[Idea[ BG2 NPCs in BG1
Tygaran
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There's all sort of mods to bring BG1 NPCs into BG2, but what about the reverse? I can think of ideas for why some of them might be up around Baldur's Gate. Has anyone else contemplated makings mods like this? Has anyone done sp?
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There's already a mod with an Aerie cameo.
Korgan mentions the Red Sheaf in one of his banters - maybe you could run into him and his crew having some drinks in Beregost?
Ajantis is acquainted with both Anomen and Keldorn through the Radiant Heart - maybe they could visit and have a chat?
I like keeping a contiguous party throughout the saga, so that'd actually be the point. Might take a bit more work to make it believable, I agree. Ah, if only I had more skill in writing, heh.
Aerie: With the circus before BG2, sees Quayle as an uncle. Cameo already exists.
Anomen: Doesn't fit as a joinable character mechanically; he's a fighter 7-cleric 8 dual when you meet him in BG2, and backtracking that to anything under the BG1 cap causes problems. He's a squire in the Radiant Heart order, though, so a cameo on an Order mission could fit.
Cernd: Between High Forest and Athkatla, his backstory's pretty well covered. He is irresponsible enough to go around trying to fix other places' problems as well, though.
Edwin: Already present.
Haer'Dalis: No. Not even on Faerun yet.
Imoen: Already present.
Jaheira: Already present.
Jan: Would he travel looking for new markets for his turnips and questionable gadgets? Absolutely.
Keldorn: He's old. I don't see him fitting as a lower-level recruitable version, though he is the sort of person the Order would send to investigate the troubles to the north. Definite cameo material there.
Korgan: Adventurer with companions, wouldn't leave his current group. He's available in BG2 because the group broke up (with his axe delivering some final blows), but I don't see him joining a different party before that. A cameo would fit, especially with that reference to the Red Sheaf.
Mazzy: Adventurer with companions, wouldn't leave her current group. She's available in BG2 because the Shade Lord killed them. Cameo possible.
Nalia: Her naiveté is key to her SoA characterization. Adventuring any real distance from her home wouldn't fit. Sneaking out to see the sights for a cameo ... maybe. She does link to one BG1 character; the dwarf Hurgan Stoneblade, who gives the Soultaker quest, is a guest at her father's funeral and knows her.
Sarevok: Uh, no.
Valygar: Strong roots in Amn. Fitting him in farther north would be difficult.
Viconia: Already present.
Yoshimo: A cameo - maybe. Definitely not joinable; if he's present when you meet Tamoko in chapter 7, that breaks his story.
My casual thought about Mazzy was that Patrick is the actual group leader, and they could have had a big enough argument that she traveled north for a time before returning to patch things up.
About Keldorn... I personally don't equate age to class levels. And the somewhat exponential experience curve could let him start out at a higher level and nor out-pace the party TOO much. But I suppose he Might be a bit to experienced/powerful to be a balanced member of the BG1 party.
Nalia, yeah its a tricky thought experiment. Even so, she's a bit adventurous, we've no knowledge (that I know of) of WHEN her mother died or where she's from. Would take a good story-teller to have join on investigating the rumors about Amn's involvment in the Iron Crisis while retaining her perceived naivete.
Guess its just mostly wishful thinking on my part. I always play with some version of a Good alignment, so there ends up being very few potential recruits one can keep for the entire saga: Imoen, Jaheria, Minsc; and some of the new EE characters
MOD like Aerie in BG1 may be ok because it is just a short cameo (IIRC) and it makes sense that she does not remember you in BG2.