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[Abigail]

I never really liked Xzar's quest in BGII, or rather its outcome. While looking for mods that would offer me some alternatives, I found even more than one, so which one would you recommend?
Of course, I'm looking for a solution which doesn't get Xzar killed or at least allows you to seek revenge on Harpers for using you

[Eleima]

I usually have SimDing0's Quest Pack installed, which has a "Alternative Xzar/Harpers Plot" Component. In it, you can either tell the Harpers you're working for Xzar and help them in their assassination scheme or you can decide to betray the Harpers and tell Xzar of the "canary" plot.
The mod's readme can be found here.
Enjoy!

[Abigail]

I usually have SimDing0's Quest Pack installed, which has a "Alternative Xzar/Harpers Plot" Component. In it, you can either tell the Harpers you're working for Xzar and help them in their assassination scheme or you can decide to betray the Harpers and tell Xzar of the "canary" plot.
The mod's readme can be found here.
Enjoy!

Thank you, this one sounds good I shall use it for my next run.

[Cal Jones]

Nice one. For all that he's evil, I feel sorry for poor old Xzar. He is amusing, after all.
Would be nice if you could resurrect Monty, too.

Of course, you do get revenge on the Harpers anyway, so long as you have Jaheira with you...

[Abigail]

Of course, you do get revenge on the Harpers anyway, so long as you have Jaheira with you...

But it's not immediate I've already tried this part of the quest pack and I'm satisfied But you have to do something ugly to Jaheira if you want to go through this...

[Cal Jones]

Of course, you do get revenge on the Harpers anyway, so long as you have Jaheira with you...

But it's not immediate I've already tried this part of the quest pack and I'm satisfied But you have to do something ugly to Jaheira if you want to go through this...

It always annoys me that the harper assassin runs off before you can kill her. I've got in a good few blows beforehand, mind you... (I guess killing her is possible but I usually find I get this quest early when I've only 1 or 2 NPCs along and am still low level).

[Abigail]

It always annoys me that the harper assassin runs off before you can kill her. I've got in a good few blows beforehand, mind you... (I guess killing her is possible but I usually find I get this quest early when I've only 1 or 2 NPCs along and am still low level).

I managed to kill her once, but it wasn't the option programmers had predicted, so I couldn't even talk to Xzar later or anything ;/ With quest pack, she is killed, the rest of harpers may be slaughtered and Montaron resurrected... or, knowing Xzar, turned into one of his creations.

[Sergio]

I am with Egon Ruuda. Where do I find the real monty if I don't have TDD installed?

[micbaldur]

I am with Egon Ruuda. Where do I find the real monty if I don't have TDD installed?

When you open chest (x 1495 y 500) at 2nd Floor of Harper's Hold (AR0309) it fires script MONTBODY.BCS:

 

IF
    Dead("Lyros")
    Global("BodyCreation","AR0309",0)
THEN
    RESPONSE #100
        SetGlobal("BodyCreation","AR0309",1)
        CreateItem("MISC5U",0,0,0)
END

IF
    GlobalGT("D0Harpers","GLOBAL",5)
    Global("BodyCreation","AR0309",0)
THEN
    RESPONSE #100
        SetGlobal("BodyCreation","AR0309",1)
        CreateItem("D0MISC5U",0,0,0)
END

So Xzar must be dead or global D0Harpers must be 6 or more.

 

Never tried D0Questpack alternate solution:

Spoiler

Alternative Xzar/Harpers Plot

This component expands the Harper plots in two significant ways:

New solutions are introduced to the plot involving Xzar and the Harpers. The player may warn the Harpers of Xzar's intentions, therefore removing the previous necessity of doing something unkind to Jaheira to commence her romance. On the other hand, the player is not bound to his word to help the Harpers, and an evil player may double-cross them if they so wish. To gain the benefits of this component, simply begin Xzar's quest as normal. New dialog options should become apparent when speaking with the Harpers in the compound.
Jaheira will now respond to Shazzellim appropriately. There is a brief related quest which she should initiate automatically if you keep the sword in your possession.

(Note that this component will also add a eight-hour delay to Meronia's spawning after Xzar has been killed. If you're used to her appearing instantly, then there's nothing to worry about.)

So i don't know how it goes.

 

But if you don't have TDD installed why do you need Montaron's Body, are you some kind of body collector.