Other oddities & funnies (fron Dan Simpsons guide)
EDIT 2 SOME SPOILERS MAY BE INVOLVED
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Near the Circus is a cage with a Moose... and a Squirrel. Rocky and
Bullwinkle, anyone? (many, many people sent this in)
Create an Elf and name him Drizzt. Then by Chapter 6 have a reputation less
than 12. When you bump into Drizzt... he is annoyed that you swiped his
name! Sure, he fights you for his name's honor, but it sure is funny.
Also if you imported from Baldur's Gate and had any of Drizzt's Items on you,
then Drizzt will be very upset when he meets up with you. He won't
necessarily fight you, but it could lead to that (anyone who is GOOD in your
party won't assist you, though).
In the back of the Adventurer's Mart are two paintings. Look at them closely
and also click on them. Recognize them? They are taken from the old
Dungeons and Dragons cartoon!
There's also a picture of Elvis on the second floor of the Five Flagons.
(again many people sent this one in)
Fearghus (Waukeen's Promenade) is the name of the Black Isle division
director.
There is a commoner named "Neeber" in Trademeet who constantly pesters you
with inane questions and comments. Just like a certain "Noober" used to do
in the first game.
Biff the Understudy (in the really awful theatre play) is the character that
would appear in Baldur's Gate when the regular character could not appear.
(i.e. if that character was dead, but still had something to say) EDIT: He does the same in BG2, I had him take the place of the Lich at the gate district.
Ask the barkeeper in Imnesvale about the Umar Witch and he'll give you a
book titled "The Umar Witch Project."
The Knights of Solamnia in the Planar Sphere are from Dragonlance.
There's another, bit more obscure AD&D reference in the Planar Sphere...the
halflings. Took me a bit to place them, but the cracked dry earth and the
village built from bones...those are feral halflings from the old Dark Sun
setting. (Bill Ray)
One of Edwin's plots goes awry leaving him in the form of a woman. Jaheira
mocks, Anomen pretends to want to champion "Edwina", and so forth. Then take
"Edwina" to see Silvanus at the Copper Coronet (the Elf by the counter), who
will be quite attracted to Edwin. And Edwin is ALMOST attracted to Silvanus
as well! Not only that, but Bioware did up an entire FEMALE voice set for
"Edwina" as well! Hilarious!
Cyrando the Halfling romantic (at the Temple District at night) provides the
words for Garrick to woo a woman with. Just like Cyrano the Big Nosed
Romantic of literary fame. There are actually 4 little mini-events attached
to this one that take place over time. Eventually Cyrando and the Lady
get married and Garrick runs away with one of the bridesmaids.
One of the Sentient Sword's battle cries is: "Murder! Death! Kill!!", which
is the term for a homicide from the movie, Demolition Man. Also a reference
to the game MDK... MurderDeathKill. Get it?
In the Bridge section where the Five Flagon is located, there are a pair
of thugs that fight each other for the love of a girl named Bubbles. Their
names are Shank and Carbos. If their name is familiar, it's because they
were in Baldur's Gate. They were the thugs that tried to kill you in
Candlekeep. They hid inside houses. I'm pretty sure it's them since they
have a lot of trouble hitting each other. I've spent a minute or 2 watching
them trying to kill each other without any success. It doesn't seem to
affect the game in anyway, but it's funny to see. (from Death Crow)
In the Asylum, one of the mages gives you a worthless scroll (memo) that says
that that the scroll is worthless, that it is indecipherable and that it is
most likely the ravings of a madman. Anyways, the scroll is decipherable
although not within the game though. The text of the scroll says:
"Qc terxepssrw evi jypp sj aiewipw. Mrjsvg xli Uyiir, ws xlex wli qmklx
wlss xliq eaec. Livi ai ks ' vsyrh xli qypfivvc fywl. Ks qsioic KS!"
This translates into:
"My pantaloons are full of weasels. Inform the queen, so that she might
shoo them away. Here we go 'round the mulberry bush. Go moesey GO!"
(from Hector E. Meza)
In Chapter 4, in Spellhold, Aphril (sp?) talks of seeing a walking corpse
talking to a pillar of skulls. References to Planescape:Torment, the hero,
the Nameless One, who'll just wake up within minutes of dying. (from Matri)
If you attack the people in the government building, there's a halfling,
Jeremiah Jamtoes, who's being ignored by the magistrate and just can't take
it anymore. He joins in on your side and starts killing people with you.
(from Travis Archer)
Contributing to your list of Easter Eggs, on the top floor of the Five
Flagons there are what appear to be Elvis pictures on the far wall, and
guitars on other walls on the same floor. (I'm pretty sure I found several
other references and oddities, I'll report them if I can think of them.)
(from Per Jorner)
Here's one: William Reirrac's last name is "carrier" backwards. While
it's likely intentional, it's not necessarily a reference or a pun (people
make up fantasy names in the strangest ways). (Per Jorner)
The vampire named Durst is possibly a German pun - Durst is the German word
for "thirst", and definitely a good name for a vampire to have. Then again,
I accidentally named a character "Darsteller" (actor in German) without
thinking about it, so perhaps it's not intentional. (Brian Camley)
Voreth has some "Strange Things":
CLUAConsole:CreateCreature("Boo") creates Boo (and we all know who Boo is).
CTRL+Q him to add him to your party. He's very powerful, and even has his
own paper doll. To keep him effective, don't equip any weapons in any
slots, and DO NOT LEVEL HIM UP! (requires the EnableCheatKeys() cheat to
be active)
CLUAConsole:CreateCreature("Gorion") is fun, though it does require you to
exit your game once it works. If you create Gorion, talk to him and choose
a few of the dialogue choices (it's keyed to a different dialogue, so
you'll see some pretty weird, including NPC, dialogues). He'll bring you
through the BG sequence with him (bringing you over, casting Cure Light
Wounds, etc.) and bring you to a forest (area number is the same as circle
of stones in BG). There, you get stuck on a tree. Too bad. I wonder if
Sarevok would have appeared and all. Oh, and the BG loading screen appears
in front of the BG2 one, though off center and much smaller.
(Note: I've only tried this in the Docks, so if you try it somewhere else
and get different results, don't be alarmed...)
You can also Create Kivan, from what I've seen, though he doesn't say
anything, his dialogues are bad, and he says what he should say on the
bottom of the screen. Still, it's pretty fun. You can do this with Drizzt
too, and get him to say some of Korgan's (voice acted) lines. So you have a
Drizzt with a Scottish accent who says "Cure Disease" at the end of his
dialogue. Answer his first question with the description of Summon Monster
I for the rest of Korgan's dialogue.
NPC's from Baldur's Gate found in BG2 (but who don't join):
SPOILERS
Ajantis (killed at Windspear Hills by you, identified by Keldorn)
Coran (can be killed by Safana in chapter 6)
Faldorn (seizes control of the Druid Grove, killed by you to free it)
Garrick (attempts to woo a woman, but fails)
Khalid (found dead in Irenicus' Dungeon)
Montaron (killed by the Harper's for breaking into their compound)
Quayle (currently alive and well and running a circus)
Safana (killed by you in chapter 6 after she attempts to kill you)
Tiax (locked away in Spellhold, helps the main character beat Irenicus)
Xzar (killed by a Harper assassin at the docks)
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It's bleedin dark down here, slippery too.
Man, that's a pisser.
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