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I have tried to reset perks and confirm that it does not fix the issue.

I took some screenshots.

[hide][Cynthia Catsby's Powers of Friendship are Untrained(Critical Failure).] For now.



The solution to every problem. She really did show Alaethe what she was capable of though.



This pretty much encapsulates the friendship between Cynthia and Alaethe perfectly.



The Language of Slaadi.



Frog Mom.



The Grand Summoning of Charles the Megaslaad...



... was a musical number.



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RIP Frog Mom.

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Bye Cynthia.

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I'd like to propose this feat be added. I think it's cool, a lot of fun and opens up many interesting multiclass options. Maybe it would have to be adjusted to fit EfU but I think it'd be fine as is.

For those who are unfamiliar with the feat,
[hide]Choose a spellcasting class that you possess. Your spells cast from that class are more powerful.
Prerequisite: Spellcraft 4 ranks.
Benefit: Your caster level for the chosen spellcasting class increases by +4. This can't increase your caster level beyond your HD. However, even if you can't benefit from the full bonus immediately, if you later gain non-caster-level HD you maybe able to apply the rest of the bonus.
For example, a human 5th-level cleric/3rd-level fighter who selects this feat would increase his cleric caster level from 5th to 8th (since he has 8 HD). If he later gained a fighter level, he would gain the remainder of the bonus and his cleric caster level would become 9th (since he now has 9 HD).
A character with two or more spellcasting classes (such as a bard/sorcerer or a ranger/druid) must choose which class gains the feat's effect.
This does not affect your spells per day or spells known, it only increases your caster level, which would help you penetrate SR and increase the duration and other effects of your spells.
Special: You may select this feat multiple times. Each time you choose it, you must apply it to a different spellcasting class. For instance, a 4th-level cleric/5th-level wizard who had selected this feat twice would cast cleric spells as an 8th-level caster and wizard spells as a 9th-level caster. [/hide]

It's Alaethe Alanchi.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/lj8gilm9li4yqwb/AAAN5knO9G0Bzg-GOPzTcwfPa?dl=0

I don't think it's supposed to say these things. Except the part about it not being wise to eat it. I'm sure that's accurate in any case.

I liked Genovalio. Not getting to hang out with him more than I did and not being there at the end were regrets.

I have some screenshots. Sadly not as many as I'd hoped.

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Guide to how to be a paladin and how to be a GREAT paladin:




Will House GLITT win the next tournament as their captain ordered?






Genovalio was Annie's good friend.




Genovalio conducts careful diplomacy between the great houses of the Peerage Ward.




Maybe someday House Glitt will have fresh meat again.




As a paladin, Genovalio possessed astute powers of observation.




Genovalio during his short-lived character arc as a drunken paladin.

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One of the things that I liked about ringrunning is that some of the keystones and things you pick up along the way aren't like the others. They've got their own uses other than just getting you through the doors. Perhaps keystones of prominent or difficult rings could more often have unique features (the theme of which is appropriate for their respective ring as is the case with such trinkets I've seen so far). Maybe a cool text prompt when used to show off or indicate dire implications as a nice reward for your efforts. If my ringrunner weren't dead I'd definitely have a macro set up for one such item.

On the subject of starting over, while I don't have an issue with such if I were going to play another ringrunner I can understand that people might be discouraged to go through it all again after losing their hard-earned progress. There are definitely rings that I'd prefer to skip (not because I think they're bad or too hard, they're just time-consuming). Maybe there could be an explorable with some ringrunner merchants that sell a single random key (not keystones, obviously). You could sell treasured keys to veteran ringrunners (or they could try to murder you for it), maybe it'll encourage your PC to start ringrunning, or you might get a useless key to a ring you'll never reach (or perhaps you'll be a wicked cool dude with a key to the fabled ring 1).

Since people talked about a ringrunner store or something, maybe the acquisition of keystones could also grant one-time prestige reward (or other point-based currency) so you could get some cool stuff from your faction. Not necessarily ringrunner specific, just an extra source of these points. Though I suppose this might be a point of contention as I recall a while back people didn't like PCs in associations heading off into deep rings instead of sticking around in Ring 99 where they're based. Honestly though I personally find that disagreeable (and discouraging to prospective ringrunners or people that want to experience everything EfU has to offer) because I could probably come up  with several reasonable reasons why most of the associations should think progression through the rings is a worthwhile endeavor that should earn them at least begrudging respect.

