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I would mostly like to choose background traits for my characters like say thay you had religious upbringing which would give bonuses to things that would make sense like lore or healing, or would unlock dialogue options or have npcs react differently and such.

Looking forward to more forum participation too. Taking part in the discussions instead of just lurking would go a long way to easing peoples opinions of lack of communication.

The most unsettling thing about Project Eternity is its created some sort of rift in spacetime that is making me agree with everything Volourn is saying. ITS MADDENING.

The IE games did voice acting right. Enough to add drama and character without taking away from what was doable.

Minscs line about not stowing thrones in grass houses wouldn't have been nearly as funny without a voice reference.

Legolas won the drinking contest though.

I always support this. Makes replaying less tedious in the beginning. doesn't need to be a huge number, at most 3. Tie the locations to background traits, so you can have a lot more options for backgrounds, but they all result in your character being in one of the few starting locations.

I would rather have my skills and variables open up new dialogue options if I have the prerequisites than for all options to be present but greyed out if I don't.

There shouldn't be an arcane/divine separation. Makes more sense both design wise and due to the magic = soul thing. Clerics would just put their magic to different use than arcanists.

I don't mind timed quests if they make sense. If a quest giver comes in all urgent about you needing to hurry, amd you go off travelling and doing 5 or 6 more quests before you get around to it, there should be consequences. People aren't going to stand in an alley with their hostage for 3 days waiting for you.

If they could set up a backer marketplace with some of the higher level physical rewards that you could straight up purchase that would be cool. Limit access to only backers so you still need to contribute to the prokect in order to get access

I pledged the 35, but I'd up it to 50-65 to get the hardcover book instead of digital, signatures not required.

Dwarves confirmed. Volourn pay up.

I found a lot of the BG2 portraits were really badly done. Especially Jaheira. The Icewind Dale portraits were badass and suit a darker game

Seeing as there won't be multiplayer and the environments are pre-rendered, modding tools don't seem like they would be of much use.

Been listening to the Icewind Dale and Icewind Dale 2 soundtracks lately, and something like that would be what I would want. Big, epic, and emotional. Jeremy Soule and Inon Zur haven't topped those scores.

Is there a way to dislike posts? Some people like different things. Maybe some people think you're silly for not wanting houses or romances. Its an rpg, anything that adds to that experience is a good thing, and for a lot of people, those things add to the experience.

Another example is in Dragon Age II with that priest chick that murders the viscount's son. I knew she was trouble from the beginning, after she sets you up the first time she should have been dead meat, but no, she has to set a trap later so you aren't allowed to kill her. No situations like that please.

Yes.

I don't remember much from back then, but I imagine my posts in the political topics must have been absolute genius, being 16 and all.

Obviously there should be the "brothers in arms" type, shared struggle and such pushing unlikely partners together. Possibly doomed once the story is over. The Fall From Grace intellectual connection type would be good too. More likely to last I think. An Isabella (DA2) type pure physical attraction one would be good too. The kind that starts off purely flirty and physical but could grow over time.

What was the board most of the WOT guys migrated to after BIS closed? Is it still around?

I don't like this poll because there is no "all of the above". Dialogue options should be influenced by stats, skills, faction affiliation, and aquired lore.

Also I would like to see centaur like creatures as a major race, if not a playable one.

I say pull a White Wolf and use the traditional tropes for fantasy races and have them as distinct cultures of the races and then throw in a couple original takes as well. For example, nature worshipping elves, wise immortals who see themselves as the past and retreat in favor of humans, badass archer/dual wielders killing any who enter their woodland areas, dark elves, etc. All the same race, but different cultures and nations with their own histories and reasons for why they are how they are.