please stop
Glam_Vrock
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Guys,
Kagain doesn't talk like this. This is not what he sounds like. Play BG1 and listen to the words that he says. He doesn't say ye or nae. He calls you a buncha chumps and tells you to shaddup. He is not "oi needa swig o' some strong,,, dwarrrven ale". He is not that dwarf. He is a different dwarf and that's okay. You don't need to do this. You do not need to homogenise him just because he is short and beardy. They don't need to all be fake Glaswegians. Let them be what they are. Let them be people. Please. I am begging you. #dwarflivesmatter
Kagain doesn't talk like this. This is not what he sounds like. Play BG1 and listen to the words that he says. He doesn't say ye or nae. He calls you a buncha chumps and tells you to shaddup. He is not "oi needa swig o' some strong,,, dwarrrven ale". He is not that dwarf. He is a different dwarf and that's okay. You don't need to do this. You do not need to homogenise him just because he is short and beardy. They don't need to all be fake Glaswegians. Let them be what they are. Let them be people. Please. I am begging you. #dwarflivesmatter
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If this were an isolated case I wouldn't have minded, and I'm obviously exaggerating my outrage even then, but still. We have a dwarf with his own voice and speech pattern, something that makes him unique; what's this obsession with taking it away and having him sound like every other generic dwarf? I don't get it. Diverse characters are good. Distinct voices are good. Embrace them.
I never played with Kagain in the group - and I'm ESL. I know I asked for help to make some NPCs sound authentic in the past (Dynaheir, Yeslick - maybe also Kagain). Not trying to put the blame.
@Glam_Vrock I'm always for improving my mods so if you want to help me make Kagain in bgqe sound like you see him in BG1 I'd be grateful.
How does BG1NPC fare in this regard?
HIt me up if you need a hand with any edits! I'll do what I can.
None of the BG1 characters have much content, which is why their voices and speech patterns do so much work in conveying their personality.
Again, this observation is not being made in a vacuum. SoD is not being written anymore, but mods are, and I see it there too.
Strongly disagree. The use of "nae" instead of "not", in particular, is a convention evoking a very specific type of voice, and Kagain's is not it. Imagine Rasaad saying something like "My training didnae prepare me for such extended activity." It sounds wrong.