PC's mother (with whom he was having an affair apparently) to turn away from the madness of the ritual, and how he was sad to have to strike her down when she wouldn't hear reason.
So, yes he killed the PC's mother, but he actually did it to save the PC's life. And I don't see any inconsistencies between the story told in BG1 and the details revealed in ToB ?
EDIT: I re-read the scroll Gorion left you in his room in Chapter 6.
Indeed, he states that he was a friend and occasional lover of the PC's mother, who died in childbirth.
I haven't checked the revelations from Gorion's memory and the PC's mother from the pocket plane challenges in ToB, but it seems indeed that the version Gorion wrote in his scroll is, at least in part, a lie.
Could I introduce you to some of my work colleagues? I fear they may attack me at any moment