Valerie FAQ

Q. Where is Valerie?

A. Nashkel, near Mayor Ghastkill.

Q. What do I have to do to get Valerie in my party?

A. Have a reputation of at least 10.

Q. What are the requirements to befriend Valerie?

A. Have a reputation of at least 10.

Q. Does Valerie have a romance?

A. No. You can flirt with her during the friendship, but she'll shoot you down.

Q. What does Valerie mean by "You're not my type"?

A. Precisely that. If you get this line, then you probably won't be able to romance her in BG2.

Q. Will Valerie interfere with any romances from the BG1 NPC Project?

A. No.

Q. Will Valerie interact with other party members?

A. Yes. Valerie is intended to be used in concert with the BG1 NPC Project mod.

Q. How long is the friendship?

A. 16-17. One friendtalk will be skipped if you recruit Valerie after clearing the Nashkel Mines, and one will only occur if Valerie sees something unusual and disturbing in the Cloakwood Mines.

Q. What are Valerie's starting spells?

A. Recruited at level 2, her spells will be Magic Missile and Sleep.

Q. Can Valerie leave the party of her own hook?

A. If you're particularly heartless at one point in the story, Valerie will leave in disgust.

Q. Does Valerie have any secrets to be revealed?

A. None that she's aware of.

 

Q. Does Valerie have any voicing?

 

A. None at this time.

Edited by Tempest, 01 April 2013 - 09:48 AM.

BG2 FAQ

 

Q. Does Valerie know if I befriended her in BG1 or not?

 

A. When you meet Valerie, you'll have several options for how to greet her: as a friend, as a jilted maybe-girlfriend (if you meet her romance requirements bar reputation), as a brief acquaintance, or as a total stranger. The first two options set Valerie to having been your friend in BG1 and assume she was present for the events of that game. The latter two set Valerie to being new to the adventure.

 

Q. What are Valerie's romance requirements?

 

A. Be a female human, half-elf, half-orc, elf, or dwarf of non-evil alignment, a minimum of 12 reputation, and cannot be a wild mage. 

 

Q. What are Valerie's friendship requirements?

 

A. None.

 

Q. Why is a Cowled Wizard willing to join forces with Charname?

 

A. Valerie has very little faith in Athkatla's abilities to keep Amn's darker elements under control. And she had nothing to do with Imoen's arrest.

 

Q. Any special restrictions on recruiting/keeping Valerie?

 

A. Valerie will intervene during the Thieves' Guild questline when Edwin sends you to murder a Cowled Wizard with an alternative solution. Insisting on violence will make Valerie leave the party and attack alongside her colleague. However, as a gesture of good faith Valerie will waive the fee to acquire a spellcasting license from the Cowled Wizards - all you need do is talk with the magister in the Council of Six building.

 

Q. Why is Valerie going along with the plan to free Imoen?

 

A. She has her reasons. You'll find out when you reach Brynnlaw.

 

Q. Does Valerie have a personal quest?

 

A. No.

 

Q. How long is Valerie's friendship/romance?

 

A. 14 talks for the friendship, 18 for the romance (total, 4 romance-exclusive in Shadows) and 6 for the Throne romance.

 

Q. Anything special about Valerie's romance?

 

A. Nope.

 

Q. What's this noise about a Sarah romance?

 

A. Something scrapped.

 

Q. Any hidden pitfalls or hot-button issues?

 

A. Don't kill Cowled Wizards unless they're obviously corrupt or in the wrong. Valerie won't help you murder a Cowled Wizard in cold blood, but she will side with Valygar.

 

Q. Bodhi-nap or no?

 

A. As currently planned, standard Bodhi-nap.

 

Q. Flirts?

 

A. Nope.

 

Q. Sex?

 

A. Optional, but yes.

 

Q. Will there be romance conflicts with Anomen?

 

A. Yes, in the form of rivalry banters rather than direct intervention in either character's romance.

 

Q. Romance music?

 

A. Yes. Valerie's romance track will be Arri's Theme from Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends.

 

Q. Where is Valerie?

 

A. Waukeen's Promenade, surveying the crater. Valerie will only spawn there after you talk with Gaelan Bayle.

 

Q. Will Valerie fight with any party members?

 

A. She'll come very close with Viconia, but no. 

 

Q. Romance/death variable?

 

A. T2ValRomanceActive and T2Val.

Edited by Tempest, 06 July 2016 - 05:55 PM.