But I can perfectly understand if people feel short-changed if all or most of the class-specific lines don’t feel right for their character.
I dont ...
Not if that line they wish for is right there, and its just missing [class] or [race] tag next to it ...
I mean if you get to situation where you have NO way to express you acording to your character, THAT is a problem! No questions about it ...
To present some example:
- You can either accept Astarion apology
- or accept Astarion apology
- or deny Astarion apology (in wich case Astarion, rest of the conversation and whole world will act as if you accepted his apology ... therefore accept Astarion apology)
> That is bad dialogue that should be fixed.
But if all you want is to answer politely to Gale ... and you have there polite option just next to [Sorcerer] *smug snarky coment* ...
Simply pick that polite option and your character remain unchanged ...
Yes, you dont play *typical Sorcerer imagined by Larian* ... question is: So what? O_o
Class and Race specific dialogue options are just stereotypes ... and allways has ben:
Paladins will be benevolent, no matter what ...
Clerics will be religious, no matter what ...
Rogues will be sneaky and trickery, no matter what ...
Etc.
And your character either fit one, or dont.
There ought to be lines in some situations for a chaotic good, Robin Hood type rogue, etc, as well as ones where a ruthless criminal would see an opportunity.
I did play a deep gnome rogue who wasn’t a criminal, but was very stealthy and good with traps and perception, and many of the rogue lines just didn’t fit her.
Yes but both Robin Hood and your Gnome Rogue are exeptions ... and you simply cant have prepared dialogue for all possible exceptions.
Especialy for class as Rogue is ...
I mean Rogue *can* technicaly be anything ... assasin, robber, pickpocketer, beggar, wanderer, blade dancer, acrobat, spy, thief, i dunno ... technicaly even ninja, spellcaster, trickster, charlatan, insurance agent ... options are limitless.
(And i refuse any argument about Shadow-Monk make better ninja ... Rogue can be ninja, period! :P )
How can you create class specific dialogue for something like that?
The answer is simple ... you dont.
You create good, neutral and evil dialogue ... (or you should, even tho it seems like Larian didnt do even that sometimes ... see the example abowe) ...
Then you pick some archetypes for each class and race ...
And from time to time you add that racial, or class...ial? dialogue option to mixure, to spice things up a little.
Either people will fit your archetype, or they simply need to work with what else they have at their disposal.
