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Brainamp posted:At this point it's better to ask who hasn't been made into a romance option by someone? Not as many as you might think in BG1: Ajantis, Xan, Coran, Branwen, Dynaheir, Shar-Teel. The Kivan romance mod for BG2 is completely unconnected to this mod, while the Ajantis, Xan, and Gavin mods are direct continuations of their counterparts here.
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Cythereal posted:He's a romance option. Tremble in fear. It's kind of saying something when you fixate on one NPC so much that the makers of the game put in a special encounter in the sequel making fun of you and your obsession. Though thinking about it, really that's what all the godawful romance things forced into BG1 feel like. Someone deserving of scorn instead got to spooge up their terrible fanfiction all over an otherwise perfectly good game.
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Sejs Cube posted:It took a mod, but I guess whatshername from the old BG boards finally got what she wanted. If it's any consolation, the BG1 NPC Project has a mixed reputation even among modders. It's hugely variable in quality, as you might expect from a project that took years with a dozen people working on it. Some NPCs are generally agreed to be well-written in this mod, even if you don't necessarily agree with the direction they were taken. Others... not so much. Just wait till we meet BG1 NPC Faldorn...
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Jan 24, 2012 02:40
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Cythereal posted:If it's any consolation, the BG1 NPC Project has a mixed reputation even among modders. It's hugely variable in quality, as you might expect from a project that took years with a dozen people working on it. Some NPCs are generally agreed to be well-written in this mod, even if you don't necessarily agree with the direction they were taken. Others... not so much. Just wait till we meet BG1 NPC Faldorn...
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Sejs Cube posted:Let me guess, she's no longer a rabid eco-terrorist with a deep, abiding hatred of mankind ... deep down she really just needs someone to love her and apply Bioware levels of healing cock? Quite the opposite. She's so rabid she goes "Grrrrr!" every other line.
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Jan 24, 2012 03:22
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Cythereal posted:He's a romance option. Tremble in fear. Sejs Cube posted:
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Brainamp posted:At this point it's better to ask who hasn't been made into a romance option by someone? Tiax 
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Jan 24, 2012 05:11
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Xander77 posted:? Mister Adequate posted:Tiax
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Jan 24, 2012 05:19
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Sejs Cube posted:You know when Coran shows up in BG2? That one. Is that the dude in the random wilderness region whose girlfriend turns into a werewolf? Because if not, I'm going to need a better refresher.
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Sejs Cube posted:You know when Coran shows up in BG2? That one.
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Bobbin Threadbare posted:Is that the dude in the random wilderness region whose girlfriend turns into a werewolf? Because if not, I'm going to need a better refresher. In BG2, on the Forest of Tethyr map, there's a brief interlude that features the return of Coran and Safana from BG1. Also present are a group of wolfweres (not werewolves, no idea why) lead by a lady type named Lanfear. Minor betrayal subplot follows, but the hook lies in the fact that it turns out this Lanfear person is overboard, psycho ex-girlfriend levels of obsessed with Coran. Coran finds the whole thing creepy and obsessive and wants nothing to do with her. "Get this crazy bitch away from me." You see, back in the mists of time, when the internet was still in its awkward teen years and back when the old BG message boards were still a thing, one of the people who posted there regularly was a young lady of the European persuasion who went by the name of Lanfear. Lanfear was loving goofballs over Coran. Coran was the absolute best thing. She loved Coran. Coran, Coran, Coran. Before there was even word that BG2 was in development she was already marching up and down the row, waving a sign, and loudly proclaiming that Coran must be in the sequel to Baldur's Gate. It HAD to happen. Once BG2's dev was actually announced, she loving exploded. Petitions, little fan-shrine web pages, the works. Girl was rabid. Needless to say, the devs (as well as everyfuckingone else) got rather tired of that poo poo in short order. You like the character, we get it, shut up. Please. But she doesn't. So, time comes that word rolls down the pipe that okay, we give, obviously this means a lot to you, Coran will be in BG2 - we're sure you'll like how he's been implemented. We even gave you a little cameo as well, given that you're the one who convinced us to put him in. Sejs Cube fucked around with this message at 10:56 on Jan 24, 2012 |
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That's interesting (I'd change the order of the paragraphs around to make a coherent story with a punchline, but the question was answered so who cares)
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Jan 24, 2012 10:39
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Garstal doesn't bend to audience's demands for coherence. Eurmal's will is his command.
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Jan 24, 2012 10:50
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vilkacis posted:Which portrait does he end up with if you're using his default? Xan's secondary is absolutely great, so I'm wondering if Kivan's is equally "fitting". If you take Kivan's portrait for yourself, Kivan himself looks like this:  It would be sooo fitting to use this portrait for the new, modded Kivan.
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The Bioware team were pretty cool about fan cameos. A certain half-orc in ToB was based on the postings of a forum user, down to his "Hah! Good fun!" catchphrase. There may be more, but I'm not sure.
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sebzilla posted:The Bioware team were pretty cool about fan cameos. A certain half-orc in ToB was based on the postings of a forum user, down to his "Hah! Good fun!" catchphrase. You know, I'd ask what had happened to Bioware but every thread that asks this question gets their thread locked and/or gassed. 
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Apparently David Gaider was the guy who did the Lanfear encounter. He was always fairly engaged with the fan community, and I used to think he was pretty cool when he helped create the ToB Ascension mod.
