Playing a good character is easy. You make all the noble choices and get to enjoy a 20 reputation well before the end of the game. Playing neutral or evil is slightly more challenging in that aspect. There are times when you want your rep to be low to keep your evil NPCs happy. Also, for dream sequences, your rep determines whether you get a good dream (and corresponding power, cure light wounds/slow poison/draw up the holy might) or an evil dream (minor drain, horror, vampiric touch). It is too bad there is no neutral dreams/powers.
To get an evil dream your rep only need be 9 or lower. Unfortunately there are times when you get rep increases just for advancing the story line. So there is no way to avoid getting a rep increase for say, clearing out Nashkel mines. (side note, I do wish they would fix it so that evil NPCs don't complain everytime your rep goes up if it is going from 6 to 7...I mean we're still disliked. what's the problem Xzar?)
There are multiple times you can kill someone without suffering rep loss. However, I have found myself killing a random commoner just to get that rep down so I can get my evil dream.
One day, I killed the guy in Nashkel who pays bounties and he had a few thousand gold on him. No one was around so it didn't trigger any hostiles. So this got me thinking, there has to be many situations where bringing your rep down for practical (evil) purposes can be profitable as well.
Your thoughts?
To get an evil dream your rep only need be 9 or lower. Unfortunately there are times when you get rep increases just for advancing the story line. So there is no way to avoid getting a rep increase for say, clearing out Nashkel mines. (side note, I do wish they would fix it so that evil NPCs don't complain everytime your rep goes up if it is going from 6 to 7...I mean we're still disliked. what's the problem Xzar?)
There are multiple times you can kill someone without suffering rep loss. However, I have found myself killing a random commoner just to get that rep down so I can get my evil dream.
One day, I killed the guy in Nashkel who pays bounties and he had a few thousand gold on him. No one was around so it didn't trigger any hostiles. So this got me thinking, there has to be many situations where bringing your rep down for practical (evil) purposes can be profitable as well.
Your thoughts?