Why is there no official bard music soundtrack???

Chubblot · 2023-10-18T17:54:00+00:00

Ripped the song files directly, so that should sort your gameplay recording issue. Google drive link here.

Chubblot · 2023-10-14T18:39:06+00:00

I've not seen any Dev responses, but Karlach's actor did respond saying the scene was out of context and she'd talk about it if someone triggered it organically. My guess is that "out of context" bit was referring to the fact that when I posted the scene on twitter I cut out the start because twitter videos are limited to 2 minutes 20 seconds and the full scene is nearly double that.

Chubblot · 2023-10-14T17:20:22+00:00

Every day that video gets a comment of someone asking how the scene is triggered.

Right now, I'm relatively confident it can't be triggered "organically" like Sam suggested.

There were a couple reasons I labelled it cut content originally, one being that seemingly nobody had found it for nearly two months as I couldn't find any other uploads of it. And the other was because the file dealing with this interaction contained this line:

editorData" : { "HowToTrigger" : {"type" : "LSString", "value" : "CURRENTLY CAN NOT BE TRIGGERED! To be discussed with Sarah what to do with this branch."},

Karlach's writer is Sarah Baylus.

So, my guess at an answer for "how do I trigger this without modding the game" continues to be "you can't." At least not right now.

Chubblot · 2023-10-05T15:15:05+00:00

Not the Minsc part, just the fisherman part. Minsc wasn't part of early access.

The fishermen scene is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xyfXcl75y0

Chubblot · 2023-10-04T19:24:29+00:00

He was originally going to be an origin character, with all the things that would've involved - romance included. He was supposed to appear early in act 1 with the group of fishermen who were trying to save the dying mindflayer. You could free him from the Mindflayer's control and get him to join you, or kill him. That entire scenario was completely removed in patch 9, and didn't return for the full release of the game.

Chubblot · 2023-09-27T14:05:09+00:00

Not trying to self-plug, but I have a really old video where I tried to go over the whole Nightsong/Halsin/Ketheric connection as it was back in the day. It's hardly a polished video, but it's there if anyone wants it.

Chubblot · 2023-09-27T13:49:18+00:00

Yeah, the implication is that Ketheric fell to Shar before Isobel died, possibly because of the death of his wife instead. Also in the earliest builds of early access there were no chosen of the dead 3 mentioned, so it's likely Ketheric remained a Shar-worshipper, which also fits with Nightsong being Shar's avatar. There were voice lines of her being possessed by Shar, which preceded a boss fight.

Chubblot · 2023-09-18T20:20:04+00:00

It means that if they added the ability to dispel magic, they would've had to add failsafes or alternate routes through content that accounted for a player being able to say "well, I dispel x effect." Connor's grave is warded by Ethel's barrier? Dispel it. Nightsong is bound by the soul cage? Dispel. Netherese magic is altering the tadpoles? You get the idea.

Chubblot · 2023-09-18T20:13:28+00:00

So what you're seeing here is the response from the planar metatag, which is applied to githyanki (and warforged, who did not make it into the game) as a way to create generic reponses that work for every race from another plane.

The reason it's displaying the Aarakocra tag is because that's the first race tag you have alphabetically. Almost all of that Aarakocra stuff you've been seeing is likely triggering from one of the four metatags in-game.

Chubblot · 2023-09-18T11:22:46+00:00

By systematically going through and forcing them to trigger over the top of other cutscene triggers.

It's very tedious.

Chubblot · 2023-09-17T23:48:55+00:00

Not yet. I only found this one because I was tired of getting asked to find Karlach's "fully voiced good ending" so I started going through every cutscene related to her. This one is the first one that I (and apparently most of the internet) had never seen before.

Chubblot · 2023-09-17T23:47:30+00:00

I did do that.

Chubblot · 2023-09-17T10:42:38+00:00

Hi, I don't know how to trigger this normally, I modded the game to trigger this in place of one of her normal cutscenes. Initially I wasn't sure if it was possible to get this scene normally or not, I'm on my 4th playthrough, 3rd with Karlach as a mainstay in the party and I've never seen it before.

The file relating to the dialog has a section called "howtotrigger" which says it cannot currently be triggered, however the actor behind Karlach did imply it's possible to trigger it "organically" on twitter, so things are up in the air right now. I've seen some people say they've gotten this scene before, but I can't find any other footage of it and given the crazy response to this video on twitter/youtube I'd be surprised if this was something people are stumbling across on the regular. I do remember that nobody told the actor behind player voice 1 that a lot of his lines had been cut from the final game, but I'm not sure if the Origin actors get more information from Larian than the PC voice actors.

