I just re-read my previous post, and I have come to the conclusion I should not write when sleep-deprived wink It’s already difficult enough for me to write in English under normal circumstances, but then, it is even more of a mess. And I completely forgot to add the quote I wanted to refer to.

I’ve tried to clean it up a bit and made some additions:

Originally Posted by Neleothesze
Suggestion: Larian, if you can add a line when a companion is saying something bigoted.... just add one line, ok, where Tav can at least react to Astarion's other racist comments. I assure you not every Tav likes being compared to an animal, is comfortable with being shown outright disgust, or enjoys hearing this about another race.

Astarion can stay true to his character concept but let Tav react to it - just as Tav can now react to the vampire hunter scene.

I agree, I would like that, too. The Tavs I like to role-play would not just swallow their anger if they were insulted (or if he would insult other people), they would definitely not put up with that. There are also other lines, not only from Astarion, that I would like to be able to adress (regarding a variety of topics). But in the situations Neleothesze described, it is the most obvious that some very important dialogue options for our Tavs are missing.


Originally Posted by Niara
Options to define our characters are a good thing; the ability to characterise ourself and how we feel about things is important in a character driven roleplaying game.

I would very much like more options to define my Tav's character in dialogue, too. Since our Tav's lines are not voiced, adding some dialogue lines could be possible, to give players the possibility to react more in character, especially when talking to the companions. Of course, it would be really nice if the companions would react to this, too - but I know this would be a lot of work, and is therefore probably not possible.

I do not want every character in this game to be nice, and act in a way that I would agree to in real life. What I would like is the possibility to make my Tav react to them in a way that fits the character I made up. I'd like to be able to role-play a wide range of characters; from kind to malicious ones; wily characters, altruistic characters, hot-headed characters etc.

I like the way this is implemented in the scene between Lae’zel and Zorru, where you can either join Lae'zel, tell her to shut up, or just say nothing.

(Oh, and one option I would really like for magic user Tavs: the possibility to threaten an opponent with a bit of magic wink )


And as for my implied criticism of Astarion's character writing in my previous post, concerning his racist remarks:
What bothered me at first was that "racist high elf noble" would be a bit too much of a cliche, I thought it would be a bit lazy. But considering what we know (or what is implied) about his time as a magistrate, it seems to be an important part of his character concept (I think it is strongly implied that he made some unfair/racist rulings). If he were a human, it would still work, in this case, it's not just a cliche added on top just because he is a high elf.