Originally Posted by Boblawblah
Originally Posted by Zerubbabel
I'm not sure I ever understood why people hated a companion that was hostile, dismissive, and deeply cynical.

just a bit of rephrasing to make it clearer wink

Seriously though, first impressions are important. I still remember having to roll a series of ridiculously hard skill checks just for her to state the obvious "I'm a cleric of Sharr.". And if you fail a single one, the "bonus content" you get is "eff off, don't talk to me", so I simply stopped trying to talk to her. I don't care that she has a 'good' reason to be snarky, I care that she's snarky.

I still think that Larian doesn't know how to make characters without making them cynical and sarcastic. I think it's just baked into who they are. They're trying though, having SH say a simple, "hey, thanks for saving me, no really, thanks". was quite a nice change compared to her earlier nastiness.
You make a good point, but the way you rephrased my previous post reminds me that, in general,
Sensible character writing =/= Sensible RPG Companion writing.
There are predefined traits party members need which may sway the writing process away from what "makes sense" for a certain character to be outside of an RPG context.

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