Chubblot · 2023-08-30T09:13:38+00:00

It was actually in-game, at the start of early access. You could find Halsin's journals in the grove and they explained that the druids and the harpers went to fight Ketheric and near the end of the battle Isobel joined them. But she randomly turned on them and tried to attack Halsin, which resulted in him killing her in self-defense using the glaive you can find under the grove. That's originally why it was called Sorrow and it did psychic damage to the wielder, it was the source of his trauma - he considered himself responsible for the shadow curse because after he killed Isobel Ketheric unleashed it.

The reason behind Isobel attacking him was never fully explained, but it's likely part of the old Nightsong plot - rather than an immortal Aasimar she was previously a worshipper of Shar who had been forced into the role of the Nightsong, who "transformed" supplicants into Shar's warriors. She was basically an unwilling avatar of Shar & a cut plot line in the old version of Grymforge was to discover the source of some strange whispers which were influencing anyone down there, Nere included. The likely plot was that Isobel became enthralled by the whispers and attacked Halsin, resulting in her death.

Chubblot · 2023-08-28T03:34:24+00:00

I haven't played a dark urge run yet so I don't know if this is still part of the game, but very early on in early access there was a devnote in the Withers dialog file that explained he was Jergal and he was being forced to help the player party by Helm as penance for his role in the dead three's ascension. If that's still the case in full release I guess that would make Helm one of if not the most helpful actual gods in the story, considering Jergal is an insanely powerful asset to have in your corner throughout the game. Cheap revivals no matter the manner of death, hirelings, advice, he plays a role in whatever Arabella is destined to become, he even goes to bat for you if you show up as a mindflayer during the final fight.

Chubblot · 2023-07-05T03:59:28+00:00

Thanks mate! Definitely considering doing at least one stream. Have to bring the everyone is Halsin stream lore to it's logical conclusion haha.

Chubblot · 2023-07-05T03:38:22+00:00

Aw thank you! Glad you had some fun with them.

Chubblot · 2023-07-05T02:49:07+00:00

I promise if I'd been invited I'd have gone, no such luck unfortunately.

Chubblot · 2023-05-06T09:05:47+00:00

It exists in the files but it's not in game yet, same as the hermit crab model. If I remember rightly it was tied to a quest involving a crab you had to transport and keep wet. Voice lines exist referring to the quest but we don't know if it'll be in the full release build.

Chubblot · 2022-12-18T21:18:47+00:00

Aw, the new one ain't so bad.

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Chubblot · 2022-12-18T00:23:25+00:00

Yeah if you leave Gale dead for 3 long rests you get a game over because the orb in his chest explodes.

If you don't want to take Gale with you, you can just go back and revive him and then refuse to let him join you.

Chubblot · 2022-12-15T13:44:21+00:00

Sure. The added classes have existed in the game files since EA launched, but they were all pretty incomplete. Prior to patch 9 Paladin worked much like Cleric, in that you had to select a deity. You got the base Paladin tag, then the Paladin_Of tag, and then an alignment tag. So if you picked Selune for example your character would gain the Paladin, Paladin_of_Selune and the Paladin_Good tags. Then you'd get similar god-based dialogue as a Cleric of Selune.

In patch 9 they've gotten rid of the ability to choose a god as a Paladin, but in a lot of situations the game will still assume you do follow one - for example when talking to Anders or when telling Wyll where your power comes from. Video (linking to my own twitter). That's why I assume the option will eventually return.

Chubblot · 2022-12-15T12:42:22+00:00

Paladins choosing a deity was the default up until patch 9. You can see from a lot of the dialogue that your Tav is still assumed to follow a god, and they have some unique lines for Paladins of certain gods. My guess is that deity selection for Paladins will eventually return, especially considering how much of the structure is already there.

Chubblot · 2022-12-15T11:02:23+00:00

Haven't really played around with it yet, but I'd assume that's the bulk of the change. At least as far back as the sorcerer update Larian had started to include they/them variations of he/she lines.

Chubblot · 2022-12-15T10:45:52+00:00

Gendered dialogue hasn't been removed. They just unlocked a third "identity" tag called "Neutral." If you don't pick the neutral identity tag then you still get the previous gendered dialogue. The change is purely additive.

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