Lastly, I totally felt cheated when I learned that some rings had been made less difficult. Besides the in-character reasoning for ringrunning, being a very badass veteran ringrunner had its own appeal and I wanted to suffer as those before me suffered (I also wanted other people to likewise suffer). Fortunately my character was pretty shit (and so was I) so I got to at least suffer some.

Madelaine was a good one. Miss Cluckgoo was a Great (Old) One. I always considered it a shame that Annie didn't get a chance to interact more with Madelaine.

I liked Clyde.

A long long time ago I took some screenshots for my own amusement but they're relevant to this thread.

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Once, Clyde was a would-be Slayer of Rats and spread dreadful propaganda about them.



She summoned a rat and Clyde made a promise that I guess he kept in the end.



Rats are an example to us all, really.

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Bye Clyde.

*nods*

I think that improving the implementation of school specialization is a worthwhile endeavor because stuff like that is fun. I don't think this is the right approach though since I'm also of the opinion that wizards aren't in need of a buff and perks should be a sorcerer thing.

For one, removing the forbidden school is already taking away from what it means to specialize in a school, that you're giving up some magic to be better at other. Granted it doesn't work out so well in base NWN but EfU is already doing things that can improve specialization where your chosen school affects your spells. This is how I think school specialization should manifest, you get your extra spell slots and the spells you cast of your chosen school have more powerful effects. I also think that wizards should be able to choose their forbidden school instead of how NWN does it presently. I'd also go so far as to say they should have two forbidden schools but I imagine most people won't like that. Removing the forbidden school also removes the existence of generalist wizards and I don't think that should happen.

Removing their 5th level feat as a form of compensating for the perk isn't really so much as compensating as it is moving their 5th level feat to 1st level instead and then giving them some more stuff on top of that. Giving them a spell focus feat also doesn't really incentivize anything. I'd expect most wizards to pick schools based on what type of spells they want to cast so they'll be casting those spells anyway and they're still going to be casting all sorts of other spells regardless of what spell focus feats they have. Even moreso if they'd have no forbidden schools.

What EfU is already doing that I think is great is that spell focus feats (greater spell focus in particular) unlock more powerful spell effects and I think this should be expanded upon instead. Though mostly I think that some of these added effects (maybe not all of them but definitely more powerful ones) should be unavailable to wizards unless they're specialized in that particular school because I don't think wizards need the buff.

But also what could be done is that a wizard casting outside their specialized school greatly increases the planar sickness generated and maybe everyone in the immediate vicinity should receive planar sickness (not just the target), incentivizing them to stick to their chosen school if they at all care about their own well being. And when it comes to wizard madness, maybe planar sickness could just have creative built-in buffs for wizards (randomized increased caster levels, %chance of recovering spell slots after casting spells, increased DC or added metamagic effects or other weird and unexpected effects) that aren't perk locked so they'd be at least tempted to go all in and go completely insane instead of cowering behind an arcane focus they only whip out when casting spells.

All in all, I think if you want to be a more powerful wizard you should be forced to go into the deep end of the planar sickness/wizard madness pool instead of just getting passive buffs from a perk.

Bye Andy.

Here are some screenshots I took.

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Originally the idea was to start a ringrunning crew called the Harpers. Because of the cloaks.



One time, we found an unconscious Arbiter in the Scraggleways and everyone did their best.



Andy knew how to have a good time.



I just thought this one was funny.



Much to my chagrin, Loops had Andrea's head changed so when she died, I corrected that mistake. Very sad times though.



Andy was pretty much larger than life. Also just large.



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Was the cloak in its original colors? Because if not then that's the reason why it wasn't accepted, probably.

Another bug with this one. He takes your money but makes no sending!

(Edit: The sending was delivered after a delay)

Bye Morgan.

As the better half of this sibling duo, I took screenshots.

[hide=Random Screenshots] Where it all began:


Where it started getting confusing:






Nice work, boss.


Shameful family secrets revealed:


The truth how Loops' other character died, maybe:


Possibly the best exchange to come out of this concept:


Even pre-chonk Morgan was too much:


I'm sad I didn't catch any good close-ups of the Morgan siblings together but I liked this one:


Her brother made the plans, not that it worked out:


Everyone liked her brother better:


One of many great adventures, with Fraudian slips included:






When thugs collide:


Morgan knows magic:


Chonk-statue achieve:


Morgan really knows magic:


Deepest Lore:


Living the life:


I didn't get any good screenshots of this fight:


Throwbacks and memes:


I didn't get any good screenshots of Morgan's biggest mistake in her life either:


I just thought this was a funny exchange:


No fun allowed:


Secret Nephezar Lore revealed:


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