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I just finished a 2/18 Scoundrel/Consular By the end with boosts from equipment, I had like 28 wisdom and 20 charisma (full Lightside)

I agree that tutorials tend to be better if it is in some way related to the universe at least, if not the game. However, I do feel there should be an option to skip it. I like the idea behind KOTOR 2's because it is skippable, and you can piece together what happened as you play through it the first time.

Mine turns off before the door is closed all the way

Once getting the hang of the controls, I really enjoyed Gothic 2

Despite the fact you reiterate how poorly KOTOR adheres to the D20? They could do anything.

Since we haven't seen any actions, you also have nothing to base your opinion on...just being cynical.

I understand that part. But I think he feels the only way NPCs will be different depending on LS/DS and gender is based upon an apprentice, which I do not think will necessarily be the case.

I never did BG2s tutorial. I liked Half-Life's tutorial too.

Yes yes I know. But you cannot have a plot around a dead person, if there is a chance that that dead person can be alive

Ah....sounded like you were arguing against me at first....but you are agreeing with me that a character can still be a "lower" level and be powerful enough to be a mentor? I remember you had a neat idea of if someone does damage greater than your constitution, player should make a save or die. I think it would probably make things too difficult for some, but it would be fun for me

Considering the possibility of Bastila being dead, this character cannot be Bastila, otherwise some of us would never see this character despite her being all over merchandise and advertising, which would be silly. White-haired woman seems important to plot....you cannot have a person that is dead be important to the plot (well you can....you just never see them, but you cannot have that dead person possibly be alive )

????? Is this a response to me?

The entire level system and numerical representations of attributes doesn't make any sense. PNP rules do not even make "sense" in terms of stories.

I know that.....but is level 6 "weak?" From what I hear level 20 is Yoda, and Yoda is uber-powerful. In D&D Drizzt was classified as level 17, and he too was insanely powerful in the game.

I actually agree with what you said......I didn't mean to say that Bastila wasn't deep because she was cliche....just that she was not deep.

Read fardragons post, as mine was a reply to it. He says that a character like Kreia cannot be lower than 6th level or it stretches the credibility. And I say why? Unless someone can tell me something specific about what exactly a 6th level character? Carth was only a level 3 hero of the Republic. I don't feel that that in any way took away from the "credibility." I would bet that 99% of the people in the universe would never get past level 1 anyways. If all a 6th level character is is a character that is level 6, then I see no reason why Kreia couldn't be level 3 when you met her. Why must someone be of Level X to be "credible" according to fardragon? It's sort of like what exactly is 1hp remaining for a character. But I guess I'm waxing too philosophically here.

You are reading too deep looking for a connection. They haven't mentioned Zaalbar and the white-haired chick...there must be a connection. They are not talking about the characters at all, so obviously they would not comment about any link between 2 characters that they are not talking about at all. Frankly, if the white-haired woman is in fact Bastilla, they better provide one hell of an explanation, because it's gonna make things cheezy. Besides....Bastila cannot be the same person since this white-haired woman seems like she will be important to the story, and there is always to possibility that Bastila is dead from the first game.

Would the devs just come out and say "Bastilla is kaput" on the forums, months before the game comes out?

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Ummmm.....no kidding. But what exactly is a 6th level character? Because apparently if Kreia is 6th level, it "violates" credibility. I'm gonna bet on 1st level character, since the character likely has not been very active for the past few years. Sure s/he is a veteran of the Mandalorian wars....but that was 9 years ago.

I liked the Half-Life: Uplink demo that they released.....had nothing to do with the actual plot, so it spoiled nothing.

I don't understand exactly what you mean? Gender and class have a factor on who can be your NPC party members....not an apprentice (which has only recieved a "ding-ding" for a confirmation). You could still have other characters that could not be an apprentice to you that would only go with you if you are a female/male.

I wouldn't consider her to be "deep" for a game character, when she isn't even the deepest character in the game. Mind you a lot of people consider a five minute interaction with Yuthura Ban to be "deep." I loved the ability to turn Yuthura to the lightside and all that...but to call her a deep character is silly IMO because we just did not interact with her enough.

Comparing Bastila to such characters that are designed to be over the top like Duke Nukem is rather silly. I'd rather compare her to Morte or any character from Planescape: Torment. Furthermore, stating that someone has simliarities to the characters that she is similar to in literature does not make her deep. All it means is that the idea behind her is quite established (although to be fair, looking at most literature you'll find oodles of similiarities between characters). We don't "have" to compare her to Shakespeare characters......just that the idea behind her is cliche.

What exactly is a 6th level character? Or a first level character?