Messier-31

Lo and behold, I shall start a thread, because I can. First of all a disclaimer: there will be a lot of words like "portrait" showing a lot of times in huge proximity to one another in next sentences, so watch out - I'm not a professional writer and English isn't my first language. And now to the point. Wanted to talk (type) to you guys about original NPC portraits by Obsidian. You got it. This is not about custom portraits, nor about companions. This is specifically about: Thaos, Iovara, Renengild and Galvino Portraits available to the player to choose from Anyhoo, the first thing I wanna discuss are them four characters. I really like NPC's with portraits in these games (be it BG2 or PoE). I even like to muster a mod or two for BG saga, so more characters get a portrait, but only those who really are important to the game, story or setting. I wouldn't like to see every single peasant having a portrait, but I think that people like Gorion, Elminster, Drizzt deserve one. That is why I absolutely love the fact, that Obidian made these 4 (or 6 if you add the two variants for Thaos and Iovara). Thaos and Iovara are absolutely incontestable. And while I really fancy portraits for Renengild and Galvino I question the reason behind giving portraits to those two specific characters. First of all Renengild is a mayor of Stalwart in WM1. It would make a lot of sense to give a portrait to the leader of a community, but Duc Aevar Wolfgrin (artificial gods bless his soul) hasn't got one. Wasn't he quite a figure in Eora? Renengild is no longer a mayor in WM2. What makes it more nonsense is that her role completely has no meaning in the second part of the expanion. She literally doesn't have more to say to you other than "k thx bai". Lady Webb is a super major NPC. Killing her ends the game prematurely! Still, lacking a portrait. For me it would make more sense to change the Renengild's one to Lady Webb's, because they look pretty much similar to eachother. Galvino is a semi-important character. I really like that guy (like most Vailians), but also his role in WM2 diminished (if not vanished). Yet somehow I get a feeling that there was some political correctness involved. Obsidian simply needed to give a portrait of an "ocean human" and thus avoid being frown upon. But that is just my loose observation. Don't get me wrong. The more portraits, the better. I only think that maybe there are more important characters who would deserve a portrait. I know all about time and money issues that play a major factor here, but I wonder what do you guys think nonetheless. What are your types for characters who shoul've get a portrait? Apart from Duc Aevar and Lady Webb my other choice would be the leader of the Iron Flail. Hey lady, do you have a twin sister? Moving on. Portraits available to the player to choose from - that is an impressive amount of portraits the devs created. Bravo. Alas, there is also a lot of combinations while creating a character. If someone wants to make a specific character you only end up with 2 portraits tops. Custom portraits come in handy, but it is hard for all you aumaua/orlan/godlike lovers to get what you want. Also, one of my pet peeves is having a portrait of a completely different art. style than the rest. I think the fans of Luis Royo disagree, but I just see too much of a difference. So maybe there could be more of it in the future? Given that somebody at Obsidian would like the idea and it wouldn't be a big time/money issue to make it? AFAIK there have been some portraits added to the game in recent updates. I am 100% sure that there were only 2 male dwarves one year ago when the game launched, and now we have 3 of them. You think there might be a possibility of Obsidian making a small portrait bonus pack? I - for one - would really like such a treat. TL;DR in a nutshell: Was giving portraits to Renengild and Galvino a good idea? What are your types for major characters that deserve a portrait? Does it make sense to ask Obsidian to make more portraits? P.S. Speaking of Renengild. What happened to her son in WM2? He's nowhere to be found?

Hey, Sking, just a reminder; You have your answer, now OP and the rest of us awaits yours

Hey, thanks. As a matter or fact, no, they weren't always there. Okay, so let me get this straight. This party was made by a backer as a reward for his/her Kickstarter pledge. That would explain the golden nametags. But just why these ghosts linger inside the inn? It seems sorta out of place. The backer had his custom party, they've been wiped out (no diplomatic solution), and whatever are the reasons to keep them is just... (don't know how to put it) strange? I don't like the idea, but I understand the devs wanted to express their gratitude a little more.

So this is what I see when entering the Goose and Fox inn: ghosts? All of these NPC's are backer related (golden nametags) but somehow most of them is pale blue and looks quite ghastly. Is it a bug, or is it intentional?

Steam is a dealbreaker imo.

It's not the first time.

There is a couple at the graveyard (upper left corner of the map). The lad is from the Fort, and the lass is from Stalwart. Talking with these two may provide you with information about the guards sleeping. There will be an update in your journal if you've done that talk correctly. Maybe that is the trigger? Dunno for sure.

Your final fight in Yenwood is a little less troublesome. Nothing more, the end.

Try after dark.

http://pillarsofeternity.gamepedia.com/Caed_Nua#Random_Events

Sweet mother of mercy, the patch notes will be released when they're ready.

Same here, mate. And in my case this is the only NPC that is injured - that exact bloke from Gref's Rest in Stalwart. Maybe it is not a bug, and the poor guy is simply recovering from something like, oh I don't know, mayhaps a dire snow rabbit bite (them viscious bunnies).

Huh... come to think of it, I seriously have no idea, can't remember. But I think that I may have stumbled upon it by chance.

Not only overpowered, but also overrated. Mr Miyagi wannabes should sit and pray, or whatever monks generally do. Just take your karate dragonfighting elsewhere, ffs. This information was brought to you by Monks in Fantasy Disdaining Bloc™ Pouring a bucket of swill since 2001

And them some.

It's not something super important, but having torches in PoE is somewhat just a cosmetic feature.

Preach it.

That is bulls... How would you reload? See, the reason behind it was just making the pistol shoot only once at the beginning of a battle. Like a pirate. Arr?

The treacherous spin strikes again.

Arquebusiers against mages is good as well.

Any day now... 2015-03-16 http://forums.obsidian.net/topic/71014-dual-class-multi-class-or-similar/?do=findComment&comment=1584660 2014-03-20 http://forums.obsidian.net/topic/65829-update-74-the-mob-rulers-wizards-and-druids-and-our-partnership-with-paradox/page-9?do=findComment&comment=1432180

I was kinda hoping to see the first reply to this: "there, done"

Quick, someone make a Kickstarter campaing for this.

I guess with a nickname like "Stoner" this is commiting

Hi there; Here are two minor issues that I've come up to: 1) Every now and then there are issues with displaying descriptions of weapons. 2) When I swap companions, the one who just joins the party has pretty low health and endurance, even though he/she was full of it while being send off. Attaching screenshots.