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Vanim mod

Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2003 1:35 pm
by Moondog
Has anyone played with this character yet? I've just installed the mod but I don't know where he's supposed to appear. :confused:

Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2003 2:37 pm
by Stilgar
Vanim?
Never heared about that mod.
Could it be you mean Valen?

Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2003 6:44 am
by Moondog
No, it's a neutral evil assasin, see:

http://fphfslinux.physik.uni-karlsruhe. ... art_e.html

Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2003 7:04 am
by Baldursgate Fan
Thanks for the link. Will try it this weekend and see how it goes. :)

Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2003 11:25 am
by Moondog
Vanim's location

Found him at last; he's in the Temple District, near one of the big statues (left one).

Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2003 8:49 am
by Baldursgate Fan
Ok, nice guy, doesn't talk much though. No noticeable bugs. Great with katanas, balanced stats and not overpowered. Not sure whether I can take him to ToB, so far so good in Ch 2. Recommendable. Going to side with Bodhi, collect Valen and see how it goes. Will need him to clear out the thieves' guild, lol. :)

Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2003 7:51 am
by Moondog
Banter and "quest" need some more work IMHO. Tashia and Kelsey score better on banter and quests but the game already has enough magic-users. A pure thief class character was lacking so far in BG2 (except for Yoshimo...). Anyway Vanim can be a usefull addition for your party. Don't you love backstabbing with a poisoned weapon??!! :D

Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2003 2:56 pm
by Stilgar
But why are all new NPC's that are thief class, assassins.
IMO the get to less thiefing skills, to be you're only thief in you're party, at least untill you return from the underdark.

Why not a good swashbuckler, or a multi-class fighter/thief

Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2003 11:28 am
by Moondog
Good point Stilgar. I have to admit that I don't use Vanim's thief skills (lockpicking etc.) yet , just the backstab and poison weapon skill. Thieving is done by my main character a Berserker-Thief.

What other new NPC assassins are you reffering to? :confused:

Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2003 12:04 pm
by Stilgar
Originally posted by Moondog
Good point Stilgar. I have to admit that I don't use Vanim's thief skills (lockpicking etc.) yet , just the backstab and poison weapon skill. Thieving is done by my main character a Berserker-Thief.

What other new NPC assassins are you reffering to? :confused:
I know TDD has a assassin, and I believe there is another assassin but it was never finished or is still in creation.
Assassin's are fun, but not very good thiefs.