Another Jaheria Romance Q (spoiler[s])

Crimson Tide · Post by **Crimson Tide** » Sat May 04, 2002 7:14 pm

Yes, another one of these 'I need help with the Jaheria Romance'. &$@# (read: grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr *gag* *cough* *weeze* *rrrrrrrrrrrrr... r*), that thing is buggy.

Anyhew, first question: What the heck is with this Bohdi abducting your romance and sharpening his/her teeth and giving him/her a taste for things 'red'. I've never been able to initiate this sequence (but I wasn't really trying a romance those other times, oh well). I'm romancing Jaheria (I mean, who wouldn't, I thought I heard her say something about Kahlid being loaded or something near Baldur's Gate), and ( spoiler alert ) I've gotten through the part where we find out Dermin was a traitor, yadda yadda yadda, let's kill you now, so on, and a few minutes later Dermin (or what's left) lies at my feet, and Jaheria is p!$$ed off. But I have been waiting for a romance line for a few days (RL days, not game days), and nothing. I have a few ideas why this happened, but I'm trying different things and I'm running out of options (other that restart, which I DON'T [emphasis on the D, O, N, and T] want to do). Is there a known bug there, or am I just skrewed up?

Next question, I have Shadowkeeper (haven't had it for a while, and I'm just pushing buttons and seeing what I can screw up

), and I am constantly looking at the Gobal Variables. I know that 'JAHERIAROMANCEACTIVE #' means something important, and I know that 1 (that is, the digit 1 in place of the #) means it has started, but what does 3 mean (have I passed some part of the romance?), and does it get any higher?

Glod · Post by **Glod** » Sat May 04, 2002 7:35 pm

3 is bad. You pissed her off with something in the way you killed Dermin (or possibly having too low a rep). 3 means she's kicked you to the curb. Either load up an earlier one and try hard to be peaceful etc (even though you won't succeed) or else just force it back to 2 ( you may have to reset lovetalk also).

Crimson Tide · Post by **Crimson Tide** » Sat May 04, 2002 8:31 pm

Would too HIGH of rep. be a problem too? Does this mean I get to go on a murderous rampage through Athkatla and kill a few commoners? WOO HOO!

EDIT: And where in Toril can I find this 'LOVETALK' I hear so much about. Have I not found the right button yet in Shadowkeeper or do I have to use a command I don't know with the CLUAConsole? Or is it something completely different?

Aqua-chan · Post by **Aqua-chan** » Sat May 04, 2002 9:45 pm

Well, Bodhi only abducts your love if you are romancing Anomen; she doesn't go after any of the female romances. Sorry...

Other than that, I can't help ya. I never did the Jaheira romance, I think she's to much of a mother figure.

~A.

Sabre · Post by **Sabre** » Sat May 04, 2002 10:22 pm

JaheiraRomanceActive = 3, means that the romance have ended badly - you have chosen a wrong dialogue or done something that she does not like. Change this 2, and the romance should continue.

As for the LoveTalk variable, move the scroll bar under the portrait in Shadow Keeper until Jaheira's portrait appear. Scroll across the top and click on the Affects tab. The LoveTalk variable is recorded there.

As for the abduction thing with Bodhi, it does happen with female romances. This occur in chapter 6, when you're fighting her; it also only work if the romance is active when you're confronting her, so this is the reason why it did not work for you, since Jaheira's romance is not active.

Rep does not have any effect on the romance, so you don't have to worry about that.

Crimson Tide · Post by **Crimson Tide** » Sat May 04, 2002 10:31 pm

You sure about the Bohdi thing? I can (and have, on several occasions) CreateItem() the bodies of all three women, who in the descriptions, say: <Fem Character> was bitten by Bohdi and turned into vampires (or vampyres, which ever you prefer), forcing you to slay her. And you know the story from then on. They even have them in the PlanetBaldursGate item bank. Take a look.

Aerie- miscbl
Jaheria- miscbn
Viconia- miscbo

EDIT: Thanks all.

Mini Me · Post by **Mini Me** » Sun May 05, 2002 12:48 am

Erm, excuse me, seeing as my Q is related:

Ages ago, first SoA game (when the world was young), I romanced Aerie (As a dwarf! Can you imagine that?"Err, give me a leg up so i can kiss you honey"). When I got to Bodhi I spoke with Bodhi about something about my love, then Aerie left the party and died, so I couldnt ressurect her. To solve it, I loaded Autosave, kicked her out, spoke to Bodhi, and recollected her, but Ive always wondered about it.

Mini

Thrar · Post by **Thrar** » Sun May 05, 2002 5:29 am

the way it is meant to happen - highlight for spoiler:

u have to play thru the whole romance, to its intended ending.
then, when u come to the graveyard in cpt6, bodhi will come, talk a bit, and take away the romanced char (Ano, Aerie, Jaheira, Vic, dunno with custom romances) completely, including items, so if u want to use ur MoD or amulet of power u should take it off him/her. when u fight bodhi on the second level, there will also be your loved one with her. kill everyone in the room, u will get ur stuff back, and his/her corpse. Look around here, u will find out what to do to resurrect.

btw, does ne1 know what happens when u come there during daytime? will bodhi approach u at the lair entrance, or does she ignore sunlight?

Sabre · Post by **Sabre** » Sun May 05, 2002 7:48 am

Originally posted by Thrar
btw, does ne1 know what happens when u come there during daytime? will bodhi approach u at the lair entrance, or does she ignore sunlight?

(This was part of the black text of the spoiler in the post)
The time is set to mid-night when you enter the district; so no matter what time you went there from, you'll arrive at mid-night and Bodhi will confront you.

Glod · Post by **Glod** » Sun May 05, 2002 12:02 pm

I had read (somewhere here I think) that you want a decent rep when you have the first confrontation in the harper hold so that Jahiera is right to be defending you. I dont have any first hand experience with it though so not sure.

MiniMe: That was supposed to happen. You'll see plenty of clues on what to do next if you play it through.