Best Choice of Racial Enemy?

Hayashi · 03-24-2002, 08:20 PM

I decided to restart my BG single player game. I made a CG Elf Ranger (I know, the game manual says only humans & half elves can be rangers, but the game let me proceed with this) and managed to roll stats totalling 95 points!

I selected spiders as my character's racial enemy. Any comments on this choice??

Downunda · 03-24-2002, 09:54 PM

I usually take gnoll as a racial enemy as this gives me a hand at the beggining of the game but spider would be one of my second choices, great help for cloakwood!

J'aran · 03-25-2002, 10:05 AM

I practically always chose Ogres, but more because of roleplaying reasons than any other. Spiders is a good choice, because IIRC they're among the toughest monsters you can choose as a racial enemy. Can't remember the list off the top of my head, but I believe that Spiders and Ogres are the best choices if you really want to get something out of it. Gnolls aren't that strong, same for Skeletons and Kobolds. Ghasts would be a nice choice too, but I'm not entirely sure if they are on the list.

Oh, and BTW, Elven Rangers are completely legit. And that's not the only thing where the manual is lacking either.

[ 03-25-2002, 10:06 AM: Message edited by: J'aran ]

Lavindathar · 03-25-2002, 02:04 PM

I usually go with Ogres, but I think Spiders would be more useful!

Especially in cloakwood!

JR Jansen · 03-26-2002, 08:45 AM

The thing with choosing racial enemies in BG games (or IWD) is that your best choices are critters that are though and plenty. Spiders is among the best choices because there are plenty of them around. Ogres are good too (again plenty around).

Katherine · 03-28-2002, 01:59 AM

I'd make elves your racial enemy. That way, every time you pass a refelctive surface, you can freak out and beat yourself senseless. Yes, that's exactly what I'd do if I were you.

My second choice would be spiders because they are creepy. A good friend of mine used to walk around with a tarantula on her shaved head all the time. I avoided her that whole year until it was run over by a car (she dropped it in an intersection). If I could have made that car come a year sooner by choosing spiders as a racial enemy, I'd have done it.

Maybe, though, if your person is going to have a racial enemy, you should think of why? Make her have some awful childhood memory of a dog stealing her favorite sister. That would be really ruff, wouldn't it?

And, not that this makes any rational sense, but I think it might be a good idea to make Leprechauns your personal racial enemy. I know I have and it has helped me oh-so-much. You never know when one of those little bastards will come out from under a leaf and jump up and bite your ankles!

[ 03-28-2002, 02:28 AM: Message edited by: Katherine ]

Downunda · 03-28-2002, 02:52 AM

LOL Katherine,

ShadowedSoul · 03-28-2002, 04:58 AM

well, you know what my first choice for racial enemy would be? CHEESE!!! i mean, it's so sweet and innocent, it just stands there, all calm, never doing anything, but it's all a cover up, a cover up i say!!

oh yeah, then there's spiders too, they're just plain icky!

Vohl · 03-28-2002, 09:25 PM

I try to stick to a roleplay element when choosing a racial enemy. For the most part, I see a ranger as a warrior and protector of the lands and its natural surrounding. To me, the most unnatural being, and most offensive to the natural order of things, is the undead. In BG, I picked the ghoul.
My two copper pieces.

Katherine · 03-29-2002, 02:42 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by ShadowedSoul:
well, you know what my first choice for racial enemy would be? CHEESE!!! i mean, it's so sweet and innocent, it just stands there, all calm, never doing anything, but it's all a cover up, a cover up i say!!

Holy crap, you're right! I'm afraid to go to bed now! Daddy, the cheese is going to get me!

03-24-2002, 08:20 PM	#1
Hayashi Silver Dragon Join Date: March 25, 2001 Location: The Lion City Age: 62 Posts: 1,699	I decided to restart my BG single player game. I made a CG Elf Ranger (I know, the game manual says only humans & half elves can be rangers, but the game let me proceed with this) and managed to roll stats totalling 95 points! I selected spiders as my character's racial enemy. Any comments on this choice?? __________________ I visit IW occasionally...

