Bohdi or Gaelen Bayle (spoiler requested)

firewings95 · Post by **firewings95** » Sun Jan 13, 2002 10:37 pm

who should i belong to. do you get more xp for going on Bohdi's side? what are the benefits of each one? if i do go on Bohdi's side will there be bad consequences? i play a firly good alignment. maybe there's better items to be had when going for the shadow theives.

i need all opinions and consequences to better my decision. thanks to al that respond.

UserUnfriendly · Post by **UserUnfriendly** » Sun Jan 13, 2002 11:58 pm

bodhi, lose keldorn if you take her side. however you do get rifthome axe, second best to only azuredge for usefullness, and better stats than dwarveer thrower.

fable · Post by **fable** » Mon Jan 14, 2002 3:21 am

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Joining the Shadow Thieves gives you an easier fight, provided your cleric has the main anti-Undead spells (like False Dawn). Joining Bodhi means an interminable but fun battle against the entire might of the Shadow Thieves, with a really tough fight at the end. The rewards are somewhat better with Bodhi, but in the end, she'll betray you, anyway.

ernme4vr · Post by **ernme4vr** » Mon Jan 14, 2002 10:55 am

SPOILER?
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Technically, both sides betray you somehow. Bohdi in the Asylum I believe, and Linval by hiring the ship captain, and even admitted that he betrayed you. I enjoyed the Shadow Theives much more though.

- King of Hearts

Quitch · Post by **Quitch** » Mon Jan 14, 2002 1:26 pm

Ally with Bodhi and you, uh, lose out on certain aid later.

Xyx · Post by **Xyx** » Mon Jan 14, 2002 2:24 pm

Side with Bodhi, and you'll get to kill all of them eventually.

UserUnfriendly · Post by **UserUnfriendly** » Mon Jan 14, 2002 2:42 pm

I think it was Xyx and I who hashed out in a forum, and xyx won, (he cheats....somehow) by pointing out if you side with bodhi, you get to destroy shadow thieves in athlankh....and in chapt 6 you get to waste bodhi as well. so you are serving the cause of goody too shoed ness by siding with bodhi. too bad keldy didn't see it that way...

now me, I am playing a neutral type, so even though I enjoy slughtering theives, its slightly more challenging to the party with good cleric support, since with good cleric support bohis lair is a joke...

I will side with theves to maintain Natures balance by leaving the thieves with a power base intact, so they can balance out the council.

Yoshimo · Post by **Yoshimo** » Mon Jan 14, 2002 3:55 pm

Spoiler question(Seriously unelss you've played Act 6 I wouldnt read)

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If you side with Bohdi in act 3, Drizzt wont help you in act 6? or the order of the radient heart wont help you? Always gone with the thieves myself.....

firewings95 · Post by **firewings95** » Mon Jan 14, 2002 6:45 pm

so if i go bohdi's way i'll get more xp more not so good items and if i go shadow theives way i get les xp and better items? in the long run what happens? are there any benefits to accepting bohdi or shadow theieves?

Aramant · Post by **Aramant** » Mon Jan 14, 2002 8:51 pm

Why don't you just do both? Do one, then the next. I mean, really. I thought games were meant to be played, not conquered.

Morlock · Post by **Morlock** » Mon Jan 14, 2002 11:04 pm

I followed my conciense on this one. You see I've always seen the Shadow thieves as evil, but in a weird way I havn't realy thought about vampires enough to see them as evil.So in my mind the shadow thieves are more evil than the vampires.

So of course I sided with them

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Xyx · Post by **Xyx** » Thu Jan 17, 2002 6:40 am

SPOILER (Continued)
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If you side with Bodhi, Drizzt and the MNOOTRH (the Order) will still help you, but if you side with the thieves, you can also get Arkanis Gath to come along. He fights and disarms a few traps.

And no, he doesn't bring his KILLSWORD.

firewings95 · Post by **firewings95** » Fri Jan 18, 2002 12:09 pm

and you can't do both quests aramant. god man. say stuff that u know the answer to instead for saying some BS. thanks everyone for answering. i think i'm going with Bohdi. don't want to fight those vamps.

Kassaras · Post by **Kassaras** » Fri Jan 18, 2002 12:17 pm

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Um,as a matter of fact you WILL fight them at the end of chapter 6.

Bobsy · Post by **Bobsy** » Fri Jan 18, 2002 12:25 pm

It's basically a question of the worse of two evils. The shadow Thieves are nasty, but their not sadistic unholy monsters.

It's an excellent piece of plot by Bioware. Instead of doing a straight good-evil choice of aliegence, you're forced to side with people you don't like.

Of course if you're a thief and have your guild you won't get the choice. Bumber.

Kassaras · Post by **Kassaras** » Fri Jan 18, 2002 12:36 pm

My NE assassin was forced to side with the shadow thieves even when I did not have the guild.THAT was a disappointment.I think that Bodhi will not accept a thief

DaJir · Post by **DaJir** » Fri Jan 18, 2002 1:11 pm

I'd side with bohdi, you get nifty evil quests. And you also get a mess of potions from kill'n shadow thiefs. And my mage/thief multi sided with bohdi just fine and i didn't have mage stronghold.

Wolf_pd · Post by **Wolf_pd** » Mon Jan 21, 2002 8:25 am

I played them both (in 2 different games) and I am wondering, if you choose sides with Bodhi, you can't go into Mae'var's and you can't get to Edwin. Is there a way to get Edwin if you choose sides with Bodhi?

Curdis · Post by **Curdis** » Mon Jan 21, 2002 5:55 pm

Get Edwin before making a choice. - Curdis

Wolf_pd · Post by **Wolf_pd** » Tue Jan 22, 2002 3:02 am

@ Curdis that means I am unlucky, my roommates said something similar. Too bad, I think I work with Nalia then instead