I AM MAKING NO PROMISES. However, college semester is almost over, I've finished playing SoD and I've put in more work in my NPC mod this week than I had for the rest of the year. The writing spirit has returned to me so I'm planning for future mods after I complete Sirene for BG2. While I'd rather create an entirely new character, too many of my original character concepts get shelved due to the effort spent in brainstorming personalities, subplots, getting portraits, etc. that I've resolved for something simpler. I am creating a poll right now to see which of the following is most wanted among the community.
NPC Candidates
Alora
Garrick
Kagain
Safana
Shar-Teel
NPCs with functional mods with full content (banters, etc.) aka the following: Coran, Xan, Branwen, Kivan, Tiax, Skie (yes, there was one by Lava DelVortel, unfortunately its continuity is now shafted by SoD), Quayle (again I believe there is one), Yeslick and Ajantis are out.
NPCs significantly integrated into the BG2 plot aka Dynaheir, Khalid and Faldorn are also out. In the case of the first two, Minsc and Jaheira's continuity depends on them being dead. In Faldorn's case, I do not want to mess with the Trademeet plot. Safana is an EXCEPTION due to how minor her sub-plot is (and it was supposedly made as a joke to begin with)
Xzar and Montaron are out. They're minor enough to make into joinable NPCs but crazies, psychos and sociopaths are not my thing. Even if I didn't find them boring, I don't think I can do justice to the people who like them. Sorry.
Eldoth is also out. Because screw Eldoth.
NPC Candidates: My Priority
Shar-Teel
Safana
Alora
Garrick
Kagain
What this means is that unless there's an overwhelming amount of desire for a Kagain mod (let's say 70% of votes) I probably won't do it. That being said, I'm not ruling anything out. Maybe there really are a bunch of dwarf-philes (not a real word) out there aside from Grum (sorry for calling you out if you see this).
Romances
Yes... if I don't bring this up someone else most assuredly will. I'm not much of a romance writer (Sirene's romance path is proving to be hell to write) but I know some people would love them. I'll try my best, if it's what people really want.
Shar-Teel romance is guaranteed. Safana is likely. Alora is also quite likely (because all you shorty lovers have gone deprived of love for too long). Garrick is a maybe. Kagain is a straight no.
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What do you guys think? Who would you like for me to continue the tale for? Again, I make no promises. It will likely be a long time before I can deliver, if ever. But all I want is an opinion.
Oh, and this is for the mods: I've posted in General Discussions because it seems to get the most traffic. This might be against the rules, so feel free to move it. I would have named "Which of the following do you want in BG2" but then it wouldn't cover the main gist of the topic. My apologies in advance.
By the way, my predictions for order of popularity: Alora, Kagain, Shar-Teel, Safana, Garrick. Feel free to prove me wrong.
