Nalia & Imoen Options

[Sikret]

Are you happy with Nalia's class (= A weaker duplicate of Imeon)? Or do you prefer her to be a sorceress? Of course, she says things about lockpicking in her dialogues, but perhaps they are not really too many or too important. Another alternative is to increase her level in thief class to make her a better thief for those who want to save a slot for a party member (though in this way she will become even more identical with Imoen).

Another option is to leave Nalia as she is and change Imoen to a Sorceress when you find her in Spellhold. The justification can be that through the rituals and experiments performed on her, amazing and radical changes have occurred in her mental status.

A last and moderate choice is to leave both of them as they are but just re-distribute Nalia's thieving skills to make her a better trap finder/disarmer. 10% of her pick pocket skill can be safely moved to her remove trap.

Any comments?

This post has been edited by Sikret: Jul 3 2007, 07:33 AM

[Stu]

Or do you prefer her to be a sorceress?

I'm doing this in my current game atm with a lvl1 npc mod!

Atm Nalia's thief levels are mostly there to give her a few more weapon choices, she's still a more than capable mage (i.e. there isnt much of an xp hit from 4 thief levels). Changing her to a sorcerer - I can see the appeal (having done that myself) but I'm not sure how well it would be received as part of IA - There will definitely be some objections from people and there are already a few ways that players can already do the change themselves. Additionally there are some very good Sorcerer npc mods out there - Tashia was very well done and from what I've heard Kelsy was nothing short of exceptional.
So imho, Nalia->sorcerer wouldn't be that great as part of a compulsory component of IA. I'm all for altering her thief skills to make her a better trap finder/disarmer though!

Higher thief levels, as mentioned would make Nalia too similar to Imoen. If Imoen were then changed this could have some merit. What I wouldn't mind is a bit more control over what Imoen becomes, perhaps making her a lower level thief with enough XP to bring her to the lvl of the pc would be good. That way the player could turn her into whatever they like (or what they did in BGI).
Just a few ideas.

[Sikret]

Thanks for the comments, Stu!

Atm Nalia's thief levels are mostly there to give her a few more weapon choices, she's still a more than capable mage (i.e. there isnt much of an xp hit from 4 thief levels).

I agree.

Additionally there are some very good Sorcerer npc mods out there - Tashia was very well done and from what I've heard Kelsy was nothing short of exceptional.

Well, none of these two NPCs have the best selection of spells. Selecting good spells is the most important factor for a sorcerer. I also don't like their voices, portraits and dialogues and do not install them myself. Moreover, I never presume that players have any other specific mod installed. Some players just play IA with no other mods and I want them to fully enjoy the game as well.

Ok, let me explain the problem again: The game has no sorcerer NPC but has two identical dual class thief-mages. When I reach Imoen in spellhold, I have no motive to let her join the party as Nalia is already a much better mage by that time. Now, the question is: Should something be done to change this situation or not? If yes, what?

So imho, Nalia->sorcerer wouldn't be that great as part of a compulsory component of IA. I'm all for altering her thief skills to make her a better trap finder/disarmer though!

Yes, I too, currently lean towards re-distributing Nalia's thieving skills and keeping her as she is. Changing Imoen to a sorceress has much more appeal to me as it will give me good and strong motive to have her in party.

It's still a rough idea and I may eventually drop it depending on the feedback I receive here.

Thanks again.