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

[coaster]

I quite like the idea of Immy as sorceress, but in BG1 she is definitely given the role of thief initially (eg. sneaking in and reading Gorion's letter in Candlekeep). It's a shame she can't be a "thief-sorceress", but does the game engine allow such a thing? I don't think SK does.

So I think she definitely needs a good plot related reason to become a sorceress. As you say, one option is that it is the result of Irenicus' experiments (perhaps to give her more power so her soul is suitable for Bodhi?) Alternatively, given that the PC receives Slayer powers after his soul is stolen, Imoen's transformation could be a result of the removal of hers - some by product of the way "Bhaal within" is trying to assert control.