Witches... Options

[Sir Alexander]

Just some ideas for a mod around Witches :

Dynaheir taught a female PC some magic knowledges (PC is a mage, a sorcerer or a cleric/mage)

In SoA Female PC become Minsc's Witch with some cool interactions. Not really a romance or possibility to reedem a evil PC indeed

New abilities : herbal knowledges, witches fear and more. Some items too : Robe of Witch, Rasheman leather armor

And more ...

In your opinion, this idea sounds interesting or not ? I wonder if it's possible to use some "Herbs and Potions" components ?

This post has been edited by Sir Alexander: Jan 8 2006, 01:01 AM

[Domi]

In BG1 <charname> isn't just given quests to find some ogre's in the sewers. He is the one who saves Duke Eltan, is entrusted with uncovering Sarevoks machinations and saving the other Dukes at the Duchal Palace.

Which happens within the past few *days* of the game. Before that PC is hardly a VIP. And that's the *beauty* of BG1.

Unfortunately that is the whole point of BG, SoA and ToB, <charname> can become a god afterall.

Not "a god", but a very specific God of Murder, and that is more than sufficient for any one character. Just like the Dragon reborn is more than enough for Rand. It's just Jordan has to load him up with the other titles and make the whole world place some new distinction on him.

You are making choices for Dynaheir in the statements you make, anyone elses's statements are just as valid and can be plausible in the game world if done well.

I am not making choices for Dynaheir, I am explaining why I don't like a certain idea, based on the lore, the information I have about the character and what I dislike about certain fantasy literature trends.

If someone wants to create a mod where the PC is interested in learning more about the Wychlaran way, why not? Dynheir would be the logical place to start. Give the PC a Wychlaran kit and add some dialog to Candlekeep saying she was raised as Wychlaran but never returned to Rasheman as Gorion knew she was a child of bhaal (pretty much the reason why <charname> of any class/kit remains in Candlekeep). Use this to forge a deeper connection between Dynaheir and <charname>. Nothing wrong with that in my book.

Because a Wychlaran is intimately tied to Rashemi culture and makes no sense outside of Rashemen. Outside of Rashemen, if not on dajemma a Whychlaran is some MU. Because it changes the PC's entire story and scewes the background - PC's mother hence should be a Rashemi, and PC needed to be raised in Rashemen and somehow stolen from there by the Bhaalists. As far as we know PC has *no* memory of his life prior to being raised by Gorion, so whatever teachings were bestowed on the little girl, should she had been born and raised in Rashemen, they would have been lost. It will make Dynaheir's reason to come to SC to find that stolen child and return it back to Rashemen.

But above all else, my main objectioon is that it takes something "special" from an NPC and transfers it to the PC, like a shiny toy.

That's what wrong with the idea in *my* book.

Nobody obviously have to carter their mods to me, but I trust that we are not yet forbidden to experess our reservations about the ideas here?