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#67220 Valen Romance

Posted by Harbinger on 01 September 2003 - 10:01 PM in Valen Expansion

Wow this discussion has gone on almost a year, sorry I missed it. Well... Ill put my two cents in anyway.

Vampires throughout time have always been seductive sexual creatures, have you seen any movie where they are portrayed otherwise. Indeed its necessary for their survival this is why they have the ability to charm. Just think of Bram Stokers Dracula, remember the movie with Winona Ryder there is no doubt a romance. And even in the original AD&D module Vault of the Drow by none other than Gary Gygax (who wrote the first AD&D rulebooks) there was a Drow Vampire in a relationship with a Succubus. So I see no problem with having a romance involving Valen. Not your traditional love story, but thats what makes it an interesting change of pace. BTW has this been decided one way or another? Whats the latest from Wes?

#69314 Valen Romance

Posted by Harbinger on 11 September 2003 - 07:34 PM in Valen Expansion

I would see this romance as a struggle of wills, vampires see control as a means of survival. So after Bodhis out of the picture, Valens need to dominate should eminate in ex. making others like her. I also see consequences for those who seek a romance with her, will she become more like you or will you become more like her, like that quote for those that stare into the Abyss.

#70127 TashaKnows

Posted by Harbinger on 15 September 2003 - 01:42 AM in Tashia

Under Global Variables I noticed one that said TashiaKnows=3. Is this involved with her finding out PC is a BhaalSpawn? Does this affect the romance in anyway? I always associate anything romance related 3s as a bad thing. Should I dodge BhaalSpawn questions from her?

#70128 Can I change Tashia's pic

Posted by Harbinger on 15 September 2003 - 01:59 AM in Tashia

i have over 20 meg worth of portraits i downloaded from lady nightshade before she went "poof", and as all of you in the community know, she had absolutely the best portraits ever, and tashia's default portrait is better than almost all of them...i initially downloaded her just cause she is so pretty...

Well theres no accounting for taste user.

BTW in Tasha file it uses TashaM not TashaL.bmp. So TashaL will not replace TashaM, unless you rename it.

#70892 Valen Romance

Posted by Harbinger on 17 September 2003 - 02:33 PM in Valen Expansion

Ok I agree that romances are getting out of hand, Edwin and Mazzy romances in the works for example, but I look at this from a different perspective. I also agree that a romance with a vampire is not in the best interest of the PC, but from a vampire's perspective Valen has much to gain from an involvement with a Bhaal Spawn. So does the player see the forest throuugh the trees, and repel the vampires advances or does he/she give in to their sexual urges? Methinks we see dark and troubled times brewing for our favorite Bhaal Spawn. Use Romance/Redemption as bait for the hook. Nothing like throwing a vampire into the mix to stir up the shit storm. Now that I believe makes for a good expansion to the Valen mod.

#74465 Bucklers

Posted by Harbinger on 06 October 2003 - 01:24 PM in Rogue Rebalancing

I dont know if this has been brought up before, but Ill try anyway. From my understanding of Bucklers they were designed to wear on the forearm held on by two straps leaving the off hand still usable for a dagger or a bow string because of their compact size. In other words dual wielding should be possible as long as the off hand carried no bigger than a dagger. Although I dont know if this is doable in the infinity engine. Has this ever been brought up?

#74505 Bucklers

Posted by Harbinger on 06 October 2003 - 06:01 PM in Rogue Rebalancing

Thanks thats pretty much what I thought...bummer.

#74927 Arilistan (Spoilers)

Posted by Harbinger on 10 October 2003 - 02:01 AM in Tashia

Ok I must really suck. Did no one else find the battle with Arlistan in the cave extremely difficult? Im getting my ass handed to me everytime. Oh and do I need to worrry about chunking Tashia? Ive been trying to avoid Tashia and just take down everyone else, but the damn fishmen show up in droves. Damn this is a pain in the arse.

#74945 Arilistan (Spoilers)

Posted by Harbinger on 10 October 2003 - 07:10 AM in Tashia

Thanks Bri I thought it was just me, since no one had posted anything regarding the difficulty of this battle. Maybe I should go pick up another NPC since I didnt replace Tashia when she left. Yes most definitly.

#74949 Arilistan (Spoilers)

Posted by Harbinger on 10 October 2003 - 07:24 AM in Tashia

Actually I didn't find this one too hard. Although I was suprised at the amount of really cool unique items that you get for this quest. I haven't played Tashy for a little while but are they still there? If so, I'd recommend changing them for the big uber Tashy revamp...

Well I did leave to rescue Imoen rather quick, so I dont have any uber badasses in my party yet. Also I regard any battle with 5 mages, 5 warriors, and who the hell knows how many of those fishy bastards which spawn in continually, as rather tough. And like I said I suck.

#74980 Possible future ideas and plans

Posted by Harbinger on 10 October 2003 - 09:49 AM in Tashia

Hi guys, I really enjoy this mod, and like what I see posted for future enhancements, especially the class specific banters. But I also see that you guys seem to have alot on your plates as far as other projects. So I thought Id ask if you have anything that I could help with. Im also tryng to learn WeiDu so I wouldnt be much help at coding, but I have alot of free time currently cause I dont have alot of classes this semester. Anyway just a heads up. Cheers

#75019 Arilistan (Spoilers)

Posted by Harbinger on 10 October 2003 - 02:51 PM in Tashia

Ok it wasnt that bad just had to summon in some help. Yes I see what you mean its like Christmas with all the items, with all the amulets of power Bodhi would be easy pickens.

