New install = new questions

[Vedran]

Raise the path search node to the maximum, if your machine can handle it. If not, experiment.

[Halbarad1891]

I've only been able to make backstab work a few times, maybe I'm doing something wrong :/
But yes it is awesome.

So far I've only been asked for the ToSC cd. I had a full install last time, and I thought I was asked for cds every now and then... maybe I left the movies on the disks...
Thanks for the help. [img]smile.gif[/img]


Is there ever any formal resolution to the "quests" to bring Xzar/Montaron and Jaheira/Khalid to Nashkel? Like do I get a message or something, or is there anything in particular that they're supposed to do? I just reached Nashkel and talked to the mayor, but nothing happened. I thought Xzar said they wanted to talk to the mayor... I want to get ride of those two, but I want to finish thier quest frist.

[Pirengle]

Originally posted by Halbarad1891: Is there ever any formal resolution to the "quests" to bring Xzar/Montaron and Jaheira/Khalid to Nashkel? Like do I get a message or something, or is there anything in particular that they're supposed to do? I just reached Nashkel and talked to the mayor, but nothing happened. I thought Xzar said they wanted to talk to the mayor... I want to get ride of those two, but I want to finish thier quest frist.

Everything J/K or X/M ask you to do is to keep them happy, and keeping them happy means you keep them in the party. There are only a few times I can think of where an NPC's quest or request directly hinges on the PC, but I'll leave those for you to find out.

(Back to work shelving books!)

[Vedran]

Originally posted by Halbarad1891: I just reached Nashkel and talked to the mayor, but nothing happened.

How do you mean "nothing happened"? What did the mayor say? So do it!

[Halbarad1891]

What I mean is there was no dialog... "oh we're here in Nashkel, bla bla bla, we'll still fight with you if you want, bla bla bla"
I've gotten the quest from the mayor, but I didn't really want to take Xzar and Montaron into the mines. I really don't like those too, and I want to pick up Minsc, so I'd like to leave them but I'm not sure if their "quest" is fully completed.

[SixOfSpades]

Because you run into M&X and K&J so early in the game, they don't really have real NPC quests, the way some of the other NPCs do. BioWare felt that throwing a large number of subquests at a newbie just staring their maiden game of BG1 would be needlessly confusing, so all they did was have the two pairs of NPCs do their part to push you along the Main Plot.
M&X: We are on our way to Nashkel. We won't mind a few little detours with you first, but we have a job to do in Nashkel.
J&K: Oh, good, you're here. After we chat about Gorion, we should get going, because we have an appointment in Nashkel.

In either case, as soon as you speak to the Mayor of Nashkel (Berrun Ghastkill), then their NPC "quests" are done. If any of those 4 NPCs are in your party, Ghastkill will say that "I don't know you, but I recognize ? in your party."

Important note: If you should pass by M&X or K&J (not recuit them at all) then enter Nashkel, and then go back to where you left the NPCs, they will be gone permanently. Just a little warning.

And it IS possible to keep the conflicting pairs in your party for a long time--it depends on Charisma, and keeping your Reputation at a level that all 4 of them can live with. Also, it seems that the 4 are less likely to start a fight if some of them are missing (dead or "misplaced"). In my last game of BG1, I kept Jaheira and Montaron in the party all the way through the end of the game. Khalid and Xzar, on the other hand, were quickly abandoned in some out-of-the-way house. Now, my main character's Charisma was anything but spectacular, so I suspect the 4 are unwilling to tangle with each other if they've already lost somebody.

[Halbarad1891]

Super. Thanks.