alanschu

I knew you'd finally understand!

The moderation is important. Voting nothing but Liberal all the time lets the Liberals rubber stamp their policies. Same goes for Conservatives.

You could argue he's still Lawful Neutral, as he seems to be about upholding the Law above all else, not unlike Vhailor for PST who was also LN.

It certainly did in HotU.

Diablo II in hardcore. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Dungeon Hack (heh) had an iron man mode as well. I'm sure other games have done it as well.

That's because you are blind. Sorry. Definitely. That would explain why some people that you bump into want to kill you on sight for what you did to Ember, and exact some vigilante justice. Torio is taking advantage of the situation, knowing full well that Lord Nasher wants to avoid war because he is not prepared for it, nor are his people. And it's clear that Lord Nasher fully values the Law of the land, and wants to uphold it as best he can. You see more of this in the aftermath of the trial.

Thou must speak ye Magicke Worde. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Open Says Me?

Well that is something at least. I'll admit I didn't follow the development of Jefferson (nor Van Buren) too closely, so I'm not really familiar with the characters/setting/story. I'm sure no one would say no to a quality CRPG that promised to be at the same level as the IE games. I'm not sure why it seems only Jefferson seemed to aspire to that level. It's just that you historically have been fascinated with Jefferson, based almost purely on the promise alone. I think that Obsidian is capable of making an RPG that I enjoy more than BG2 (or PST). And I don't see why they can't use ideas (such as regional reputation) in other games. If they are good ideas that would have worked in Jefferson, they'll probably work in other games as well.

Hahaha brown? What are you, like 30 or something? Hahahhaa brown!

I've resigned myself to the notion that, at least for now, this forum is where I go when I'm bored. I actually agree. People seem to label the Democrats as essentially being socialists, but IMO they are still more right-wing than what many countries consider as being the "right-wing" party. D R <-------------------|------------------> Communist Capitalist

I figured that it'd be something more tangible. Something specific to the game. I mean, if it's just BIS making it, do you see the IWD games, as well as Lionheart, as being of the same level as BG2? If it's just the ideas and concepts and general design that a company like BIS and Obsidian makes, couldn't it essentially be any game? Essentially, whatever their next original game is, is essentially "Jefferson" since I'm guessing they'd like it to be as fun as BG2, as well as the fact that it's being made by the BIS gang at Obsidian?

I disagree. After getting familiar with them, I know what buffs I have. Plus you know what buffs party members have. Only if you don't speed it up.

Just a heads up, but weren't a lot of RPGs promised to be as good as BG2? I was hoping for something a bit more specific.

You don't already have a pair?!??!

What is it about Jefferson that makes you want it so badly?

To slightly add to that spoiler, that fixed NPC eventually becomes a free NPC slot (upping it to 4).

Unless you're an idealogue that totally buys into their platform, I'm guessing that taks' idea of splitting the power is not a bad idea at all.

I have a feeling that unless you actively try to sabotage your character, you should have no problems with the game with most character builds. I went through as just a plain ol' Rogue/Assassin, and until I got hide in plain site I wasn't particularly uber-strong. Qara melts faces though.

I have no problems if a modmaker decides to sell their mod. It's essentially no different than if the mod had been discountinued, if you aren't interested in paying for it. As for people concerned about the slippery slope of all mods being for sale, I wouldn't worry too much about it. The big mods like Counterstrike, Red Orchestra, and Day of Defeat all became markettable because they had huge fanbases from their free days. I've yet to see a piss poor PC game mod be for sale. And even if I did, I wouldn't get it, since it'd be piss poor. As metadigital pointed out, it's following the shareware mechanic that used to be so common in the 90s. I'm all for it and if people can take a high quality mod and sell it, all the power to them. It's no skin off of any of our backs (including BG2 modders) if you want to sell your mod. Depending on the scale, it can become quite an expensive hobby.

To clarify things, Khelgar does not multiclass into a monk. If you choose to go the Monk route with Khelgar, it resets his level back to level 1, with Monk as his class. He still keeps his experience, so you can quickly level him back up to where he was, but he's not a Fighter/Monk. I'm not sure why they did it this way, but that's the way it was done. As far as other NPCs, I'm unaware of any of them having the option to have their class changed after my first playthrough with the game.

As far as I know not to cycle. But the function keys are what I use for selecting characters quickly.

I knew he reminded me of someone. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> EDIT: (it was kind of spoilerish) Bevil's not so bad.

You obviously hadn't done anything in the game after learning of the charges laid upon you when you wrote this. They tell you explicitly to talk to someone at Port Llast regarding the details of your trial. The first thing you do when talking to him is learn about a witness. As for the trial being a sham, well no duh. It's a contraption designed by the people who's plans you are interfering with. As for Lord Nasher's willingness to go along with it, first he his a law abiding citizen. The town of Ember has been annihilated, and you're being cited as the cause. Second, Neverwinter is still recovering from the plague and the war. Greycloaks are all green, and he's concerned about the population at all. Not only that, but it's a major atrocity where the masses are going to want SOMEONE to pay for those crimes. Anyone will do. Just so happens that someone has conveniently pointed the finger to you, the dirty Harborman. I mean, stuff like this isn't even uncommon in actual reality! I could spoil the whole outcome of the trial if you really want.

Well, in the context of this game, Chaotic Evil certainly doesn't mean psychotic. I was Neutral Evil to start the game, and ended up Chaotic Evil, because of my disregard for law. I also lied a lot. All those contributed to Chaotic points.

THat's not true. THere's witnesses fingering you at the scene, executing innocents.