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[m5000]

in BG2 tweaks v3 you can install the following tweak :ToB-Style NPCs - This component will alter all joinable NPCs to join in the same fashion as Throne of Bhaal, where NPCs immediately level-up upon joining, with a caveat: all creature files are moved down to their lowest experience version, so if you pick up an NPC early enough they will not level upon joining. However, later in the game they will, allowing you to select weapon proficiencies, thieving points, and other goodies from the level-up process.

how would my game change if i installed it - would that mean that e.g. if i was lvl 20 and a lvl 20 mage joined me, i could select his proficiences, etc as if backwards?


frankly speaking, i can't work out this explanation, maybe someone could help


could someone please give an example of joining NPC SoA vs ToB regarding the above-mentioned twweak?

thanks

[seanas]

when you meet an NPC in game (this applies both to original BG2 NPCx and to mod NPCs), the level you met them at is dependent upon what level you are: so you when you meet Viconia for the first time, you might meet a level 8 Viconia, a level 10 Viconia or a level 12 Viconia (this is just an example - her actual levels when you meet her might be different) depending upon your PC's level.

what the TOB-style NPC tweak does is remove all the extra Viconias other than the lowest level Viconia; instead she will have extra XP for you to level her up to the appropriate level (in the case of this example, level 10 or level 12, depending upon yr XP). so yes: this means you get to choose Viconia's spells, weapon proficiencies, etc.

this is the way it works in TOB, cos Bioware, for whatever reason, didn't create level 20 versions of all the NPCs, it just made one basic NPC and gave them XP to match yr level.