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Originally posted by Cerek:
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Originally posted by Illumina Drathiran'ar:
Unfortunately, I'm away from my books... But research Beshaba. This is the strongest hint that the execution isn't legit. Anyone living in Faerun would be familiar with Beshaba... and would know right away that Amn does not endorse her in *any* way, shape, or form.
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Aaahhhh....but "researching Besheba" actually contradicts one of Riftmakers main arguments - that it doesn't matter what actually happened between your PC and Viconia in BG1 (I didn't let her join the party myself)...what matters is what the GAME ITSELF tells you happened. Other than using the title "Maid of Misrule", there isn't enough information given to the PC to know that Besheba is an evil diety. [/QUOTE]Gorion was a smart man. The PC grew up in Candlekeep. Faerun is a diverse world with more gods than I can count. I'm sure that Gorion saw to it that the PC recieved a well-rounded education. This would have included a bit of theology.
Living in Faerun for 18-some-odd years and not knowing about its gods is like not knowing about its major geographical features, surrounding countries, oceans, constellations, things like that. And Beshaba is a deity widely feared... I wouldn't make this argument for all deities (I don't expect the PC, or many people here, to know who Sharess is, for example) but it's a fair bet that the PC is familiar with Tymora and Beshaba, Lathander, Helm, Tyr, Torm, Oghma, Selune, Shar, Sune, Chauntea, Talos... The list goes on. Converse with the priests in the Temple District: "I've heard that Helm is a stern and uncaring deity." Nobody tells the PC this, it's just something they've picked up.
One last thing... Beshaba is mentioned in the book "History of the Fateful Coin." You deliver that book to... What's his name... Firebead Elvenhair... In Beregost. Surely the PC flipped through it before delivering it.
Just because the information isn't given to the PC doesn't mean the PC doesn't know it. The thief PC is never "told" how to pick a lock, the paladin is never "told" about their own god, the ranger is never "told" about monsters... So how did they select a racial enemy? Stuff happens before that fateful day in Candlekeep.
[ 11-26-2004, 02:29 PM: Message edited by: Illumina Drathiran'ar ]