Does Alignment effect Shop Prices?

Wild_Bill · Post by **Wild_Bill** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 7:52 am

So I've played the game all the way through with my Evil Lord. He red lined the evil alighnment early in the game and kept it that way. Now the traders keep telling him its possible to buy and sell between shops to make money. But Evil lord never seems to get a good price break, either buying or selling. If he does find a good deal and buys them up, he can't find anybody who will buy them from him at a decent price. Keep in mind his Guile is maxed.

Now I started off with another character whose more Goody - Goody. He seems to find good prices all the time. And he's been able to sell items for above normal price (especially gems). His Guile is level 5 or 6.

So does your Alignment effect sale prices? Or am I just imagining it?

stanolis · Post by **stanolis** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 12:30 pm

no idea

are the prices affected by everyone or just passerby traders?

how good looking are you? how scary are you?
these might also affect trading

i'm probably on my 4 or 5 character and all my prices have basically been the same.
different alignment, different scariness, but always high on looks

i tried trading to make money (buy low/sell high), but i never seemed to make much money
so spent most of my time renting/gambling

Wild_Bill · Post by **Wild_Bill** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 1:43 pm

Both are good looking

Evil guy is pretty scary +100, they run in terror from him. Makes it kind of hard to trade when the dude is bolting from me.

Good guy is not scary -51.

So maybe thats whats messing with the prices.

If effects wandering traders and shops. So at least its consistant.

fable · Post by **fable** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 2:20 pm

Traditionally, alignment and/or reputation has had a marked effect in RPGs on merchant prices. In BG2, for example, a high reputation netted you lower prices, while a low reputation--killing or stealing from folks--meant closed doors and guards coming after you. It stands to reason, doesn't it?

Bloodthroe · Post by **Bloodthroe** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 8:07 am

No, I don't think so. Only Guile and how much they have in stock of that item effects the cost of it. Renown might effect it too, I don't think so though. Alignment does however effect the cost of some spells. Which I was confused when it said 2092 (-212) for a spell. The -212 was from my alignment. Heh I like equiping all bright clothes before I level up my healing and physical shield spell. Then reequiping my plate and chainmail armor.

Bloodthroe · Post by **Bloodthroe** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 8:16 am

[QUOTE=stanolis]i tried trading to make money (buy low/sell high), but i never seemed to make much money
so spent most of my time renting/gambling[/QUOTE]yeah after you play the card game 6 times and finally get the hang of it. You can beat it almost every time. With the exception of frying your brain from trying to memorize the positions of the cards from a dozen games in a row. Which is the only real problem I ever have with that game. So every once in a while I'll lose a game. But if you ever need any gold, its basically free for a small amount of your time and energy. ...I got the gamebler tattoo on my back to represent my chosen lifestyle, yes it's relevant.

stanolis · Post by **stanolis** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 11:23 am

hook's coast

the gambling in hook's coast is way easier than the others

but for the those not at hook's coast yet, TRY THIS

use time slow right before you enter the knothole game, and you can take your time selecting the cards

slow time could probably work in twinblades camp too

too bad they do not allow spells in bowerstone

i always felt that the blackjack guy was cheating, maybe i just have bad luck

my all-time favorite game is coin golf in oakvale, i've spent thousands trying to hone my game into "hole-in-one"s

Bloodthroe · Post by **Bloodthroe** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 11:28 am

@stanolis

Omg. I haven't gotten that far into the game, but lol I can't believe you're able to use slow time to cheat in the gambling. That's funny. I might try it with my new character who I've decided doesn't need all the spells I researched from my prototype character.