The later Infinity Engine games did this a lot. ;) Throne of Bhaal famously borrowed the Marilith sprite from Icewind Dale, for example. I think SoA also did the same for Orogs and such. (View Post)

In an ironic twist though, I think that these little side-stories that lead nowhere actually HELPED the BG games become the memorable worlds they are today. They help build up the verisimilitude that… (View Post)

I cope by having my main D&D setting be a custom one that's totally unrelated to the Forgotten Realms. ;) When I do run other tabletop settings, it's usually either DarkSun or Ravenloft, two sett… (View Post)

I do know that some of his responses during certain dialogues are different if he is CN, yes. What exactly those are I couldn't tell you, as I never really brought him along as a permanent party memb… (View Post)

From what I know, after that encounter there's nothing more until Spellhold, and you MUST have Valygar in your party when you do, otherwise you'll basically never see a resolution to that storyline. (View Post)