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[Feanor]

Sir K, you say that Chrysta's personality will develop according to the PC's influence. On the other hand, you say that the PC's should not give her contradictory "advises", else it will be problems. But how subservient Chrysta will be ? Will she never question the PC's course or his choice ? Will she be shaped according to Charname's preferences 100% ?

[Sir Kalthorine]

(In case others wonder why things have been quiet around here for the last couple of weeks, its coz I've been on holiday!)

Sir K, you say that Chrysta's personality will develop according to the PC's influence. On the other hand, you say that the PC's should not give her contradictory "advises", else it will be problems.

Let me elaborate - whichever way the PC decides to influence Chrysta will directly affect the "type" of Chrysta that evolves, and hence how her personality develops. But there are a series of checks and balances in the mod that will detect whether the kind of influence that Charname is providing is consistent - if it isn't, then Chrysta will not develop in the way that she could have, and the PC will never enable her to realise any of her true potential.

But how subservient Chrysta will be?

"Subservient" is probably not the best word to use to describe Chrysta in any of her forms. Whichever personality develops will be strong, consistent and unique.

Will she never question the PC's course or his choice?

Depending on how Chrysta is influenced, it is likely that the "type" of Chrysta that is encouraged wil most likely match the PC's personality - for example, it is unlikely that an evil PC will try to groom a saintly Chrysta - so the most likely outcome is that Chrysta will generally be more inclined to agree with the course of action of the PC than disagree. However, this is a far cry from having her agree with everything the PC does, and she will most certainly have her own opinions on a lot of issues (many of which will likely be at odds with the PC).

Will she be shaped according to Charname's preferences 100% ?

Absolutely not - how Charname guides her will have a profound influence on how she reacts to certain plot-specific events, in terms of which parts of her personality have been allowed to become dominant, but in terms of important decisions there will be a (hopefully) good balance between autonomous decisions and those requiring (and depending on) direct input from the PC.

All my previous answers are a result of Chrysta's overall "character concept", which is in some part due to the "vibes" I have been getting in terms of what people want from Chrysta, but mostly due to my own vision of what I see her as. While I assume people want to be able to influence her, it would surely become very boring very quickly to simply have an NPC who is totally subservient and agrees with absolutely everything. To my mind, a strong, well-defined personality is an integral part of what makes an NPC special - it just so happens with Chrysta that Charname has a direct role in influencing which well-defined personality becomes dominant.