What I've Learned about Life from Playing BG

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• Kilivitz Member Posts: 1,459

  March 2015

  I've learned that storekeepers have infinite money and will gladly spend tens of thousands of gold coins purchasing magic items from you.
  
  How bandits haven't thought of simply robbing them blind instead of a convoluted scheme involving poisoned ore and slave trade, I do not know.

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• CaptRory Member Posts: 1,660

  March 2015

  Always loot the bodies. And if you kill someone in the literal middle of nowhere everyone will find out instantly.

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• Ravenslight Member Posts: 1,609

  March 2015

  Scrying devices are hidden in great abundance across the land. Their main purpose is to discourage weary travelers from sleeping in deserted buildings and alleyways, etcetera. Apparently allowing such behavior will somehow displease the gods.
  

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• Chidojuan Member Posts: 211

  March 2015

  If the appropriate subject did not come up in a conversation with someone. I can just talk to that person over and over again until I get what I want.

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• Kilivitz Member Posts: 1,459

  March 2015

  Unless you receive a very specific training in martial arts, it's impossible to end a person's life with your bare hands.

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• FinneousPJ Member Posts: 6,455

  March 2015

  @Kilivitz If only you could toggle non lethal damage in real life.

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• DreamingViks Member Posts: 87

  March 2015 edited March 2015

  FinneousPJ said:

  @Kilivitz If only you could toggle non lethal damage in real life.

  are you typing this from prison?

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• OneAngryMushroom Member Posts: 564

  March 2015

  When wandering around anywhere you will ALWAYS be harassed by general nefariousness

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• Fiendish_Warrior Member Posts: 309

  March 2015

  DreamingViks said:

  FinneousPJ said:

  @Kilivitz If only you could toggle non lethal damage in real life.

  are you typing this from prison?

  Ha ha ha ha!!!!!

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• Fiendish_Warrior Member Posts: 309

  March 2015

  It obviously makes sense to exclaim "I've done had enough of this" while proceeding to still do it anyway. I've tried this with my wife and can confirm.

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• Kilivitz Member Posts: 1,459

  March 2015 edited March 2015

  While it is possible to be imprisoned and tried for heinous crimes such as infanticide, petty burglary will always be a case for summary execution.
  
  So you better hope they haven't brought weapons.

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• CaeDares Member Posts: 182

  March 2015

  Walking down the road harmlessly will make the authorities think you're a Bandit.

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• FinneousPJ Member Posts: 6,455

  March 2015

  DreamingViks said:

  FinneousPJ said:

  @Kilivitz If only you could toggle non lethal damage in real life.

  are you typing this from prison?

  How did you know! My cover is blown.

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• Gallowglass Member Posts: 3,356

  March 2015 edited March 2015

  OneAngryMushroom said:

  When wandering around anywhere you will ALWAYS be harassed by general nefariousness

  That's not "What I've Learned about Life from Playing BG". That's "What I've Learned about Life from Real Life".
  

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• GreenWyvern Member Posts: 247

  March 2015

  Well... [Late game BG1 spoilers]
  
  

  After getting framed for murder, and trying to avoid the flaming fist, I was curious to see what would happen if we willingly let ourselves get caught and tried in court. It was just Albino [the leader] and I, and as soon as they ordered someone to "kill one of them now" while swiftly murdering my character, something struck me deep in my heart. Through all the hours we spent together, through all the adventures we've had, through all the spoils we've collected, and hardships we past... such a life, could be ended right there... in front of the one they've spent all this time with... and all that anyone could do, was silently watch, as Albino gets escorted to a jail cell. Through all of our journey, it ends with some coward whom orders us to die, and we accept our fate as the steel crosses our necks, spilling our blood across cold and heartless floors.
  
  It teaches me how valuable life is.

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• kcwise Member Posts: 2,287

  March 2015

  Fiendish_Warrior said:

  Ha ha ha ha!!!!!

  Peter Quill: That's a fake laugh.
  Rocket Raccoon: It's real!
  Peter Quill: Totally fake!
  Rocket Raccoon: That is the most real, authentic, hysterical laugh of my entire life because THAT IS NOT A PLAN!

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• Mortianna Member Posts: 1,356

  March 2015

  BG taught me that I can:
  
  1. Manipulate the space-time continuum simply by opening my backpack.
  
  2. Carry up to five of my friends' lifeless bodies to a church to be resurrected for a modest fee.
  
  3. Hide my spell book in such a way that remains undetected by my psychopathic, genius captor.

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• Kamigoroshi Member Posts: 5,870

  March 2015

  Children with dogs are demons in disguise. Literally.
  
  Reaching the nearest woods takes at least 8 hours.
  
  Turning to stone has an anti-aging effect.
  
  By combining rare undergarments, one can build a piloted mecha.

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• Fiendish_Warrior Member Posts: 309

  March 2015 edited March 2015

  I always suspected as much about children with dogs. I saw one at a dog park once, about age 2, drinking water from a bowl on the ground with several other dogs. There were no parents in sight. It was obviously a demon so I kept my distance. I was watching someone else's dog and so didn't really care if he transported him to the Nine Hells. Maybe I cared a little...

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• Fiendish_Warrior Member Posts: 309

  March 2015

  Kilivitz said:

  Unless you receive a very specific training in martial arts, it's impossible to end a person's life with your bare hands.

  So *that's* what he was talking about in Taken! That make so much sense now!!!
  

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• DJKajuru Member Posts: 3,300

  March 2015

  Dragons don't fly, but they can flap their wings in order to push you away.

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• Amber_Scott Member Posts: 513

  March 2015

  Walking along a cliff or the edge of a roof is perfectly safe. You can never fall off.

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• AlbinoWyvern Member Posts: 32

  March 2015

  Wearing lots of heavy armour lets you dodge attacks much easier.

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• Tresset Member, Moderator Posts: 8,268

  March 2015

  Oh my gosh! This is awesome!
  
  I learned that all birds (except for chickens) are completely invincible!

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• Heindrich Member, Moderator Posts: 2,959

  March 2015

  Enemies remain completely oblivious to a raging melee mere yards away from themselves and will not assist their allies, as long as they didn't see you.

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• Tresset Member, Moderator Posts: 8,268

  March 2015

  @Heindrich That one isn't always true. Some enemies are scripted to move towards their allies if they see them get injured.

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• CaptRory Member Posts: 1,660

  March 2015

  Lava is perfectly safe so long as you don't actually wade into it.

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• Kilivitz Member Posts: 1,459

  March 2015

  There is no such thing as horseriding.
  
  In a world of dragons, beholders, wyverns, basilisks, umber hulks, shambling mounds, giant spiders, ettercaps, trolls, ogres, orcs, kobolds, xvarts, gnolls, doppelgangers, sahuagin and vampiric wolves, the horse is to Abeir-Toril what an unicorn is to Earth.
  

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• Fiendish_Warrior Member Posts: 309

  March 2015

  I learned recently that I can add points of interest to the BG maps. I've taken this skill and started applying it to all of my maps. For example, here is the modern world as I understand it. I can attest that it's mostly reliable and factually accurate. Feel free to use it so that you can plan accordingly when traveling.

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• DJKajuru Member Posts: 3,300

  March 2015

  Fiendish_Warrior said:

  I learned recently that I can add points of interest to the BG maps. I've taken this skill and started applying it to all of my maps. For example, here is the modern world as I understand it. I can attest that it's mostly reliable and factually accurate. Feel free to use it so that you can plan accordingly when traveling.

  Wtf ! xD

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