03-24-2002, 09:54 PM	#2
Downunda Set - Egyptian God of Chaos Join Date: January 7, 2002 Location: Christchurch, New Zealand Age: 45 Posts: 2,975	I usually take gnoll as a racial enemy as this gives me a hand at the beggining of the game but spider would be one of my second choices, great help for cloakwood! __________________ \"Doing stuff is overrated, like Hitler, he did lots of stuff, but doesn\'t everybody wish he\'d just stayed at home and smoked pot?!?\"

03-25-2002, 02:04 PM	#4
Lavindathar Harper Join Date: March 21, 2001 Location: Lancs, England Age: 39 Posts: 4,729	I usually go with Ogres, but I think Spiders would be more useful! Especially in cloakwood! __________________ =@

03-26-2002, 08:45 AM	#5
JR Jansen Drizzt Do'Urden Join Date: May 31, 2001 Location: Mol (Belgium) Posts: 658	The thing with choosing racial enemies in BG games (or IWD) is that your best choices are critters that are though and plenty. Spiders is among the best choices because there are plenty of them around. Ogres are good too (again plenty around). __________________ JR<p>Damned i lost cousin Jan\'s techno gloves<p>Forest runner and first gnomish demiranger-protector with slightly rougueish tendencies and a natural dislike for Aerie

03-28-2002, 01:59 AM	#6
Katherine Zhentarim Guard Join Date: November 11, 2001 Location: perdition Posts: 340	I'd make elves your racial enemy. That way, every time you pass a refelctive surface, you can freak out and beat yourself senseless. Yes, that's exactly what I'd do if I were you. My second choice would be spiders because they are creepy. A good friend of mine used to walk around with a tarantula on her shaved head all the time. I avoided her that whole year until it was run over by a car (she dropped it in an intersection). If I could have made that car come a year sooner by choosing spiders as a racial enemy, I'd have done it. Maybe, though, if your person is going to have a racial enemy, you should think of why? Make her have some awful childhood memory of a dog stealing her favorite sister. That would be really ruff, wouldn't it? And, not that this makes any rational sense, but I think it might be a good idea to make Leprechauns your personal racial enemy. I know I have and it has helped me oh-so-much. You never know when one of those little bastards will come out from under a leaf and jump up and bite your ankles! [ 03-28-2002, 02:28 AM: Message edited by: Katherine ] __________________ <i>The road to hell is paved with delicious intentions.</i><br /><br />Unholy Acorn Gatherer in the <b>Profane Order of the Hyper-Wrathful, All-Powerful Squirrel Goddess</b>

03-25-2002, 10:05 AM	#3
J'aran Mephistopheles Join Date: December 12, 2001 Location: Fryslân, The Netherlands Age: 44 Posts: 1,493	I practically always chose Ogres, but more because of roleplaying reasons than any other. Spiders is a good choice, because IIRC they're among the toughest monsters you can choose as a racial enemy. Can't remember the list off the top of my head, but I believe that Spiders and Ogres are the best choices if you really want to get something out of it. Gnolls aren't that strong, same for Skeletons and Kobolds. Ghasts would be a nice choice too, but I'm not entirely sure if they are on the list. Oh, and BTW, Elven Rangers are completely legit. And that's not the only thing where the manual is lacking either. [ 03-25-2002, 10:06 AM: Message edited by: J'aran ]

03-28-2002, 02:52 AM	#7
Downunda Set - Egyptian God of Chaos Join Date: January 7, 2002 Location: Christchurch, New Zealand Age: 45 Posts: 2,975	LOL Katherine, __________________ \"Doing stuff is overrated, like Hitler, he did lots of stuff, but doesn\'t everybody wish he\'d just stayed at home and smoked pot?!?\"

03-28-2002, 04:58 AM	#8
ShadowedSoul Elite Waterdeep Guard Join Date: March 1, 2002 Location: Tyler Texas Posts: 7	well, you know what my first choice for racial enemy would be? CHEESE!!! i mean, it's so sweet and innocent, it just stands there, all calm, never doing anything, but it's all a cover up, a cover up i say!! oh yeah, then there's spiders too, they're just plain icky! __________________ \'\' To fear death, tell me little one, why do you fear death....when you know what await\'s you afterwards?\'\'

03-28-2002, 09:25 PM	#9
Vohl Elite Waterdeep Guard Join Date: January 31, 2002 Location: Rockford IL Age: 52 Posts: 46	I try to stick to a roleplay element when choosing a racial enemy. For the most part, I see a ranger as a warrior and protector of the lands and its natural surrounding. To me, the most unnatural being, and most offensive to the natural order of things, is the undead. In BG, I picked the ghoul. My two copper pieces.

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