Mishi's Journal of Stuff

So last July, I started a Let's Play on Broken Forum. Due to recent events that I won't bore you with (partially because I don't know much about them) the forum has become private so I can't link to it to show people what I've been up to.

So I'm reposting it here. Note the LP has already begun, so input re: character creation is no longer needed. Since the LP is still ongoing, however, any suggestions about love interests may still be taken into account.

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If you don't use mods, don't play Bioware games in reverse order. Take it from me. Everyone said Dragon Age is the spiritual successor to Baldur's Gate, so I was like oooh, maybe I'll check it out. So I got Baldur's gate, and I felt so lonely.

I was used to spending nights in front of the fire telling jokes with Alistair, talking about shoes with Leliana, discussing art and culture with Sten, flirting with Zevran, listening to Wynne's lectures... Everyone was so friendly and open in their own way. Even Morrigan (who disapproves of everything and everyone) told me a few stories from her childhood. When we went on quests, they would offer their opinions on my actions, and contribute to conversations with other NPCs. And I took it all for granted, as only my due as the player character of Dragon Age: Origins.

But in Baldur's Gate, no one would talk to me. No one. I tried to get Jaheira to scold me. I tried to strike up a conversation with Khalid. I even tried to reminisce on the good old days with Imoen. Every time I got the same reaction: "This person has nothing to say to you." Nothing to say to me. Not a word, not a peep. They were so colourful when I first met them, but the moment they joined the party, they fell silent. They wouldn't say anything to each other, either. You'd think an Elf would object to my admitting a Drow in the party, and he did, but once the deed was done, they never said anything to each other or about each other ever again. Not even to give each other grief. That's not so odd, but the married couple never exchanged a single word either. Even characters who had a certain goal in mind in joining didn't react at all when that goal was met.

"Hey, So-and-so, you joined the party to get revenge on Lord Eevel, aren't you glad we killed him? Don't you have something you want to say? A witty one-liner, a final word to close the bloody business? Nope?

... okay."

But worse than not being able to talk to any of my teammates was the lack of romances. To a girl who cut her teeth on Knights of the Old Republic and later, Mass Effect and Dragon Age, this was pretty hard to swallow. A Bioware game without romance? Madness.

But, with a bit of modding, these things are easily fixed... Okay, a lot of modding. But I already did all of the required fiddly bits. The main thing is I'm using Baldur's Gate Tutu for this LP, and we're mainly going to be focused on the content of the NPC Project mod.

The NPC Project, according to its Readme: This mod expands on the depth of character and levels of interaction with the NPCs from the BG game. When BG2 was released, one of the major improvements in many peoples' eyes was the increased level of interaction one could have with the party members. This mod was developed to allow BG players a similar experience. NPCs in your party now have banters with the PC , with each other, and small side-quests of their own. As we were unable to get the original character voice actors to voice all the new lines, we instead sought out music appropriate to each NPC to be played whenever they initiate banter. This musical package is a separate, optional package (to keep the download size down) titled The BG1NPCMusic Pack.

The other big thing this mod adds is the romances, 6 in total, and you guys will get to pick which two you'd like to romance. You'll also get some say in character creation, though because of romance requirements you will be limited in choices of alignment and race.

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Table of Contents:

Mod List and Voting Procedure

Introduction to the Suitors: Ajantis | Coran | Xan | Dynaheir | Branwen | Shar-Teel*

Prologue: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
Chapter 1: To the Friendly Arm: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
Chapter 1: Beregost and Environs: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Bonus Update

*Eliminated from the vote due to lack of interest and irreconcilable alignment differences.