06-18-2001, 11:26 AM | #1 |
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Has anyone read the journels for the Umar Witch project?
It's soooo funny. Black Isle will get sued for this! And what about the Romeo and Juliet thing in the City Gates? |
06-18-2001, 11:38 AM | #2 |
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What about Garrick, the gnome and the female paladin at the Radiant Heart?
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06-18-2001, 11:42 AM | #3 |
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remind me who they are?
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06-18-2001, 01:03 PM | #4 |
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The BG series are full of things like this. A lot of characters are there simply to let you have some fun. The Umar Hills Journal is the most obvious one though. I try to find and identify them all. It's so humerous
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06-18-2001, 01:12 PM | #5 |
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Yeah, those little things help the game be more fun. I can never forget running into Larry, Darryl, and Darryl in BGI, and then later, I found a hello note from them. I was to the point of seacrching the land for them again, because I thought they would have a particular reasnon for being there.
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06-18-2001, 01:24 PM | #6 |
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He he he, you are right, i have found a picture of Elvis in a house.
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06-18-2001, 02:02 PM | #7 |
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Other oddities & funnies (fron Dan Simpsons guide)
EDIT 2 SOME SPOILERS MAY BE INVOLVED * * * * * * * * * * 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) ------------------ It's bleedin dark down here, slippery too. Man, that's a pisser. [This message has been edited by Cavern Sniffer (edited 06-18-2001).] [This message has been edited by Cavern Sniffer (edited 06-18-2001).] |
06-19-2001, 01:02 AM | #8 |
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Yep, there is alot of fun things in the game, playing through multiple times seems to bring out more of them LOL.
I love playing a half elf, and having all the people running about looking at me, mmm oh, so your a half elf. Or you half-elf bastard, lots of other funny things. Ive often had Drizzt comment that "didn't I meet you somewhere before"? meaning BG1 when we meet, even if my party is a newly created BG2 party. I go, mmm no, then I kill him again and take his scimitars LOL. |
06-19-2001, 12:40 PM | #9 |
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I was annoyed to find a careless historic reference:
Foe those of you familiar with Crusader History: Reynald d'Chatillion was one of the evil in fact very evil Paladins that sacked Cyprus. He happens to be a fallen Paladin in BG2 |
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