Rasaad enhancement, 1+1=2? No! There is more to it.
Kouga
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Hello everyone!
So I'm sure everyone here knows the monthly "Rasaad is weak and boring!" posts? Yea, well maybe I know a seemingly super logical solution, but not just because it would seem logical on first sight.
Alot of players play BG because they love everything about it, the slashes, flashes, trying to survive, building and improving the party you play, what not!
The thing about Rasaad is, apart from a nice quest, he is almost none of these things, right? He's not flashy, you cannot really improve him with alot of armor and most players just like to walk with their party, without having to worry about Rasaad speeding too hard and getting himself killed. Ofcourse I'm not trying to say Rasaad doesn't have incredible potential! But really? His stuns don't even have a visual effect. Let's say he's not a real eye catcher?
So overhaul added these 5 new roles, including 2 monky kits. One of them is the Sun Soul monk, Rasaad is a Sun Soul monk. This is the seemingly super logical part. Why not turn Rasaad from a regular monk with what can even be seen as a fake story, into a Sun Soul Monk to backup his words? He claims to be a Sun Soul Monk but he really isn't.. Like he's full of crap..
Think about it, I've been around abit with a Sun Soul Monk kit to imagine how it would fit on Rasaad. In my opinion the flaming fists, fire shields and sun explosion on command seem incredibly easy to use and extremely flashy. Just like the addition Rasaad needs! We shouldn't give monks armor ofcourse, that just wouldn't fit. But this contributes to the flashiness and ease of use. Besides, you actually get some flashy spells and can put them in a prefferable order, like a rotation almost! Better than the few dull (to most) spells that Rasaad currently has. Most players even say to give Rasaad a Sling and carry him through the game! I say NO! Give Rasaad the kit that he rightfully deserves.
Ontop of that! Dorn is a Blackguard, paladin kit. Neera is a Wild Mage, mage kit. Rasaad is a Monk. Monk.. Monk. What is unfinished here?
It's not just because it would make perfect sense, but also because it adds incredibly to the joy of playing Rasaad, I'm sure of this after trying a Sun Soul Monk for myself. Right now, Rasaad feels unfinished, like some things were in the original BG1. Wasn't that what Overhaul set out for to improve? And maybe to keep everyone happy, having the option to somehow choose Rasaad to be a Monk or a Sun Soul Monk in your playthrough would add nicely! But I should definetly make Sun Soul Monk the standard choice.
I hope you've faced the wall with joy and agreement, I tried to make it least sufferable. Let me know what you think!
Greets!
So I'm sure everyone here knows the monthly "Rasaad is weak and boring!" posts? Yea, well maybe I know a seemingly super logical solution, but not just because it would seem logical on first sight.
Alot of players play BG because they love everything about it, the slashes, flashes, trying to survive, building and improving the party you play, what not!
The thing about Rasaad is, apart from a nice quest, he is almost none of these things, right? He's not flashy, you cannot really improve him with alot of armor and most players just like to walk with their party, without having to worry about Rasaad speeding too hard and getting himself killed. Ofcourse I'm not trying to say Rasaad doesn't have incredible potential! But really? His stuns don't even have a visual effect. Let's say he's not a real eye catcher?
So overhaul added these 5 new roles, including 2 monky kits. One of them is the Sun Soul monk, Rasaad is a Sun Soul monk. This is the seemingly super logical part. Why not turn Rasaad from a regular monk with what can even be seen as a fake story, into a Sun Soul Monk to backup his words? He claims to be a Sun Soul Monk but he really isn't.. Like he's full of crap..
Think about it, I've been around abit with a Sun Soul Monk kit to imagine how it would fit on Rasaad. In my opinion the flaming fists, fire shields and sun explosion on command seem incredibly easy to use and extremely flashy. Just like the addition Rasaad needs! We shouldn't give monks armor ofcourse, that just wouldn't fit. But this contributes to the flashiness and ease of use. Besides, you actually get some flashy spells and can put them in a prefferable order, like a rotation almost! Better than the few dull (to most) spells that Rasaad currently has. Most players even say to give Rasaad a Sling and carry him through the game! I say NO! Give Rasaad the kit that he rightfully deserves.
