Relationship times

[Intimadater]

If I have a npc they can develop a relationship with my pc right and does it matter who the character is? If so how long would this take?

[Wynne]

Profiles of the in-game romances...

Aerie--Avariel elf cleric/mage, found in the circus tent on the promenade. Lost her wings. Trying to deal with that loss. Will romance (I think) male humans, half-elves, elves, and halflings.

Viconia--Drow elf cleric, found in the Government District. Likes to run hot and cold on a love interest. Is disgusted by 'weak' PCs. Will romance (I think) male humans, halflings, gnomes, and half-orcs, although half-orcs only with the Baldurdash patch.

Jaheira--Half-elven fighter/druid, found in Irenicus' Dungeon in a cage. Has a long history with the PC. Will romance (I think) male humans, half-elves, elves, and halflings.

Anomen--Human fighter/cleric, found in the Copper Coronet in the slums. Is a silly pompous neutral jerk, but gets over it with time. Will romance female humans, half-elves, elves, and halflings.

As to time... depends on the romance. Seems about an hour between lovetalks. I know Jaheira has 35 conversations; the rest appear to have less.

There are now several (and will in the future be more) romances for BG2. Mods are being developed. For instance, Kelsey, a human sorceror, found in the Government District, will romance the same types of PCs as Anomen, and will squabble over her with the guy. Pretty fun.

[ 06-01-2002, 11:16 PM: Message edited by: Wynne ]

[Albromor]

Are you sure you want to do this?!? =:0 From my own experience the romance dialogues started for me right after chapter 1 was done. At the time I only had Jaheira. Then I picked up Aerie and it wasn't too long before she started in. The thing is that each one is different and unless you pick the correct dialogue choice (sometimes there are as many as three answers that are okay) the romance is screwed. They say the Jaheira romance is the toughest (see spoiler below), but I found that if you don't answer her rough, but encouraging and yes even protective, it goes well. However, the romances remind me of trying to transverse a mine field! Try Viconia and you'll see! The romances do, however, add a very interesting dimension to BG2 and it truly is role playing.

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Even Black Isle says that the Jaheira romance is the toughest and much of this is because of an event that takes place in the game that many people don't realize MUST be done to continue the romance. There is a time in the city when you'll come upon Xzar from B1 and in his arrogant way will ask you to go to the Harper's Hideout to find out what happened to his partner Monteron. IF you refuse or IF you decide to not continue with the quest then the romance with Jaheira is over. The thing is there is not really any dialogue at this time that would lend you believe it is important to courting her. However, remember that Jaheira is a Harper so it makes sense. (As if anything of the heart makes sense!)

[jcompton]

Wynne's got the races a bit mixed up. It's Aerie who likes gnomes, and Viconia will go for a half-elf (but not a pure elf.)

Jaheira's romance is the most _technically_ complex in that it has the most in-game conditions necessary to advance it...which also made it the buggiest. There's the Harper quest that the romance kind of keys around, plus there are LTs that only run in certain areas, upon rest, etc. which have defied many an adventurer.

In terms of difficult to complete from a DIALOGUE standpoint, that would be Anomen (completing his final LT "successfully" is non-trivial), with honorable mentions to the Aerie/HD love triangle (also a bit tricky) and knowing just how much of a sex object Viconia enjoys being (hint: not 100%) As long as you're basically nice and understanding to Aerie (without HD muscling in) and Jaheira, you're basking in the love.

[bulletsponge]

i like the Viconia romance. the trick to these romances is to remember this- treat the women like ladies. dont insult them, dont talk down to them, and most inportantly, listen to then like your interested. you can be playfull with your responses as long as she isnt talking about something dead serious to her.
note- this works real well in the real world too. women like to talk, just nod and say uh-huh, interesting, yes. they will think your a good listener [img]tongue.gif[/img]

oh yea, 1 more thing. i heard you cant sleep with ariea the first chance you get or the romance is screwed. but its all her fault!!! she asks you if you want to see her naked body . and somehow she thinks your bad for saying yes to her

[ 06-02-2002, 11:45 AM: Message edited by: bulletsponge ]

[Master Of Olympus]

That's hoes for ya....lol