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Critical Hit Exclamations, and Incantations
Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2001 6:31 pm
by EMINEM
For the sake of trivia (and because I have nothing better to do with my life at the moment), who remembers what the NPCs exclaim whenever they land a critical hit on an enemy? Also, when a mage is casting a spell, what the heck is he saying? Here are some answers:
Keldorn: Torm take you!
Imoen: Gotcha good!
Aerie: Oh my!
Minsc: Ha! Ha! (I believe Boo squeals in the background when he says this)
Korgan: Stonebreaker! (Though with his strong Scottish accent, it sounds more like STON-BRAY-KAH!!
Nalia: Yes! (in an almost sexual way!)
Yoshimo: Hiya!
... and I forget the rest.
And when a spellcaster casts a spell, doesn't his incantations sounds like -
"GRAY SI ALIA FERRO!" ? in a long drawn-out English accent? Certianly does to me, though I might be the only one who cares.
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Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2001 7:15 pm
by Mr. Clark
Actually, I beleive Korgan says "a Skullbreaker!" (which makes more sense really)
Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2001 7:21 pm
by HighWatcher Zubie
IIRc Jaheira's is "With vengence!"
Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2001 10:09 pm
by Meerlight
Don't forget Jan:
"Take that you turnip hating scum!"
Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2001 10:12 pm
by Vehemence
Don't go forgetting any mages "Polka Imperium"!
Edwin also yells "Ha! Fear Me" with his critical hit.
Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2001 10:16 pm
by Amphibius
I think Cernd says "With Nature's Fury!"
Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2001 10:40 pm
by ReignsOfPower
NameLess One = DIE!
Vahilor = YIELD!
Dak'kon = The Karrach Sings Ture!
Morte = Did you see that?
Nordom = Most Efficient Strike!
B.T.W = Minsc says WA HEY! not ha! ha!
Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2001 12:57 am
by Lucian_Garland
hmm, it sounds to me that cernd says "nature strike!" with each crit from him
sounds cool
Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2001 1:55 am
by Xyx
Viconia: "Ultrinnan!" (IIRC, and it always sounds to me like "Ultra-man!"
Yoshi: "Hiya! Yeah."
Edwina: "Ha! Even hand-to-hand I am dangerous!"
Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2001 6:29 am
by Yshania
or battle cries:
Jaheira:
"Nature! Take back the life you gave!" one of my favorites
and what was the Minsc one about dancing on his blade?
Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2001 7:26 am
by Xyx
"Jump on my blade while you can, evil. I won't be as gentle!"
Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2001 7:35 am
by TheDude
Korgan: skullbreaker
Cernd: natures strike
Hear'dalis: strike him low (or something)
favorite of Jan:
beware your knees are mine
what does Mazzy, valygar and anomen say??
Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2001 7:43 am
by Catcher
EMINEM - Listening as closely as I can during non-pitched battle, the incantations sound mostly like Latin. I've especially picked up on the "Ferrum" (Iron) word in the Armor spell. I'm playing an abjurer right now and a 4 point AC improvement that lasts 9 hours is just too sweet to pass up.
I'll try to see if I can pickup other terms in certain spells, but its been a decade plus since I've had Latin so I'm not guaranteeing anything.
Latin would make sense because it sounds impressive, is the a basis for many other languages so it will sound, at least familiar, and you can create some instant phrases without having to invent your own language.
As to the crits, I've just started playing about 2 weeks ago so I'm not a good one to add to the list. I haven't heard my PCs yet, unfortunately.
Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2001 9:05 am
by aVENGER2k
Originally posted by TheDude:
<STRONG>Hear'dalis: strike him low (or something)</STRONG>
I think HD says : "For the Doomguard,I strike a blow!" or "A solid blow!" in a kinda c00l way
Here are some of the less spectacular frazes
PC(Monk?): Mine is the Fist of Fury !!!
Anomen: Take that!
Mazzy: Aha!
Valygar: Good hit!
Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2001 9:31 am
by Rodo
About the spells, every school of magic has a different light (that thing that shows up in front of the caster) and respectively the same phrase. I'm pretty sure evocation is "entaros tulkan impiria", I can't remember the other ones right now
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Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2001 1:53 pm
by MordorMan
There are different phrases for wizards but not a sperate one for every spell, which would be nice I think. Doesn't a spell have it's own unique wording? Also it would be nice if you were able to predict an enemy spell by lisening carefully to what the enemy spellcaster is saying.
I think the spells are supposed to sound latin but I can not make out any real latin phrases. One thing that strikes me is that one of the female voice actors does a terrible job of phrasing the spells, one voice has a heavy american english acent which doesn't mix well with latin.
MM
Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2001 3:08 pm
by MordorMan
Originally posted by Xyx:
<STRONG>Viconia: "Ultrinnan!" (IIRC, and it always sounds to me like "Ultra-man!"
</STRONG>
What does "Ultrinnan" mean? Anyone speak Drow?
I also thought she was saying "ultra-man!" and referring to me.
MM
Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2001 4:16 pm
by MAC
Im also curious to know the right spelling of these incantations, like the healing spells, I can recognize the word MORTIS there...
Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2001 6:47 pm
by EMINEM
You know something? All these mysterious incantations could be subliminal messages designed by Bioware and company to get us ever more addicted to their games.
"Ultranin" might mean "Ignore the time"
"Polka Imperium" might mean "Play it again, sam" and "Gracie Alia Ferro" might mean "Great must be your hero." I mean, how many spells do you cast each gaming session? About fifty? Now how many times in the past month alone have you heard "Ultranin" "Polka Imperium" and "Gracie Alia Ferro?" How many times since you bought the game? It came out in November, so that means... 6400 times!
Without even trying, you can remember what these incantations sound like in your head. It's practically burned into our memories, and implemented in our daily lives!
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Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2001 9:08 pm
by MAC
Hum... That is interesting, EMINEM...
THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE...