That riddle makes no sense at all because you can only survive if you do nothing and wait for your sibling to sacrifice himself or herself but since none of the siblings really know each other at that point.... they probably all wait and die.
And then the genie calls you a coward if you say you would not press it? For what? Blind valor is crazy.
Because if you press the button you give your sibling a chance to live, if you do not he/she is dead no matter what. if you do not press the button basically you are committing homicide willingly.
ed: It is a question about moral values, not about game theory. That is why the genie does not give a choice to survive for both, like in the original dilemma.
It only tests the extremes of the alignment pool and even that marginal at best. There is no neutral answer and the self-preserving answer is punished with a sneer.
Or maybe this is why I always test as evil in all those questionnaires.
If the Djinni gives you the same options again if you choose the option to cast wish three more times I think you will not survive to ask for them. Or you will be in a interminable loop.
Precisely! Your only hope is to keep doing the same thing over and over until the Djinni himself gets fed up and goes "OK, you know what? I'm just gonna cast Rapture of the Father on all of your enemies and win the game for you. I'm tired of sitting here writing "contracts" for some peabrain who doesn't even realize that I've been doing nothing but writing a stick figure comic for years now."
I've never read the novel. But for some reason, the "summary" of the novel on the Forgotten realms wiki is like half a book in itself. Don't know how accurate it is, but just reading that made me throw up my hands and decide that, yeah, I ain't reading this thing, thank you and goodbye.
I think it was around here in the summary I had that reaction:
"As they ventured deeper into the forest, a spider the size of a coin descended down on Jaheira's shoulder and ventured into her cleavage, causing her to panic and tear off her leather armor, and entire clothing until she was naked from the waist up, allowing Abdel to see her topless, an embarrassing moment for both of them."
More like: "Oh great, I stepped in shit! Whoa, but at least you have nice boobies!"
Why the BG novels are so hated?
If you're a hormonal teenaged boy who loves amateur fan-fiction and all mental pictures of your favorite Baldur's Gate NPCs being shredded for no apparent reason, by all means, give it a shot. If you thought Jaheira gave up on her hubby too early in BG2 just wait until you see what she's like in the first novel. The 2nd novel makes you ask yourself the question, ' Is sex with a vampire necrophilia?'. Yuck...
In the first novels defense however: Xzar and Montaron are actually portrayed very well, but all the other characters are butchered horribly. Especially Khalid and Jaheria.
In the Second Novels Defense: .....nope, I have nothing to say here.
In the Third Novels Defense: It wasn't as bad as the first two. That's about it.
In the first novels defense however: Xzar and Montaron are actually portrayed very well, but all the other characters are butchered horribly. Especially Khalid and Jaheria.
In the Second Novels Defense: .....nope, I have nothing to say here.
In the Third Novels Defense: It wasn't as bad as the first two. That's about it.
I have to admit that I bought the first two novels but once I got halfway through the 2nd novel and realized it was no better than the first, I gave up on it. I never bought the 3rd. Didnt even know there was one...
@Balrog99
Throne of Bhaal is written by Drew Karpshyn (I might have spelled that wrong) and is much better than the first two. But at this point the damage was already done. Save yourself the time and don't bother.
I've never read the novel. But for some reason, the "summary" of the novel on the Forgotten realms wiki is like half a book in itself. Don't know how accurate it is, but just reading that made me throw up my hands and decide that, yeah, I ain't reading this thing, thank you and goodbye.
a wonderful read! Can someone summarise bg2 and ToB on the wiki? That would save me from tracking down the books.
More like: "Oh great, I stepped in shit! Whoa, but at least you have nice boobies!"
Why the BG novels are so hated?
If you're a hormonal teenaged boy who loves amateur fan-fiction and all mental pictures of your favorite Baldur's Gate NPCs being shredded for no apparent reason, by all means, give it a shot. If you thought Jaheira gave up on her hubby too early in BG2 just wait until you see what she's like in the first novel. The 2nd novel makes you ask yourself the question, ' Is sex with a vampire necrophilia?'. Yuck...
That's a good question. Is it necrophilia? A lot of teenagers want to know...
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ed: It is a question about moral values, not about game theory. That is why the genie does not give a choice to survive for both, like in the original dilemma.
Or maybe this is why I always test as evil in all those questionnaires.
Precisely! Your only hope is to keep doing the same thing over and over until the Djinni himself gets fed up and goes "OK, you know what? I'm just gonna cast Rapture of the Father on all of your enemies and win the game for you. I'm tired of sitting here writing "contracts" for some peabrain who doesn't even realize that I've been doing nothing but writing a stick figure comic for years now."
Images come from Safely Endangered. Blank versions here:
More like: "Oh great, I stepped in shit! Whoa, but at least you have nice boobies!"
Why the BG novels are so hated?
Character Assassination.
I think it was around here in the summary I had that reaction:
If you're a hormonal teenaged boy who loves amateur fan-fiction and all mental pictures of your favorite Baldur's Gate NPCs being shredded for no apparent reason, by all means, give it a shot. If you thought Jaheira gave up on her hubby too early in BG2 just wait until you see what she's like in the first novel. The 2nd novel makes you ask yourself the question, ' Is sex with a vampire necrophilia?'. Yuck...
Absolute Character Assassination
In the first novels defense however: Xzar and Montaron are actually portrayed very well, but all the other characters are butchered horribly. Especially Khalid and Jaheria.
In the Second Novels Defense: .....nope, I have nothing to say here.
In the Third Novels Defense: It wasn't as bad as the first two. That's about it.
I have to admit that I bought the first two novels but once I got halfway through the 2nd novel and realized it was no better than the first, I gave up on it. I never bought the 3rd. Didnt even know there was one...
Throne of Bhaal is written by Drew Karpshyn (I might have spelled that wrong) and is much better than the first two. But at this point the damage was already done. Save yourself the time and don't bother.
That's a good question. Is it necrophilia? A lot of teenagers want to know...
A handy weapon against all those foes out there.
Actually, it looks like the bandit at the back of the line is going to get backstabbed first, so it's a stack, not a queue.
How I imagine this backstabbing conga:
Huh. Well do I have a webcomic for you. It's kinda bizarre, but they do take time out from the mayhem to make fun of various data structures