How many people would find it truly awesome if a mod was made to simulate this Here Forum? You could have a Large Inn, holding the top 50 post counts that frequent the BGII forum, And have the moderators run the place. They could all have their own catchphrases and there could be a Choc look alike and everything.

Boy am I drunk!!!!!!!!!!!!

ooookay

I second that ooookay. I hope you took Chaser.
-Brainless One

lol.. i was just imagining what character i would be looking like when im in that inn making a post.. probably a blade or necromacer in some corner .. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

actually i think that's a cool idea [img]smile.gif[/img]

you could ask the six of spades character for some advice and he could say "just play the dammed game already . . ."

;)

Heh, and killing Choc gets you ambushed by 12 pit fiends as soon as you leave...

It actually sound like a fun thing to try out. Maybe someone here with modding experience could do it...

Wicked idea [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img]

There's a conversation zone in the GD forums. Have fun there! [img]tongue.gif[/img]

[ 02-17-2005, 08:51 AM: Message edited by: Xen ]

Nah. I'd be the bouncer, and I'd kick out any Kensai->Mages, Wizard Slayer->Thieves, and Unbalanced Shapeshifters that came in. :D

Nah. I'd be the bouncer, and I'd kick out any Kensai->Mages, Wizard Slayer->Thieves, and Unbalanced Shapeshifters that came in. :D </font>[/QUOTE]i reckon you wont be able to kick me out if i drop in with my shapeshifter.. shapshifted into a mouse of course (using cloak of sewers.. how i love that cloak). Ill sneak my way in :D .

[ 02-17-2005, 10:10 PM: Message edited by: Harkoliar ]

We'd have to equip the Six-bouncer with every bit of cheesiness we could find. The 40th level sorceror Bouncer, with cloak of cheese, 2 rings of Gaxx, etc. :D
Interesting idea for a mod, though. [img]smile.gif[/img]

It would seem wiser to devise a new (wilderness?) area (or you just use a house that's not being used in the game at the moment) in which we find Lord Shield's Bar*. A place for some new quests, well-known Ironworks members who have their say (in character, of course), and maybe some nice banters.

It would be fun to implement the discussion between Six and Hank Parsons about Improved Bodhi in the game ;)

*= Lord Shield's Bar is a classic in the Baldur's Gate 2 forum. If you're interested why, just do a search in the Baldur's Gate 2 archives.

Also, SoS would be obligated to *dis* ANYONE who 'FOR ANY REASON' likes the LotR movies!! LOL!

The LotR films had a lot of worthy stuff in it (great imagery), and even some changes/additions that I liked, such as the 'pint' business in Bree. But, unfortunately, Jackson felt the need to bury all that work under an avalanche of crap. I'm told that in the extended version, Legolas and Gimli have a drinking contest (which never happened in the book, nor *would* it have happened, as both are serious characters who never got a day of rest between Lothlorien and the Battle of the Pelennor Fields), and Gimli loses. Apparently, he slumps unconscious to the floor, and Legolas merely feels a slight numbness in one of his fingers. Is it me, or does this go completely against the grain of the specific characters, AND their races in general? But, hell, Peter Jackson's decided that short people aren't good for anything more than comic relief, so to hell with dignity.

No, people can say the LotR movies were good--they were. They're not worth a pair of fetid dingo's kidneys compared to the book, though.

To have this post be somewhat on-topic: I think I'd rather be a Half-Elven Bard (Hmmm....Danny Elfman as Half-Elven Bard?), sitting at a table with Alson & Dundee, engaging in intense debates of ethics. I'll have someone else be the bouncer: An unkillable PEASANT_MAN who never turns Hostile to you, but each of his attacks has an unavoidable Knockback effect, so he can literally boot people out the door if he has to.

I'll be the halfling lech who makes the other guys uncomfortable when I hit on them :D

Really it's just a cover to pick pockets [img]smile.gif[/img]

Nah. I'd be the bouncer, and I'd kick out any Kensai->Mages, Wizard Slayer->Thieves, and Unbalanced Shapeshifters that came in. :D </font>[/QUOTE]I noticed you left the Ranger > Cleric dual alone. Tut tut, play fair Six ;)

Maybe we could have a Xen Noober-esque character spamming pearls of wisdom?
(only twisting your nipple mate ;) )

Six, I want to ask this,, I think that using the beacons to summon the aid of Rohan,,, is superior to the book using the "red arrow" summon. What do you think?

The war-beacons are used in both book and film, and a darn good system it is, too, calling for aid at nearly the speed of light. (One of my favorite gaffes from the movie: In order to make the cinematography more dramatic, Jackson put one of the beacons on a mountaintop, above the clouds. Looks pretty, but when you realize that it can't see any of the other beacon-stations, and the other beacon-stations can't see it, you have to throw up your hands and laugh at how Jackson has just severed the line of communication.)

The Red Arrow is a more diplomatic way of asking for the same thing. Slower, but nicer. Instead of "Come help me now," it's "I would like to remind you that our two countries have sworn a pact of mutual alliance. We foresee an hour of need, and would like to hear your renewed pledge to aid us."

I could be a mage of sorts, sitting near the doorway reviewing each new character to come in...

"Hmmm... a Fighter/Mage with Celestial Fury & Sanchuudoku... Power: A-"

"Aha! A Wizard Slayer->Thief! Implementation: D!! Psst... hey, buddy... better pretend you're a Swashbuckler or something in here..."

"A... Beastmaster? Ease of Recruiting: F. I'm pretty sure the computer rejects your choice & laughs at you if you try to select that..."

- Imrahil

i think spears should be one handed like hopolites in the olden days where there were pike walls and such

Those are two different things (and I can know, I study History ;) ). In Ancient Greece, the spears were indeed the favored weapons. However, the hoplites used throwable spears (indeed the one handed spears Timothy Trotter is talking about). In close combat, these spears could be used as well to thrust towards an enemy.
In later times, the introduction of the (Macedonian) phalanx, the whole concept of spearbearers (that's what the word "hoplite" means in Greek) changed. The spears became much longer and could not longer be used with one hand. Both hands were necessary to carry the spear, which was usually 4 metres long. Those spears were indeed used in pike walls, forming a virtually unstoppable group of soldiers.

I could be the C/R who sits at the bar, trying to help, but in the end just tells you to ask someone smarter than i :D

on reflection i'll be the kensai recently dualled ot thief who has spent about a week rigging the whole room with traps just in case anyone turns hostile

It would be funny to have a bunch of out-of-character characters in it. For example, there can be a paladin at a table, and when asked for advice says something like "I'm a paladin. I need strength, dexterity, and constitution, and I have a high minimum on wisdom and charisma. Guess which stat I dropped to 3?". the discusssion could go on with his Paladins Are Dumb stereotype, or Keldorn can modestly say that he is quite smart, to wich the paladin replies: "Yea, you're smart, but that's because you're a roleplaying pansy! I mean, 9 dexterity? come on! I once solo'd a sorcerer with better combat stats then you! Why do you think the PC would ever be a paladin? Cause they'd be better than you!" [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img]

(no offense meant to roleplayers)

I think this mod would actually be really good, and want someone to make it :D