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Good luck if you decide to do it and have fun

Coran is definetly a great character to write for with a very wide range and possibilities. I think that only Shar-Teel/Faldorn were more fun and easier to write for than Coran. If anyone ever does Coran-BG2, they are welcome to use any of the ideas and background offered in BG1NPC Kivan is the 'swan song' as far as my own involvement with BG modding is concerned.

1. BG1 Banter Sequence (Initiated from PID); most of them happen at night and before going to bed. ~The stars were falling. A rare and precious sight, yet it fills my soul with sadness and longing.~ ~I wanted to ask you, <CHARNAME>... What are you thinking of when you are watching sunsets? There was an emotion written on your face I did not quite understand.~ ~Do you know what "Shilmista" means in Common tongue?~ ~We parted abruptly, <CHARNAME>, and I never got a chance to tell you, how terrified I was for you...~ ~'Quel undome, a'maelamin Deheriana. Good night, my beloved Deheriana.~ ~I have noticed that you are the only one who does not try to change the subject when I mention Deheriana.~ 2. Catching Up Friendly Cycle ~You have changed, <CHARNAME>.~ ~How did the mage manage to capture you, mellonamin?...~ ~I still cannot come to terms with Khalid and Dynaheir's deaths. ~ ~Tell me, <CHARNAME>, what occupied your time in Baldur's Gate, after my departure for Shilmista?~ ~I wonder what have become of our other companions. Do you know their fate?~ 3. Event Related Longer Conversations - bundled in cycles if depend on one another ~<CHARNAME>, I have noticed a handful of acorns in your pack.~ // PC has Driad's Acorns ~It might be helpful if you could recount as much as possible about your captor, <CHARNAME>.~ //if talked about acorns ~One thing you have said about your captor troubles me. The eyes of clear piercing blue.~ //if mentioned Irenicus' eyes in previous ~The woodland creatures have been restored to their forest. It is good to see an evil design become undone.~ //previous occured and gave acorns back. ~I cannot believe that a sane person would willingly deprive herself of her eyesight! ~ // A few min after seeing the UE prophet ~I would tell you about Shevarash, if you wish.~ //mentioned Shevarash in previous ~How did you know to do this, mellonamin? To heal this monster?~ //killed avatar in UE quest ~Immortality… why does it beacon humans so that they are ready to commit any crime for it?~ //Lavok is dead, PC is Human before Ch5 ~(Kivan walks over to Tazok's dead body and stares at it for a long moment. A chilling look comes into his eyes.)~ //Killed Tazok ~<CHARNAME>, we have forgotten again to buy dried fruits. It must be the thirty-seventh time -~ //allowed Kivan take Tazok's heart in previous ~When had you first realized that evil was not a thing of stories, but was present in your life and very close?~//same as previous ---> starts PID talk about Snowflakes ~<CHARNAME>, I need... Can we talk for a moment? (Kivan looks troubled, that is if granite could look troubled)~ //same as previous ~It is a beautiful bit of the forest.~ //liberated the Grove ~I am troubled with Faldorn's descent into madness.~ //mentioned Faldorn in previous talk ---> Starts PID talk about Eldruth Ventuura if mentioned ~All these thralls and prisoners... Death is an easier fate than this. I do not understand, why would a sentient being rob another of its freedom?~ //killed Master of Thralls in the Planar prison ~The arrows Captain Arat gave us are of a good stock, but I always like to have my own if I have time to make a quiver full. ~ // got fire arrows from Captain Arat, at rest ~How strange: someone made a portrait of a monster, however crude.~ // found a painting of a monster in Spellhold ~Do you need anything, <CHARNAME>? Are you hungry? Hurting?~//PC lost his/her soul, at rest ~(Magical rope or not, the climb down the endless shaft was no easy feat.) // got to Underdark via Suhaugin City ~It is the full measure of your captor's vileness that he came this way and that he would treat with the drow.~ // after spending some time in Ust-Natha ~And yet another one of my guild falls. Let Merella find her way to Mielikki's or Shaundakul's side.~//Merella died ~We are deep into the elven lands now, <CHARNAME>. Can you feel it?~ //Forest of tethir ~This place, it reminds me of Centeol's abode in Cloakwood Forest.~ //Killed Pai'na ~Even the wind feels fresher, cleaner now that Bodhi is dead and defeated.~ //Killed Bodhi ~<CHARNAME>? You look thoughtful. Is something amiss?~ // A dream with Ellesime had occured ~Some say that happiness is not in reaching the destination, but the journey itself. Oh, fools.~ //after Deheriana is restored 4. Romance-Romance Sequence A. ~Mae govannen. Come down, and I will feed you.~ //at rest forest ~Can you hear the tune that the wind of <MONTHNAME> whistles to the dancing leaves?~ //at rest forest ~(You wake up with a strange feeling that something is wrong. ~ //at waking Sequence B (some are non-sequential though) ~A wicked cut - I am glad that my cloak got it, not I. Ah, well, there is none to it, but to mend it once we stop to rest.~ ~My great-aunt, Gil'elenea, used to say that elven memory is more of a curse than a blessing.~ ~You look tired, <CHARNAME>. Rest awhile, the day ahead is likely to prove difficult.~ //At Rest ~(You wake, to your surprise, in Kivan's arms. ~ // Follow up to previous 1 ~(Kivan looks at your fingers weaved together. // Follow up to previous 2 ~Look at the stars, mellonamin. //Night Outside ~Careful, vanimaer! You have nearly-~ //in a dungeon or in the forest ~I was remembering our parting in Baldur's Gate, <CHARNAME>.~ ~Do you know what they call rain that is born and falls far above, but evaporates too quickly and does not reach the ground?~ ~It... it rains, <CHARNAME>.~ // Follow up to previous if rain was desired ~(By your cheek lay wildflowers)~ // At waking ~It ends here, does it not? ~ // At the Tree of Life, if P#KivanLove> 9 5. Encounters Kivan will ask not to throw the Lover's Ring to the Pipes in the Sewers. Listen to him. He will prompt you to talk to Quataris. Do not sell the Ring. Go talk to Jisstevs. Chislav Jisstev will find you later In the Underwater City you will meet Jozzi the Seasnake. Banter with her a bit In the Docks there stands Neiros; banter with him. After you have done the driads quest and recieved the braid of driad's hair he will upgrade the bow. If asked about the reward, he will accept an emerald later for a bit more XP. 6. Special PID's Ask Kivan about his past - before Chapter 4, starts the old sequence of BG1 talks Ask Kivan about Snowflakes encounter conclusion Ask Kivan about what to do about Bodhi/Aran dilemma Ask Kivan's advice throughout the Ranger's Stronghold Ask Kivan about Eldreth Ventuura ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// That's all I can think of right now

