[mod] Dvaradime NPC for BG2EE
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Weasel Mods introduces a brand new companion mod for BG2EE: it's Dvaradime, the dwarven fighter/mage/thief.
You may encounter the new companion right after you enter the Waukeen's Promenade (he's near the ruined house, northern-west of the Imoen abduction scene).
"When asked about his past, DVARADIME says he was born into the Rockneedle Clan of the Great Rift, but years later he moved to Amn. It was in Athkatla where he met Borcx, who would later become his husband. Like many gold dwarves, Dvaradime isn't as repelled by magic as mountain dwarves are, and while it didn't come easy, he managed to learn a few bits on his own. But darker times eventually came and forced the dwarf to look for his husband who went missing. That is how he met you."
The mod comes with a new quest that will force you to see some new little hideouts in Athkatla. Search the new areas and find out what happened with Dvaradime's husband: Borcx.
The mod does not include a romance path, it offers a friend instead.
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You may encounter the new companion right after you enter the Waukeen's Promenade (he's near the ruined house, northern-west of the Imoen abduction scene).
"When asked about his past, DVARADIME says he was born into the Rockneedle Clan of the Great Rift, but years later he moved to Amn. It was in Athkatla where he met Borcx, who would later become his husband. Like many gold dwarves, Dvaradime isn't as repelled by magic as mountain dwarves are, and while it didn't come easy, he managed to learn a few bits on his own. But darker times eventually came and forced the dwarf to look for his husband who went missing. That is how he met you."
The mod comes with a new quest that will force you to see some new little hideouts in Athkatla. Search the new areas and find out what happened with Dvaradime's husband: Borcx.
The mod does not include a romance path, it offers a friend instead.
DOWNLOAD
FORUM
Enjoy!
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Thankee!
Does Dvaradime react to any of your other mods (e.g., the "Athkatlan Grounds" additions) or companions (e.g., Skie, Khalid, or Faldorn?). No worries either way, I'm just curious.
Thanks for more BG2EE material!
As for the question above - Dvaradime reacts to Tangled Oak Isle and to Ooze's Lounge.
Cheers!
The quest is quite fine - sad for dvaradime but better making the quest interesting.
For those who have problems finding the areas: look at the places close to the roads in the docks distract, you should see something unusual compared to the vanilla run (e. g. the mouse pointer will indicate something).
Does Dvaradime have banters with Korgan? For this run I did not (yet) recruit him, so I don't know.
As a tripler he may be an alternative to Aerie. Personally I prefer single classes or dual classes, except
when one only needs some support spells (which is why I had Aerie; also as a backup healer). This run
my main is a dual class though, first berserker, then cleric, so I can skip clerics for this run (and using
that panain or what's her name spider druid; I like her more than Jaheira, the spider theme is so cool.)
Does Dvaradime have ToB content? Could tap into the undead theme or so, and extend it - undead keep
on coming back, tormented souls and what not.
I finished Dvaradime's quest, including that final fight in the secret place.
Then I dropped him for another NPC. When I go to Ribald, Ribald says:
"Dvaradime! I've been wondering" etc...
And then I can not interact with Ribald anymore. That means, I can not
use his shop anymore because he has some interjection with
Dvaradime, but Dvaradime is not in the party. Perhaps some other
mod interferes, but since this reaction is specifically mentioning
Dvaradime, I believe there may be a small bug.
I propose as a first small improvement to add a "is Dvaradime in
the party or not" check. I don't know the DSL enough to understand
how this can be done, but I assume other mods check for a NPC
in the party, so this should be doable.
The other part ... I think this interjection should never ever
interrupt the shop-interface, so perhaps whatever routine or
token-step is called, can then proceed to the shop.
IF Ribald wants to drop some item or something then perhaps
that can be added automatically, if Dvaradime is not there or
something. Right now I don't know why Ribald wants to say
this (it is also strange because the quest is already over, so
perhaps an additional check "is Dvaradime's main quest
already completed" should be added.)
Anyway, just reporting this here. I encounter all sorts of
funny things - for instance the Dusk NPC, another mod,
talking with Minsc about Boo, but Boo was currently
kidnapped, yet Minsc talks as if Boo is still there. It seems
as if many mods don't make many conditional checks,
even though these should be fairly simple in a proper
programming language. The DSL used by the engine is
very weird, IMO.
It's a very long post, but I think it's quite clear that there is a check or two missing (one the checks if Dvara's in the party and if he's anywhere around when PC approaches Ribald).
