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[Sillara]

For those of you who might not get over to the Chosen of Mystra forum much, we just want you all to know that a new NPC mod is available for general play.

Tsujatha.

www.gilalion.com/tsujatha.htm

Enjoy.

[T.G.Maestro]

Finally!

[Sillara]

Well, you know the cliche, good things come to those who wait!

SofT

[Sillara]

Thank you, domi! I look forward to have Tsujatha and Valygar fight over me (along with Kelsey, Sola, and Anomen!). My dream--to have a party all romancing me at the same time!

Sillara

[T.G.Maestro]

My dream--to have a party all romancing me at the same time!

This is the constant problem with the attitude of women..!

[Kirwond]

Well, I must say, Tsujatha is extremely yummy. (And I bet that's something my paladin never thought she'd say.) I'm enjoying his company in my party--he's beautifully written!

Quick question: Are the lovetalks strictly SOA, or will some happen in TOB as well?

[Sillara]

Currently Tsujatha only talks in SoA. I am working on his ToB portion already, though, so it should not be TOO long before that is released.

I am glad you like him, though!

SofT

[khay]

Congratulations, Sillara! Excellent creation!

[Sillara]

Thanks, khayman! I hope you are enjoying the mod!

Sillara

[Xaositect_Crayon]

it's alittle cliche to have a mysterious evil necromancer

they can be good people too

[Sillara]

Yes, they can. Tsujatha just happens not to be. It runs in his family to be necromancers--and evil!

SofT

[the bigg]

Great story, well written and even non clichè! (well, since I answered a pair of coding questions to you, it must be good )
Anyway, personally I like characters with fairly good stats, but I think that somebody will begin soon a "rebalancing" thread (for the 19 INT, the halberd and the armour you get during the quest.
To me it rocks as it is; but expect TGMaestro to start soon a thread, asking you to reduce his int to 18, the armour to -1 instead of -2 and give the level drain a 20% chance of 1 level drain. He is quite... strict on these stuff
Cheers, TGM! B)

[Sillara]

Umm, TGM already did start such a thread in Tsujatha's forum!

But I am glad you are enjoying him. Pop on over to his forum and vote in the poll!

As for the halberd, well, be careful whom you give it to! Watch those alignments!

Sillara

Edited by Sillara of the Tamari, 22 June 2004 - 04:01 PM.

[the bigg]

Umm, TGM already did start such a thread in Tsujatha's forum!

But I am glad you are enjoying him. Pop on over to his forum and vote in the poll!

Well, he had done so for both Chloe and Valen, so it isn't that much guessing that a 19 int would turn him on. Plus the "Refinements" MOD is often reducing abilites instead of increasing them B) but then I'm speaking ill of a project I will be soon involved in...

[T.G.Maestro]

Well, he had done so for both Chloe and Valen, so it isn't that much guessing that a 19 int would turn him on. Plus the "Refinements" MOD is often reducing abilites instead of increasing them

Yep, something like that.
Frankly, I have nothing against high values, if there are good reasons behind them. For example I always accepted Sarevok's nice ability scores without a word, but hey, he was the big-bad-boy in BG1, right?
The problematic parts are modders who love their creations (and so they should!), and give extremely high values in the process without any fair reasons. Really, a few modders seem to forget that in BG1-2 an ability with a score of 13 is clearly above average! 17-18 are the MAXIMUM values for normal humans (and most demi-humans), and it is exceptionally rare to find a person with more than one attribute above 17. Still, nearly every new NPC mod adds these stats to the characters. I know, it pains to sacrifice things, and even more to accept that our beloved character is NOT perfect, but somehow I feel uncomfortable with all these uber-NPCs running around. The original Bioware ones have fair values, I just can't understand why every single NPC modder wants to present the "BEST, AND VERY SPECIAL" NPC... Not to mention that SOMEHOW almost everyone of them has strangely high STR, DEX with a low CON and CHA... Really, an NPC with lower stats but with a more interesting personality and story rocks waaay more. And still, with the proper equipment, everyone can become a tank or an abnormally intelligent person.
Sorry to say this, but most new NPCs fall to this cathegory (Solaufein, Valen, Chloe, Kitanya, Tsujatha, and I could continue this list). Nearly on every occasion it's the author's fault - it wouldn't be that hard to create a working and valuable character without near god-like stats...

[Sillara]

It can be rather difficult to adjust the stats of a non-D&D character to fit D&D. Tsujatha's stats, judging from his behavior in the novels, are lower than they would have been. He was one of the makers of his age. But hey, to each his own! I personally am rather fond of Sola, and I am still waiting for his flirt pack.

Sillara

P.S. I am not a plagiarist. :^^: I am the author of the novels in question, and, yes, for those of you checked out amazon.com, I AM K. Alease White.