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He was cool until approximately half-way through the DA:O production cycle, I think. There was a great quote from him early on saying how a game's hard mode should kill your party, delete your save file and send an email detailing your ignominious defeat to all your friends. And then he wrote lovely romances and fell in love with Alistair or something, I don't know. I used to post on their forum a lot but haven't touched it in about 5 years. But yeah, Ascension is great, BG2 is great, sorry for derailing. JGBeagle has the right idea.
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markus_cz posted:If you take Kivan's portrait for yourself, Kivan himself looks like this: Ha! Amazing. I'd definitely be in favour of replacing his current one with this. JGBeagle posted:You know, I'd ask what had happened to Bioware but every thread that asks this question gets their thread locked and/or gassed. Yeah, it's probably best if we avoid those discussions here. There are Mass Effect and Dragon Age threads in Games if anyone wants to bitch about anything specifically related to them.
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Brainamp posted:At this point it's better to ask who hasn't been made into a romance option by someone? It's always baffled me that nobody's done one for Safana, considering what a hilariously gigantic cockteasing liar she is; but I guess everyone just always takes Imoen so she never gets a look in edgeways (even though Nalia's got one).
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Trin Tragula posted:It's always baffled me that nobody's done one for Safana, considering what a hilariously gigantic cockteasing liar she is; but I guess everyone just always takes Imoen so she never gets a look in edgeways (even though Nalia's got one). Why have a cocktease when you have a half-sister. Makes sense to me. 
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Trin Tragula posted:It's always baffled me that nobody's done one for Safana, considering what a hilariously gigantic cockteasing liar she is; but I guess everyone just always takes Imoen so she never gets a look in edgeways (even though Nalia's got one). Nalia's got two, actually. Of the BG2 ensemble, only Mazzy, Jan, and Korgan don't have romance mods of any kind. Even Cernd has a component in Romantic Encounters.
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Cythereal posted:Nalia's got two, actually. Of the BG2 ensemble, only Mazzy, Jan, and Korgan don't have romance mods of any kind. Even Cernd has a component in Romantic Encounters. Wha... are you saying there's a Keldorn romance?
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sebzilla posted:Wha... are you saying there's a Keldorn romance? I wish I wasn't.
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Why are you guys more surprised by the Keldorn romance than by the Cernd one? IIRC, they are both in basically the same emotional position - their relationship with their family went south due to their devotion to duty - only Keldorn is by far the more interesting and sympathetic character (and also wayyyy more powerful, of course). Regardless, either of them makes a lot more sense as a romantic partner to me than loving Minsc - for Christ's sake, I can't picture any kind of romance dialogue that doesn't come off as basically raping a child in a man's body  . Hell, I find that far worse than the Imoen romance, given that she's a half-sister only in a theoretical sense (since neither genetics nor the Westermark effect are involved).
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NihilCredo posted:Why are you guys more surprised by the Keldorn romance than by the Cernd one? IIRC, they are both in basically the same emotional position - their relationship with their family went south due to their devotion to duty - only Keldorn is by far the more interesting and sympathetic character (and also wayyyy more powerful, of course). Oh, true, I don't think any of the Minsc romance mods were ever completed.
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^^^^ Whew. Best news of the day.
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"Minsc, and boo, stand ready!" But in all seriousness, gently caress the people who feel that mods like that poo poo should exist.
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sebzilla posted:Wha... are you saying there's a Keldorn romance? Thought that was common knowledge.
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Granted, I may be insane, but I find that the worst part about the Keldorn romance is not romancing him (My parents were pretty far apart in age, although I guess it wasn't as huge as PC and Keldorn would be) but the fact that the authoress found some (rather stupid) way to split up Keldorn and his wife. It's like, they are a pretty good couple at the end and then suddenly "Oh I got a note from my wife we're divorcing." I just couldn't wrap my head around it. It seemed so stupid. I guess if you don't find that so weird or terrible, then the romance isn't *so* bad (I mean it's not like he's suddenly having the hots for you even though he's married at the time). Honestly I like the modder, because she's done some stuff that is pretty good, but I felt she should have worked with another sort of paladin dude (like the one whose picture someone put up a while back). It would have made more sense. (Is this pretty spoilery? I don't even know, I can change it if people are uneasy...)
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Charlett posted:Granted, I may be insaneuneasy...) You... you have joined the dark side.
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soooo... all those in favor of romancing Keldorn if we're still female by then?
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Vorgen posted:soooo... all those in favor of romancing Keldorn if we're still female by then? +1
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Vorgen posted:soooo... all those in favor of romancing Keldorn if we're still female by then? I mean NO. I don't care how Connery-esque he is, that's just wrong.
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Vorgen, mind if I change your portrait to your female form? It just seems wrong to have your old form, let alone a non-golden one. (Also let me know what your preference for your subtext.)
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Vorgen posted:soooo... all those in favor of romancing Keldorn if we're still female by then?
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Sejs Cube posted:Nah, Syvishtara doesn't have nearly enough daddy issues to make that jive. Baldur's Gate... daddy issues... nope, can't see it.
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ETB posted:Vorgen, mind if I change your portrait to your female form? It just seems wrong to have your old form, let alone a non-golden one. Sure, by all means! Here are all three sizes for you to work with:    I actually really like the current subtext, so I don't have any better idea than that. But you can change it if you'd like  .
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Vorgen posted:Sure, by all means! Here are all three sizes for you to work with: You should change it to something like: quote:Party Membership is a Democracy.
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Vorgen posted:soooo... all those in favor of romancing Keldorn if we're still female by then? Yes. All of them.
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