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[Kulyok]

Fade, as I read in her forum, was designed as a lesbian from the start, and her Keita partner was her lover, as well. Later, however, the line has been dropped, but the impression is firmly planted in the lovetalks already.

Saerileth has Edorem - the name exists, is being brought through the entire romance, and it is enough for me. Yasraena is not romanceable.



Kivan and Deheriana is certainly one of the most romantic stories of all BG time, but I just can't feel any romantic attraction to his unmodded in-game personality, so it is not the point for me, whether he has Deheriana or not. However, with Valygar I had such a problem. Merella, Suna Seni, then Leonora - I wanted to strangle the guy in the end: he proved to be more popular than Haer'Dalis.

Edited by Kulyok, 17 October 2005 - 10:44 PM.

[Kellen]

However, with Valygar I had such a problem. Merella, Suna Seni, then Leonora - I wanted to strangle the guy in the end: he proved to be more popular than Haer'Dalis.

And he's supposed to be celibate/chaste. Ha!

[RavenBlack]

Uhm, Merella was his past love when he was 16. Suna is barely mentioned in one banter as a past liason. Leonora is PC's contender, future love, not past. The guy is thirty and that's is underestimation of his age (he is more likely to be closer to 40). I would be worried if he never loved before.

Then there was that actress chick who split pretty much as soon as Val told her about the "Corthala fortune". That was before Suna. I'm sure there's a few more somewhere around there...

And, to be honest, I think it is a bit scary to be someone's first and only ideal love.

No wonder people dislike Anomen so much...

Saerileth has Edorem - the name exists, is being brought through the entire romance, and it is enough for me.

I think it's safer to think of Edorem more as a stalker than as a past love

[Delight]

And, to be honest, I think it is a bit scary to be someone's first and only ideal love.

No wonder people dislike Anomen so much...

I thought, that people dislike him because he is a dumb, self-righterous paladin wannabe ?

[Delight]

I think that Anomen would be more lovable if he was more inteligent.

[Theodur]

And, to be honest, I think it is a bit scary to be someone's first and only ideal love.

No wonder people dislike Anomen so much...

Wasn't aware this was the group meeting of Anomen Bashers (mind you, I like the guy), but I'll just note that to my general knowledge, people tend to act even more stupid and infantile than Anomen, when they seriously fall in love for the first time.

And to everyone who can make it work with their First True and Pure Love, remaining their one and only for the rest of their lives... well, congrats, but such thing doesn't happen even in one case out of thousand. It's as much trial and error as anything, until you find the right person you're compatible with. To expect to do that with the first try is foolish.

[AnnabelleRose]

The Anomen bashing has always made me a little uncomfortable.

My lady likes him the best out of the romanceable males because in her words "his arrogance reminds me of you". Heh.

Seeing the various communites bash him after that makes you either self conscious or laugh.

[Delight]

His arrogance isn't a problem to me, nor are his "ideals".
The problem is that he is dumb.
His inteligence is 10.

[AnnabelleRose]

I think the most overused idea in the BG series (with mods) are tough encounters full of cheese. I love a tough fight, as long as they fight by the same rules as my party fights. What I hate is when they somehow cats every defensive spell in the game as a single action, etc...

[Kulyok]

And uber-powerful items. While I would like to receive a Robe of Neutral Archmagi in SOA for a change, a second Robe of Vecna seems overpowered.

[jcompton]

What I hate is when they somehow cats every defensive spell in the game as a single action, etc...

For about the squillionth time, this behavior is generally meant to simulate the party's ability to cast a bunch of buffing spells before starting the encounter. You generally have the advantage of being able to cast multiple buffs before choosing to open the door or whatever, whereas they just have to stand there waiting for you. The idea being, similarly intelligent spellcasters would be walking around with those buffs up, too.

Edited by jcompton, 19 October 2005 - 07:41 AM.

[Theodur]

His arrogance isn't a problem to me, nor are his "ideals".
The problem is that he is dumb.
His inteligence is 10.

Your generic BG commoner has Int of 9 - as all the other stats for that matter - so, going by that logic, Ano is still smarter than the 'masses', so to speak. His speech is certainly pompous and arrogant, but it's certainly not uneducated or dumb.

If you hate characters for being dumb, well... *points at Minsc*

[Delight]

I hate Minsc .

Edited by Delight, 19 October 2005 - 09:17 AM.

[Deva]

I'm neutral to Anomen. I can't hate him, but neither is he one of my favourites. CN Anomen is pretty cool. ^^ LG Anomen... aggh. I can't stand LG'ers full stop.

As for over-used ideas. Hmm.

Amnesia. xD

[AnnabelleRose]

For about the squillionth time, this behavior is generally meant to simulate the party's ability to cast a bunch of buffing spells before starting the encounter. You generally have the advantage of being able to cast multiple buffs before choosing to open the door or whatever, whereas they just have to stand there waiting for you. The idea being, similarly intelligent spellcasters would be walking around with those buffs up, too.

I don't do that, I always use my bufs during the fight. The ones who use true D&D spells I can handle. We will pretend that they have found a way to cast "greater chain contengancy".

The ones I take issue with (I hate listing spefic examples so I won't) are fighters who can cast the same spells (seemingly as a free action for you 3rd edition rpers) nore powerful and quicker then you can.

I also do not like ememies who drop uber equipment they do not use in a fight. A few mods I have played, the enemies are complete wimps, but they drop weapons that are close to artifact quality. If I had to survive against those weapons, that would be ok.

[Kulyok]

Or say "Ajantis, don't you have anything else but your honour?" "Branwen, your battle cries annoy the hell out of me!" "Coran, how DARED you give up this cute little baby?"... and further down the alphabet.

Guilty, guilty, guilty... (Not joking here, btw. I am.)

One of ways to avoid it, I think, is writing the "setting" banters instead of the "character" banters. Bioware does the job quite well in places - I very much enjoyed reading Dave Milward's(Beren's) NPC Interaction Guide. The phrases "My injuries sting, but I think it mostly my pride that hurts. " or "Ah, my hound, this city be the great world of commerce. Perhaps we can sell Jaheira?" are the ones that I will not forget easily.

The downside is the amount of conditions one has to place on such a banter. But anyways, I think it would be better than "Why did you become an adventurer, Insert Name Here?"

Edited by Kulyok, 20 October 2005 - 07:46 AM.