Jill and Christopher - A Celebration of Mediocrity

atcDave

I'm just starting anew run of the whole BR Saga. Once again, I'm looking at a minor challenge, nothing so bold as a no reload or solo. But just, creating a pair with only 70 total stat points each. The characters are not built to be "bad", just mediocre. Like, ordinary folk caught up in a huge adventure.

In particular, Gorion's Ward (Jill), is nice but dim. The *biggest* part of this challenge will be how to write anything from her perspective! This protagonist is simply not a deep thinker. The whole write up will be posted at this site here. I would love to hear from readers with thoughts on a writing/role playing challenge.

Yigor

Take minimal stats! 😜 For example, I played the following game:

Difficulty: LoB
Name: Weera, lawful evil human wild mage.
INT=9, STR=DEX=CON=WIS=CHA=3.

https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/88028/my-awesome-wild-mage-lob-solo-minimal-stats

Yigor

Actually, for some races and dual/multi classes, even minimal stats could be reasonable! 😎

atcDave

My goal was not to make *bad* characters. Just ordinary ones.

Yigor

atcDave wrote: »

My goal was not to make *bad* characters. Just ordinary ones.

What's the challenge?

atcDave

I said minor challenge. As I said, the challenge will be role playing a bit of a simpleton. Even more, writing from her perspective.

Sorry, that interests me more than making an actual *bad* character.

atcDave

I now have the first update for this run posted at davesgaming.blog. I think I found a bit of Jill's voice. This is so different from how I normally run! I'm trying just to keep Jill's perspective *simple*. I may slip into broad comedy a time or two, but its been fun trying.

I have also tried, on this update, to play around with the generative AI's video renders. Obviously this is still early for the technology, but I think it gives some fun results.

atcDave

Still working through my mediocre run! Having fun with it, and the renders. The latest update is available at DavesGaming.


Imoen scribing scrolls.

atcDave

The mediocre team is gradually coming of age. I'd still rate them as weak, but getting stronger.



For the whole update check out the post at DavesGaming.
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atcDave

A big update for our simple heroine this time. She returns to Candlekeep and learns some hard truths.



It will never be in Jill's nature to be bad ass. But she *can* be pushed too far.

For the whole update, the post is at DavesGaming.

atcDave

A big update this time, finishing the main story of BG1 and moving into SoD.



So continuing with my theme of a sub-optimal team, Jill will take Jaheira’s place on point. She currently has High Mastery in Short Bow and Specialization in Short Sword. So yeah, she’ll be using her short sword for now. The “good” news is she can take Mastery in the sword at 9th level, which should come by the mid-point of SoD. The bad news is, that means she won’t have Grand Mastery of Short Bow until she hits 12th level sometime in BG2.
Remember Jill has a unique (if minor) form of damage reduction, that makes up for her middling constitution. Also now, with Draw Upon Holy Might she can get a 15 constitution.
But equipment-wise we’re in a good place for this change. Jill can take the Boots of Speed, Gauntlets of Ogre Power, a +3 Short Sword, a suit of Full Plate Armor, and a few other helpful things. That should all add up to saying between the build and the gear, Jill will be effective in her new role.

For a full write-up, more images and videos, check it out at DavesGaming.blog