@The_Composer: Fair enough, but I wouldn't rush to that guy's defense so quickly. His posts were tinged with hostility and contributed nothing to the thread. If he had addressed me the way you do things would have taken a starkly different turn, wouldn't they? The goal of my thread was to have everyone chime in on the writing for the Bhaalspawn saga. Now, not all of my post boils down to personal preference. Could we take Aerie for example? She starts off as a fragile little elf and as you slowly progress in the main quest she becomes stronger. At one point she says she's going to be strong from that point onward. She can also become your girlfriend. The problem is, I'm in the Underdark right now and her character has stopped developing and there are probably over 30, maybe 40 hours of gameplay left if you factor in ToB. She just plateaus and only makes trifle remarks about the surroundings or your actions going forward. With all due respect, I believe a developer can extract a suggestion from that example.