It sounds really nice for continuity purposes. I'd say go ahead, and credit the project

I think that the new public release needs to have a beta tag for a while, to give a warning that the mod is fresh and could have a missed bug, or a grammar glitch. Especially if the # of beta-testers is not high. Which may not be the case for Aklon, but will be for Kivan.

Hey, Rob, glad to see you working again. You might consider what I am thinking of doing with Kivan: 1) Finish SoA and put the SoA into closed Beta. 2) Work on ToB part. 3) Put ToB into closed beta 4) Fix all the stuff reported in SOA portion. 5) Fix the stuff reported in ToB part 6) Release the whole thing open beta.

OKay, I confess to writing some five talks in Xan's romance. But I hope that nobody can identify which ones, since the goal was complying with Kulyok's Xan romantic voice

I am glad to hear that - we are really lucky to have that last minute, brilliant romance in And yay! we are only 8 votes away from my standard "it was worth it" rate of 20 approvals.

Now, that looks much better, thank you

Yep, I think that's what Herd said. Rabain, I think that his left ear still needs to be erased further to hide behind the bow staff. The left one - and I don't know if it shows up on the smaller version of the portrait - looks like you did a vertical cut, so imo there need to be some lighter flesh around the darker portion to make it look more natural

Hi, Rabain, thank you. I think that the left ear will be behind the bowstaff kincky or no. The FR drawing seems to have the ear point of departure from the head at about the browline and the tip extends to about the hairline - I have the reference drawing attached to the 'blonde elf' thread

Oh, grooovy. I think, I will put it aside for now, untill I have finished all of SoA.

heh, well, we have had a girlie chat and 'twas decided that cute but not elven enough, so I tried my best in ear-showing. Seems I need to leave it to the professionals. Mebbe he is a long-hair, short-ear kind.

I was playing with showing some ear on it. Better, worse, ambivalent?

Dorotea joins BG1NPC project to do a component which was discussed before a few times, and never made yet: adding the option to send the joinable NPCs to a standardized meeting place and the alternative starting locations for Alora, Quayle, Tiax and Eldoth. So far, the plan is that depending on NPC and chapter it is going to be a FAI, Elfsong, Blushing Mermaid or a special location.

That sounds interesting Wow, Rob, you are really thorough.

'Tis no problem, our computer room is in shambles with only one system accessible, and it runs vanilla BG2.

Oh, gosh, of course not! The things that will interest me off hand are Kagain's Caravan subplot, Dynaheir's and Imoen's dream reactions. Don't forget that you will need to up the value on every script and D file for Global, GlobalLT and GlobalGT.

I simply don't know, and I would not untill a few people would run a compatible alpha on 6/16.

I will wait till TUTU team will be officially recommending TUTU 6 for the install for a new player. V11 was tested on TUTU4+13 (and, I guess, 15), so after I have the confirmation on 6+16 being stable, I would bite the bullet, reinstall TUTU and run at least one game under this configuration before releasing a public version with the upgrade to TUTU6 and the bug fixes.

Please, see a pinned thread five steps down

heh, thank you and I am glad that you've enjoyed the romances. While I was thinking of Moiraine Damodred a few times while writing for Dynaheir, there is only one open reference in a PC option to the Wheel of Time in the texts that I remeber of. The rest of associations is there because Wychlaran, Aes Sedai and Bene Gessarit have many things in common. And, to be honest, I think that the first two are to a greater or lesser degre the rip-off of the latter.

Kivan's original portrait is lovely and I am very glad to use it as the default, but for people who like to have a bit of a new look for their old characters I will be including Herd's custom alternative portrait for Kivan in the next version of the mod. So that you know what to expect and make your choice, here it is

JPS, it depends on how you are handling the quests; if the romance just reffers to them, then yep, I am all for a separate release. If, on the other hand, the connections are much stronger, such as extra options, or romance depends on the advancement of each quest, I would suggest not to test it until you have the roamcne ready, since you would have to retest it anyway once the romance is added. Moreover, it's extremely annoying to add changes into the complex quests' coding retroactively.

Yet, it would be nice to have the Globals transferred to know which talks the PC had seen in BG; it would be nice to have your own party, not the usual dungeon company; Imoen can be always explained away, unless you did slaughter her, by Irenicus finding her on his own. If Imoen was killed, I'd introduce the another-Bhaalspawn-imprisoned-who-was-not-Imoen character, who came to you and your party help. Then saving him/her is sort of a payback. (Shrug) Anyway, I'd prefer this, however lame, to the current 'You have had these 5 along with you...' set up.