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  1. Heh, this seems to be a serious concern to many. Who cares if she's weidu or not, but why the charisma is so low. It's both physical and personality issue. To ordinary citizen she has very outlandish features, even though her fiendish traits are not extremely apparent from further away (no horns, wings or tail(s)). To some more sensitive people she also 'reeks' of odd and out of place, which can be very uncomfortable before you get used to it. To seasoned adventurer this might not be so bad as they are bound to have seen many strange things. Amber is also very good with bad first impressions, especially if she finds the person somehow threatening. She's not a leader either and for example, I would never consider a stronghold for her. Not that either the fighter or the thief strongholds would suit her anyway. Without revealing too much I might add that she's also not terrible consisted with certain opinions she has. The PC gets to address the issue though.
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    Portrait

    Amber's portrait was edited from the Icewind Dale II original by Darios.
  3. Overview This mod adds a joinable NPC for Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn. Amber is a chaotic good female tiefling fighter/thief with a few special abilities. Despite being fairly intelligent, she can also be rather blunt when communicating with other people. This trait rarely earns her friends among the people she meets, and the feeling of initial dislike is usually mutual. But underneath her prickly manners, she has a good heart and is prepared to go to great lengths to help those who she sees to be weak and in need of aid. The mod features not only romance and friendship tracks for the protagonist, but also a romance track for a second PC in a multiplayer game (Player 2). This feature is also exploitable in a single player game if you want enjoy two concurrent romances without cheating (see the P2 romance FAQ for more info). In addition, Amber is lavishly voiced and has her own original musical theme. The quest that will lead to meeting with Amber will start in the streets of Athkatla, and can take place before or after your journey to Brynnlaw. FAQ Q. Where can I find the download link? A. Here. Q. Does Amber use WeiDU? A. Yes. Q. Do I need Throne of Bhaal? A. Yes. Amber uses the MakeGlobal() scripting action, included only in Throne of Bhaal. Q. Do I need to start a new game? A. No. The new areas we are adding will not interfere with the world map. Neither do we change the original game areas in any way that would jeopardise compatibility with other mods. Q. A multiplayer-friendly flirt pack? What does that mean? A. Flirting with Amber will not pause the entire game. The other players are free to do their shopping, adjust inventories of their characters etc. and you can make out with your sweetheart without annoying your co-players. This will be an optional component that will be of use mostly to multiplayers. Q. How are you planning to release this mod? Both SoA and ToB content at the same time or separately? A. The initial release will contain only the SoA portion. ToB content will be released later as a separete add-on. Q. What tools and resources were used to create Amber mod? A. Check out the tools and sources section under 'Links' on Amber's web page. Q. Who is Amber? A. She's a chaotic good female tiefling fighter/thief with a few special abilities. She's smart but she can also be rather blunt when communicating with other people, earning her few friends among the people she meets. Most people do not take too well to her, and the feeling is usually mutual. But underneath her prickly manners, she has a good heart and will go to great lengths to help those who she sees to be weak and in need of aid. Q. Where can I find Amber? A. The quest leading up meeting with Amber will start in Athkatla. There are more than one places where it can start, so you should not be forced to run around too much in order to find her. Q. Is there be voicing and music? A. Yes. UPDATED 16th of January 2007 Q. What's your cast lineup? A. Here you go: Amber - Celissa (English) Amber - Ines (German, soundset only) Girl - Irenicus Knightingale Boy - Harry Lorraine - Silk Demon - Darios Gabriel - Darios Ymmyrt - Darios Ghost boy - Grim Squeaker Q. What weapons does she use? A. Long swords, daggers, bows and spears. Q. You mentioned special abilities? A. Yes, due her fiendish background, she can blind her target by looking into their eyes. Later on, as she learns to control her abilities better, she can cause even nastier effects. She has a natural resistance to fire, and during her long life she has also picked a thing or two on preparing poisons. Q. Does she have any disadvantages to balance out those special abilities? A. Yes. Although her proficiency as a fighter would allow her to use any weapons or armour, she won't wear any armour heavier than studded leather, or a shield larger than a buckler. She also won't use any weapons that are large enough to be unwieldy, such as halberds or 2-handed swords. Q. Can you have a romance with Amber? A. Yes, if you're a male of any race AND have a charisma and intelligence of 12 or better. Her mini-quests and casual talks are available also to those with whom she won't have a romance. A friendship path is also included for any PC who's not a total ass. Q. Is there an option for Amber to have a romance with an NPC if the protagonist is not interested or she's not interested in him? A. No, but Amber can have a romance with Player 2 if Player 1 is not a suitable match. This requires you to start a multiplayer game and to create another PC into Character Slot 2. She will not romance NPCs. The Player 2 romance will only happen if the protagonist is not a match; she will not run to Player 2 if you turn her down later. However, it is possible to manually "push" Amber towards Player 2 if both the Protagonist and Player 2 meet her requirements. Keep your eyes open during the joining dialogue. This feature is also exploitable in a singleplayer game if you want enjoy two concurrent romances without cheating. Q. So, what about ratings? Any sex, violence or swearing? A.There is no violence that would be any different from what is already in the game. There are adult situations and sexual themes in the romance track , in general of a similar level or milder than found in the Kelsey Romance or the NPC Flirt Packs, for example. There is occasional swearing, and a mush warning is probably in order. Q. What's the deal with the drow portrait on the 'Portraits' -page? A. If there ever will be a 'Drow portraits for the Underdark' -mod that may well be Amber's drow portrait. Q. How do I know if Amber likes my character enough to sleep with him? Q. Help! Amber doesn't talk to me anymore! I though everything was going so well! What's going on? A. From v2 onwards there is a new click talk option available: "How are you doing, Amber?" It serves two purposes: firstly you can monitor how much Amber likes you based on how she reacts to that question. Although currently there's only a very basic range available from 'Amber doesn't like you at all' to 'neutral' and 'Amber likes you a lot'. Secondly, whenever there's a talk coming up that has more specific conditions than simply the expired timer, Amber's answer to the question will give you a hint on how to meet those conditions. Feel free to ask whatever comes to mind; we will see if we can answer your question without spoiling too much. After all, we do not wish to spill all of our beans before you have a chance to play the mod...
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    The FAQ

