True. Way back in Divine Divinity, there were gems like this:
Marked One: No, you don't know me. I got in through those stinking cellars that smell of boiled cabbage. Lanilor asked me to ask you to unfreeze him. You see, he's getting rather cold.
Mardaneus: ...Boiled cabbage? ...Ah the taste of... you're not an agent of Thelyron Hashnitor, are you? I'll destroy you, creature of darkness! Where's that spell...
Marked One: No, no, no! L-A-N-I-L-O-R, you know, your elven friend, pointy ears? He needs your help! You've frozen him, and now he would like to be unfrozen.
Those little touches of character add a lot.
