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| Bob12123 |
Posted - 28 Feb 2011 : 08:04:48
Pretty simple, is the bhaalspawn saga canon? |
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| Alisttair |
Posted - 01 Mar 2011 : 18:07:01
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Originally posted by Therise
This thread makes me want to reinstall Baldur's Gate and play it through again.
Yeah I get that feeling too. But after doing that 6 times already, I gotta smack myself into doing stuff I have yet to do once lol |
| Therise |
Posted - 01 Mar 2011 : 18:00:20
This thread makes me want to reinstall Baldur's Gate and play it through again.
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| Alisttair |
Posted - 01 Mar 2011 : 17:10:53
quote:
Originally posted by BlackAce
In the end, everyone dies BUT him. Even Jaheira gets turned into dragon poop.
hehe oh yeah |
| BlackAce |
Posted - 01 Mar 2011 : 16:09:40
In the end, everyone dies BUT him. Even Jaheira gets turned into dragon poop. |
| Alisttair |
Posted - 01 Mar 2011 : 12:03:29
quote:
Originally posted by Therise
Whatever happened to Abdel Adrian, anyway? Did he just live out his life as a regular Joe six-pack?
Seriously, when someone offers you the chance to be a GOD, you say YES.
IIRC he dies, but I played the games like 6 times and only read the novels once, so I don't know for sure. |
| Light |
Posted - 01 Mar 2011 : 08:34:18
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Originally posted by Bob12123
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Originally posted by Light
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Originally posted by Bob12123
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Originally posted by Light
No "thank you Light}?
None
Sad Panda
Thanks Light
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| Bob12123 |
Posted - 01 Mar 2011 : 08:24:01
Thanks Light |
| Light |
Posted - 01 Mar 2011 : 07:44:47
quote:
Originally posted by Bob12123
quote:
Originally posted by Light
No "thank you light"?
None
Sad Panda |
| Bob12123 |
Posted - 01 Mar 2011 : 07:30:40
quote:
Originally posted by Light
No "thank you light"?
None |
| Light |
Posted - 01 Mar 2011 : 07:16:28
No "thank you light"? |
| Bob12123 |
Posted - 01 Mar 2011 : 06:58:24
quote:
Originally posted by The Sage
And I'll just add that it's worth performing a search here at Candlekeep for prior discussions on the topic, as this has been brought many times.
Sorry Sage! |
| Light |
Posted - 01 Mar 2011 : 06:29:47
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Originally posted by Alisttair
You could do something similar by adapting your actions in NWN to be effective in your world as well by killing Obould when you meet him
You can meet Obould in NWN? I totally missed this, I've got to look this up.
quote:
Originally posted by Therise
Seriously, when someone offers you the chance to be a GOD, you say YES.
So true, which is why I, despite having played it so many times, have never seen the mortal ending. |
| Synthalus |
Posted - 28 Feb 2011 : 20:34:25
Raymond Stantz will he ever learn? |
| Therise |
Posted - 28 Feb 2011 : 19:59:52
Whatever happened to Abdel Adrian, anyway? Did he just live out his life as a regular Joe six-pack?
Seriously, when someone offers you the chance to be a GOD, you say YES.
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| Arcanus |
Posted - 28 Feb 2011 : 19:08:14
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Originally posted by Alisttair
quote:
Originally posted by Arcanus
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Originally posted by Light
Ah, it’s the guy who thinks Lockwood is not the greatest artist to ever be born.
He's not 
He's pretty close though 
Close, but no cigar 
Seriously though there have been many who have brought the realms to life with there own style and interpretation. Some I like more than others but they're all better than I could ever be.  |
| Alisttair |
Posted - 28 Feb 2011 : 18:58:38
quote:
Originally posted by Arcanus
quote:
Originally posted by Light
Ah, it’s the guy who thinks Lockwood is not the greatest artist to ever be born.
He's not
He's pretty close though |
| Arcanus |
Posted - 28 Feb 2011 : 18:55:29
quote:
Originally posted by Light
Ah, it’s the guy who thinks Lockwood is not the greatest artist to ever be born.
He's not |
| Alisttair |
Posted - 28 Feb 2011 : 17:00:28
quote:
Originally posted by Synthalus
the mighty karsus spits on canon and rolls a critical hit on mystra for the win!
Can't argue that. |
| Synthalus |
Posted - 28 Feb 2011 : 16:58:43
the mighty karsus spits on canon and rolls a critical hit on mystra for the win! |
| Alisttair |
Posted - 28 Feb 2011 : 14:37:13
I can say that adhering to canon isn't bad or difficult unless you have a running game that has unfolding events that negate canonical events. Otherwise, if nothing is related, it is easy to simply state that happenings elsewhere (as per novels, etc...) are indeed taking place and news can come to the PCs simply to keep the realms alive and bigger than one location. |
| Ayrik |
Posted - 28 Feb 2011 : 13:30:38
Dogmatically blind adherence to canon is inadvisable and unnecessary.
My players read the same sourcebooks, articles, and novels as I ... and I can't let everything occur in predictable fashion. I don't care if my D&D is interchangeable with anyone else's because my table is the one where my players and I spend our time; it's not like I plan to hand it all over "intact" when my tenure as DM comes to an end. Equal parts planning and improvisation make the game more entertaining for all. Besides, there's too many interesting (and dare I say, oft times rigorously overanalyzed) fan-generated contributions for me to ignore. A lot of the best material is free. |
| Alisttair |
Posted - 28 Feb 2011 : 12:58:26
You could do that of course.
Anything you do can seriously alter the course of history, such as killing the Runemasters of the Twisted Rune in the game.
You could do something similar by adapting your actions in NWN to be effective in your world as well by killing Obould when you meet him (effectively saying byebye to the Kingdom of Many-Arrows before it even comes into being). |
| Light |
Posted - 28 Feb 2011 : 09:27:31
Of course you can always be like me and pretend that the books do not exist and that your character and the path you chose in the CRPGs are the 'real' canon. |
| The Sage |
Posted - 28 Feb 2011 : 09:18:05
The novels are canon, yes. There are DRAGON articles dealing with the characters from the novels and details about the Bhaalspawn featured in 3e sources like LEoF.
The CRPGs however, are not. Simply because of the multiple and alternate endings for the games, which make it difficult to include them in official Realmslore.
And I'll just add that it's worth performing a search here at Candlekeep for prior discussions on the topic, as this has been brought many times.  |
| Light |
Posted - 28 Feb 2011 : 08:08:40
Ah, it’s the guy who thinks Lockwood is not the greatest artist to ever be born. Anyway....I believe that the bhaalspawn saga, outside of what is written in those god-awful novels, is considered non-canon. So I guess that the answer is yes but not as depicted within the Baldur's Gate pc games. |
