Here's some other infos on what
I'd like to add in future versions. I'm writing this 'cause being it my first mod I'd be grateful for every piece of advice, constructive criticism and opinion.
About the custom item: it should be a ring, or an amulet (I think I'll go for the amulet) with a gem cut like a rose (guess why) the player has to make, buying the gem and taking it to High Edge or to the Sorcerous Sundries to be cut and enchanted. The first properties that came to my mind were protection from charm and vocalize, considering the nature of the gift and Rose's abilities (her voice is obviously quite important to her, so vocalize fits I think). Another idea that came to my mind is that I could give the player the ability to choose which type of gem to use, affecting the item's abilities. The gift should mean something, so it can be seen like an engagement gift. I don't want it to be too powerful or unbalancing in any way, in order not to encourage players to romance Rose only for the item. It should just be a nice add to the romance and nothing more. It should be stripped from Rose when the group's captured by Irenicus, and will be found somewhere else (and maybe upgraded in
BG2).
Another custom item I was thinking about was a flute, to be given to Rose from the very start, that should let her use two or three custom songs. Another idea about the flute was to let Rose learn different songs with quests and/or experience, adding them to the flute. I'd need a custom BAM for the item though.
About Rose's alignment: she starts as a neutral character, but I'd like to let her shift both to good and to evil, based upon actions and banters with CHARNAME. It should be an extremely long and difficult path anyway, in both directions.
About Rose's past: I was thinking of making her family an outcast from eleven outposts because of Rose's father (elf) engagement with a human. Before the ban, Rose's father was one of the guards to an Underdark entrance (not the one with Suldanesselar's elves), and after that he continued to help without most of the elves knowing. Rose know nothing of her father's previous life, nor about his current one. Because of her father's background with the elven guards, using spears with great mastery, and because of her training under her father, I was thinking of giving Rose a second dot in spears, either via script after a certain level or by modifying her class so that the player will be allowed to give her the second dot. In no way she should have two dots when the player meets her anyway. Also, a custom spear would be nice, in
BG2.
Now, I think that all of that ideas together could prove to make Rose too powerful, so I'll have to modify some of them or even to cut some of them off.. But I'm not the greatest judge when it comes to balance my own work, so I'd really be grateful for every comment about that. What I'd like to achieve with these enhancements is to create an interesting character, with unique items/abilities/whatsoever to allow the player to have some freshness, without making her a must have character in terms of power.
Edited by kthxbye, 21 July 2009 - 02:13 AM.