Ontop of that! Dorn is a Blackguard, paladin kit. Neera is a Wild Mage, mage kit. Rasaad is a Monk. Monk.. Monk. What is unfinished here?
It's not just because it would make perfect sense, but also because it adds incredibly to the joy of playing Rasaad, I'm sure of this after trying a Sun Soul Monk for myself. Right now, Rasaad feels unfinished, like some things were in the original BG1. Wasn't that what Overhaul set out for to improve? And maybe to keep everyone happy, having the option to somehow choose Rasaad to be a Monk or a Sun Soul Monk in your playthrough would add nicely! But I should definetly make Sun Soul Monk the standard choice.
I hope you've faced the wall with joy and agreement, I tried to make it least sufferable. Let me know what you think!
Greets!
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So leaving Rasaad kitless ensures that every class (except Barbarian, and I'd very much like to see one in the near future, even if it's DLC) is represented by the available NPCs. Neera is a Wild Mage, but you have Xan, Dynaheir and Xzar as "traditional" Mages. Dorn is a Blackguard, but you have Ajantis as a Paladin.
I like having the option of experiencing every class without being required to give it to the protagonist. And I don't think this has to be expanded to every kit, either. Kits are supposed to be variations of a class rather than replacements.
At least that's how I see it.
As you say, the monk kits play very differently from the actual monk, this is exactly what I strive for with my post. For the regular monk doesn't have the flash and spark that most people seem to be looking for in Rasaad, however the Sun Soul kit does.
And maybe a "fallen" Dark Moon monk.
It will most surely be linked with his quest and fighting Al-o-GOTH (now thats an evil name)!
@dstoltzfus Exactly, that's why I was abit surprised when they didn't change Rasaad along with it.
Also, I was under the impression that there is a mod making Rasaad a Sun Soul Monk now. That would be optional enough for me. There isn't a need to make an in-game choice "Play with Rasaad with kit? Y/N".
Really, if Rasaad had 17 STR, 18 Dex, and 16 CON, he'd be a significantly better character while also being completely balanced for BG1. I guess the devs wanted to give him stats that wouldn't be overpowered in BG2, when Monks become death incarnate.
I suppose the idea is that they are supposed to do such high dps that they kill enemies before that critical hit lands.
I played with a modded npc kensei once (Nathaniel), and I found that, in practice, through at least the first half of BG2, he did indeed do very high dps, but he also went to badly wounded, near death, and dead in almost every battle. I had to just start parking him and keeping him out of battle, only bringing him in to help finish off badly wounded melee enemies, or help with battering down mage defenses, and even that was risky. I think that Rasaad will be the same.
Giving Rasaad the Sun Soul kit would partially remedy the problem with the class design, because you could use him as a backup ranged fighter and spell caster, so at least he'd have *some* strategic role in a party.
Front line fighter doesn't cut it. He's never going to be as good at that as a fighter - he'll do more damage, and have some save-or-die attacks, but he's also going to die a lot or else be a potion parasite and suck up all your healing spells.
He doesn't cut it as a second line combatant either - a fighter, cleric, druid, thief, or multi-class is still going to that job better, with less vulnerability.
By make Rasaad a monk in BG EE and a Sun Soul Monk in BG2 EE meant the devs are trolling us, cos we're getting the worse of each side! WTF is this so!?
Rasaad IS a Sun Soul Monk, and this statement is unquestionable.
- Jon Irenicus - "That is not to be contested; it seems logical enough..."
The first banter of Rasaad present him as an? Sun Soul Monk. During the banter he lecture you in? Selûne. He was trainded inside an? Selûne Sun Soul Order. He's in Baldur's Gate because? He had a problem in the previous "mission" he was doing for "his order". So, what Rasaad is?
- Biff the Understood - "A Barbarian!!!"
... Casting Desintegrate on Biff...
So, what Rasaad is?
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