It will be fixed later this week, probably. To fix it locally either re-join Dvara so he can have the chat with Ribald, or use this code:
C:SetGlobal("L#DvaradimeWax","GLOBAL",1)
by Lava here: https://www.weaselmods.net/showthread.php?tid=1869 - I tested
the fix, and it worked. I just walked to Ribald and the prior trigger no longer
showed up, and I can access the shop just fine. (Weidu insisted on re-installing
everything again, which in the past led to some issues, because I think some
item mods are actually borked, as someone else pointed out in the forum here
a few weeks ago or so, but so far I actually did not run into "Invalid entry 178178"
stuff, and the add-on items such as the fancy wizard hat Edwin is wearing, together
with his teddy bear from the dream mod from Lava, has not been encountered.
Anyway this was just a quick comment to note that the fix does work - at the least
Ribald is now showing his usual routine, e. g. 5 or 6 answers before one can then
access his shop again.)
his quest with his father appearance's. He is probably your best NPC
or among the top three.
I think there is only one thing where a slight, indirect improvement could
be made. Perhaps he could gain a unique item, a bit like the Amber NPC
got some unique gear.
So, what item? I don't propose an overpowered item but instead something
that is useful for him; and also, given that he waxes his beard, I guess
he prefers stylish components.
So something like a cloak perhaps or some gold helmet or something. Could
also be a weapon. It should be useful but not overpowered.
Perhaps an elegant cloak that only Dvaradime can wear; raises Charisma
by +1 and movement rate by +1 too. May also increase AC by +1.
Or an item similar to the wax ... perhaps body lotion for one usage per
day.
Could heal a bit of hp and also increase CH by +1 or so.
I kind of feel that Jan got the more interesting gear compared to Dvaradime
right now, so if I would start a new run, I would probably go back to Jan
again. (I put Dvaradime into a category with support-characters such as
Jan or Aerie).
Or perhaps some axe. Or an axe that can be thrown and returns to
Dvaradime. Or a snake companion.
along the way, in that Dvaradime was suddenly talking about a secret cave. But he also mentioned
Athkatla, I think, when I was already in Amkethran. So I believe I triggered content that was supposed
to happen earlier, probably a bit after Dvaradime's father would show up (I think).
So this is not a bug - or at the least I don't think so - and more bad timing I suppose, in that the content
probably should have triggered earlier, before ToB. I am also not sure whose fault it is; this may be my
fault and perhaps some addon (I remember one addon specifically changes the delay time before
what triggers sub-dialogs).
At any rate, if you ever get around to look at it, in particular that part in the cave or the build up towards
it, could it perhaps be triggered before ToB? I am not sure at which stage, as I haven't proceeded before
as much with Dvaradime, but perhaps the code can be tweaked a bit to make sure it triggers earlier.
Otherwise one may leave out some content from Dvaradime.
(On an unrelated note, I realiased that Dvaradime also gets fighter specials on high levels, which makes
him considerably stronger than Jan in regular melee. I gave Dvaradime the celestial fury katana, and while
he hits less often and powerful compared to a pure fighter such as Korgan, it's still quite ok-ish for a
support character. Only the longbow default two slots I may question in that I think the firebolt
crossbow, whatever was the name, from Watcher's Keep, is actually better than most Longbows, or
at the least easier to get early on, e. g. straight after Neera's keep I can buy it.)
And there is a check for the talk to happen there, so if you had it somewhere else.
InParty(Myself)
CombatCounter(0)
!See([ENEMY])
See(Player1)
AreaCheck("AR6400")
!StateCheck("L#DVA",CD_STATE_NOTVALID)
!StateCheck(Player1,CD_STATE_NOTVALID)
Global("L#DvaradimeToBRiver","GLOBAL",0)
THEN
RESPONSE #100
SetGlobalTimer("L#DvaradimeToBRiver","GLOBAL",12)
SetGlobal("L#DvaradimeToBRiver","GLOBAL",1)
END
IF
InParty(Myself)
CombatCounter(0)
!See([ENEMY])
See(Player1)
AreaCheck("AR6400")
!StateCheck("L#DVA",CD_STATE_NOTVALID)
!StateCheck(Player1,CD_STATE_NOTVALID)
Global("L#DvaradimeToBRiver","GLOBAL",1)
GlobalTimerExpired("L#DvaradimeToBRiver","GLOBAL")
THEN
RESPONSE #100
SetGlobal("L#DvaradimeToBRiver","GLOBAL",2)
END
IF
Global("L#DvaradimeToBRiver","GLOBAL",2)
THEN
RESPONSE #100
StartDialogueNoSet(Player1)
END