#75667 Possible future ideas and plans

Posted by Harbinger on 15 October 2003 - 01:52 PM in Tashia

Hey Bri, just wondering if you rewrote any of the existing Tashia dialog. Without being too critical I think some of the dialog needs a liittle rewriting. In particular the dialog between Tashia and Arilistan before he takes her to the cave. In one passage Aril is talking to PC something like "so have you been taking care of my lass." and Tashia responds "Yes hes a very nice person Aril..... and I would love to go with you." Huh?? Thats just one instance but all in all the dialog between them results in a rather speedy exit of Tashia without much convincing. Im aware she has strong feelings for him but she seems painfully gullible IMO.

#75923 ShadowKeeper and Tashia mod.

Posted by Harbinger on 17 October 2003 - 09:19 AM in Tashia

SK will only insert pics that are the right format ex. 170x110 bmp for nameL and 60x38 for nameS, you need to put all pics in the portraits folder in BGII if you dont have this folder just create it. Another way would be to replace the pics in the override folder there are three labeled TashiaL, TashiaM, and TashiaS bmp. Large and medium are actually the same size, but the medium is needed so make a copy of your large pic and rename it TashiaM. Hope that helps.

#76068 Tashia and happy patch

Posted by Harbinger on 18 October 2003 - 08:01 PM in Tashia

It is possible to run Tashia and Imoen romances concurrently with no patches, apparently they dont check each other for romanceactive.

#76144 Tashia and happy patch

Posted by Harbinger on 19 October 2003 - 01:59 PM in Tashia

Actually I didnt adjust anything, they both go exclusive at roughly the same time after resurfacing. Well Tashia leaves then Imoen campfire scene occur back to back. So I established exclusive relation with Imoen then went directly to rescue Tashia where Tashiaromance went to 2 with no problems, although Tashia hasnt said anything since rescue, but I have flirted with both successfully.

#76164 Tashia and happy patch

Posted by Harbinger on 19 October 2003 - 08:21 PM in Tashia

Hi there,
first of all: good work, i really like this mod, gratulations to all involved in it

now my question: the tashia readme says, that with the happy patch installed, some contents are missing. can anyone please tell me which contents that are and when they usually appear? problem is, that i just left for brynnlaw now with the romance almost finished ( i already played it once whole ), last talk was about "what to do after irenicus". now i read the readme for the first time ( stupid me, i know ) and read about the happy patch. i already uninstalled it, but i really dont wanna start all over again ( no time ).

thanks in advance

Just wanted to give my thoughts on this, I believe I saw the same readme while looking around. I think the Tashia happy patch will block her little white messages that occur mostly when she wakes up. Where she bitches about not getting enough sleep and so on. I dont recall why it happens, but it seems like a minor problem. Unless you really like those cranky messages.

#77896 Starting over

Posted by Harbinger on 03 November 2003 - 11:08 PM in Tashia

I dont think the Imoen Romance makes a check for Tashia after Imoen is in commitment state, as Ive said before I was able to run both romances concurrently without making adjustments to SK. I think the key is to get Imoen romance commited first (ImoenRomanceActive=2), before going to rescue Tashia in the cave as Tashia Mod does not check for Imoen romance.

So natural progression is: (SPOILERS)

- Exit Underdark
- Talk to Elhan
- Arilistan shows up takes Tashia
- Rest in Elvan forest (everyone is weary anyway)
- Imoen campfire cutscene occurs
- Next morning chase Imoen playfully (watersplash incident)
- Make your move w Imoen
- Assuming no other romances are set to 2 and Imoen romanced right
- ImoenRomanceActive set to 2
- Kill Arilistan and possesed Tashia
- Resurrect Tashia, accept her love (no check for Imoen romance)
- TashiaRomanceActive set to 2

No other checks occur but as stated Tashia remains quiet the rest of the way. Till TOB

#78202 Frequent Crashing

Posted by Harbinger on 06 November 2003 - 01:10 PM in Tashia

Yes Tashia is an older mod and should always be installed before Kelsey and newer mods. Consequently you can either reinstall everything as suggested or you can uninstall mods from latest to earliest then reinstall in proper order.

#78656 Starting over

Posted by Harbinger on 11 November 2003 - 08:08 AM in Tashia

Lord E, I probably should add that I installed Imoen rom. first then Tashia it should make a difference I would think.

#79287 Questions? o.O

Posted by Harbinger on 16 November 2003 - 04:36 AM in Tashia

As far as I know this http://tashia.spellholdstudios.net/ is the latest 2.05e, there are plans to update this but, unfortunately I suspect peeps are losing interest in this mod as not many frequent this forum anymore.

#79315 Questions? o.O

Posted by Harbinger on 16 November 2003 - 06:15 AM in Tashia

So, does the 2.05e version incorperate the ideas currently on the forum? If not, is it ever going to? I had Tashia a long time back, it was fun using her, but once i got to ToB it was kind of blah. Is she going to be extended that far? o.O

No this mod has not been updated for sometime. All the changes are planed for the next update. Havent seen any timetable for an update so it could be a long time.

you have restored my faith in a higher power. Dare I ask if you plan on going back to work modding?