    It's probably a *bit* early for this, but will there be a ToB part of this mod? Cause I seem to remember you saying that you did not have ToB? Also, I assume that there will be a PC version of this mod too, though you were a Mac user, were you not? I don't know anything about the differences that PC/Mac versions would have or about modding with Mac, so forgive me if this was a stupid question.
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    Aklon's Portrait

    Lol Seems like Aklon needs his own fan art section before the mod has even been published. -Meira
  6. Or cause more distress. The line between holy powers and blasphemous witchcraft is thin at best. But I'm not trying to start argument here, so if you guys say that it's okay, then it's okay. -Meira Actually, sorry to butt in here, but... No it's not. Gods really don't like it when other powers impersonate them - they might not intervene directly, but they wouldn't tollerate it for long. The fact that Keli is getting her spells is a sign of the goddess's favour. Wizards and sorcerers and their ilk just cannot cast divine spells except by way of Wish and Limited Wish (and both of those spells actually require a deity's intervention)... Anyone casting divine spells is getting them from a power who can grant them... (Yes, very powerful demons and devils can grant spells, but they wouldn't dare to obfuscate that by pretending to be another deity - that's just asking for trouble!) The fact that she can walk on Hallowed Ground at all, is a very good sign. Yes, you're right especially about walking in the church protected by the goddess. But something that is good to keep in mind that while *we* have access to all sorts of material giving us a detailed info in the workings of the realms, the people - characters of the story - don't. They know only what they have learned in their fictional lives. In some areas they might know more than us, but in many other areas they know less. So, the question is: do they (other followers of Selune) know that it's unwise to a even powerful demon to grant powers pretending to coming from a real goddess? Apparently it seems that they do. But I would be surprised if Keli could run around the realms claiming to be true cleric of Selune and no-one would question it. -Meira
  7. Or cause more distress. The line between holy powers and blasphemous witchcraft is thin at best. But I'm not trying to start argument here, so if you guys say that it's okay, then it's okay. -Meira
  8. Actually I was wondering about the priest of Selune thing too. Now I know from very little to nothing of FR deities , but I was really surprised the Keli was a priest of Selune and apparently her mum too. Yes Selune is among other things a goddess of good and neutral lycantrops and thus obviously quite open minded and tolerant. And wasn't tolerance a big issue for Selune too? Yet so it is to many real churches (in theory), but still there is loads of discrimination around. Would a person that was - if not a half-demon - at least part of demon really be accepted? And I mean accepted by the other worshippers? Even if she would be accepted by the goddess that does not mean that her other worshippers would agree as it is - I believe - highly unlikely that Selune herself would herself intervene and say that it's okay to be demonic if you're nice at the same time. I'm not really saying that you should change it, but perhaps I would ask bit more explanation around the issue. Especially since I know so little about Selune and her worshipers. However I too have heard of the Aasimars on a holly mission to clear any fiendish taint. -Meira
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    Aklon's Portrait

    Definitely a huge improvement. His right shoulder was on a more realistic angle before, though and perhaps more ageing is still in order - we are going to right direction here however, if you compare with the old one. Love the ponytail. -Meira
  10. And since Aklon is neutral I suppose that he isn't obligated to save Aerie from HD either. -Meira
  11. What about Haer'Dalis? Will Aklon try to step in if HD hits on Aerie? From what I have gathered on Aklon he should be much better company to Aerie than our delicious bard. -Meira
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