05-22-2023, 08:18 AM
First. I have to say how thoroughly I am enjoying this mod. I've long thought Skie had potential in BG1 (but played with her only once because she came with that sleazy slimeball Eldoth), then SoD came and realized what I thought might be appropriate and immediately regretted that she died and we couldn't save her. So I looked around for possible mod content and found this. Great. The character writing is very good and fits seamlessly into her SoD personality while giving her the character development required for an adventurer. Also it's the best kind of game content, the kind that triggers little scenes in your mind. Such as my party stumbling out of the beholder lair of the Unseeing Eye quest half covered in all kinds of substances you'd better not think about too closely (Skie even comments on it as you enter), and my sorceress Mirah and Skie looking at each other, and without a word needing to be said, heading off to the next bathhouse, dressing up and then having a nice meal at the city's best inn, not without commenting how odd it is that in a city as large as Athkatla, there isn't anything that comes close to the Three Old Kegs. Don't look at us like that, Jaheira, we're not decadent, we're civilized.
Speaking of the beholder lair, both the scene where you have a bottle of wine together, and a little later the scene where the messenger from her father arrives, triggered when I was there, which felt decidedly odd to say the least. How the heck did the messenger get in here? It may be a mod interaction problem (possible culprit: "More Interjections" from the Tweaks Anthology) but I'll mention it here just in case. This shouldn't trigger in dungeons, even less so in dungeons inaccessible outside of certain quests.
Now for the questions: Is there any significant content for Skie in the Underdark, and is there any other quest after the letter from her father arrives, if you have not installed Eddard? I am facing the usual difficult decision of who to take to Spellhold, and having Skie *and* Imoen would require me to leave others I'd rather not do without in the Underdark in this SCS run. Also, I've never played ToB with a single-class Thief in the party, and I wonder if she can hold her own with SCS and Ascension installed.
Speaking of the beholder lair, both the scene where you have a bottle of wine together, and a little later the scene where the messenger from her father arrives, triggered when I was there, which felt decidedly odd to say the least. How the heck did the messenger get in here? It may be a mod interaction problem (possible culprit: "More Interjections" from the Tweaks Anthology) but I'll mention it here just in case. This shouldn't trigger in dungeons, even less so in dungeons inaccessible outside of certain quests.
Now for the questions: Is there any significant content for Skie in the Underdark, and is there any other quest after the letter from her father arrives, if you have not installed Eddard? I am facing the usual difficult decision of who to take to Spellhold, and having Skie *and* Imoen would require me to leave others I'd rather not do without in the Underdark in this SCS run. Also, I've never played ToB with a single-class Thief in the party, and I wonder if she can hold her own with SCS and Ascension installed.