Banter Previews

[Sister Vigilante]

With Nalia

 

Nalia: Tell me of Sembia, Angelo.

 

Angelo: Hmph. What do you want to know about it? The land of knives and smiles, everyone looking to make a copper. They’d sell their own mother for a gold. It was too much even for me, lass.

 

Nalia: But Sembia has no royalty or nobility, correct?

 

Angelo: I wouldn’t say that. They’ve royalty by gold, not by title. You won’t ‘scape royalty where’er you go; there’s always some sod thinks he’s better than some other sod. What are you getting at, anyway?

 

Nalia: I have been thinking...recently I’ve begun to have doubts, Angelo. Charity only goes so far. Now that I’ve seen the slums I realize, if I kept tossing coppers into it, I might as well be tossing them into a hole. It’s a terrible thought, but there you have it.

 

Nalia: There will always be more beggars. Charity lets you ease your conscience a while. What we need is a new system--we need to turn the whole thing on its head!

 

Angelo: Woah-ho! I don’t care for that talk. Take my word, lass, more harm was ever done by trying to change things than by letting them stay the same.

 

Nalia: The people need rights, Angelo. They need to be taught to think and to care for themselves.

 

Angelo: Then I can tell you, you’ll end up with Sembia. Take away the princes and one and all bow down to King Gold.

 

Nalia: Perhaps so, Angelo. Thank you for hearing me out. Still, I could not but wish it were different...I will continue to think on this.

 

 

With Valygar

 

Angelo: Val-dono! Fight me!

 

Valygar: What, whence comes this! Gods, you startled me. What wrong have I done you, Angelo?

 

Angelo: I won’t forgive you! I demand you fight me now!

 

Valygar: I tell you, friend, I meant you no ill; but tell me your quarrel and we shall discuss it like men.

 

Angelo: Coward! I spit on the memorial tablets of your ancestors!

 

Valygar: I warn you, do not make me mad; or you shall have your fight indeed. I demand that you tell me what the matter is!

 

Angelo: Matter? Oh, I just thought we’d have a bout. I’ve been itching for a Kara-Turan swordfight for ages, man.

 

Valygar: Then you have seen my skill in combat, Angelo. Judge for yourself whether you are my match. For my part, though, I would advise against it.

 

Angelo: Tough words, hah, hah!

 

Valygar: I only meant that all things being equal, I have devoted my life to the blade; and not spent it digging through tomes of vile magic.

 

 

With Minsc

 

Angelo: Minsc! How many cowled wizards does it take to light a lamp?

 

Minsc: Minsc does not understand you, repentant one. Where are the wizards, where is the lamp?

 

Angelo: It’s a joke, Minsc. If you don’t know I’ll tell you.

 

Minsc: Very well, Boo wishes to hear. He is always looking to further his education.

 

Angelo: Alright--one to light it, one to arrest the other for unauthorized use of magic. Eh?

 

Misc: Eh?

 

Angelo: You see...because the cowled wizards are always arresting people...and it’s as if they figure you couldn’t light a lamp without using magic, so...eh?

 

Minsc: Hmm. Minsc still does not understand you, but Boo tells him this is a most wise observation. Have you shared this wisdom with [CHARNAME]?

 

Angelo: Oh gods, nevermind.

[berelinde]

Very nice. Now which is which?

[Sister Vigilante]

Very nice. Now which is which?

 

The Minsc one is dead serious. I tried, but the way Bioware wrote him, it's so hard to inject humor into his character...

[Sister Vigilante]

And one with Anomen, since some people seemed to be curious. As may be apparent, this is not the first time the two have gotten on each others' bad sides...

 

 

Angelo: ...and that’s why it’s crucial to plant your feet before you swing. Otherwise you’ve no strength in the blow. You understand that, don’t you?

 

Anomen: ...

 

Anomen: Yes, my friend. I understand well. Thank you for the benefit of your counsel, and I shall make use of it. Now, you are a more learned soldier than I, but it so happens that I was raised in a noble--if rather degraded--household. Perhaps then I might offer you a piece of advice in return.

 

Angelo: What is it?

 

Anomen: By my troth, I know you are of humble origin, and can hardly help yourself. But among men in society there is a practice known as ‘bathing.’

 

Angelo: What are you talking about! The hells I don’t know what bathing is!

 

Anomen: The knowledge of a thing is far from the practice of it, it seems.

 

Angelo: You damned cheeky squire, I took a bath only...last...

 

Anomen: I had, as well, a most comprehensive education with the Order; and would fain be happy to teach you arithmetic, should you require it in order to calculate so large a span of time.

 

Angelo: I do not smell bad!

 

Anomen: Verily it befits a man to be fair in judgment, so I allow that the foul reek of your body is to some extent covered by that strange, sickly-sweet smelling Kara-Turan liquid, which you find occasion to dab behind your ears a’times when we are in society. I only say that this odor is perhaps the worse, for at least the stench of your sweat is a natural one; whereas I would not fain discover WHAT the other is.

 

Angelo: Oh, I will have you for this, make no mistake.

 

Anomen: If you perceive me trembling, it is with fear I assure you, rather than mirth.

[ElaineMc]

The Minsc/Angelo reminds me of the Billy/Hawkins interaction in Predator, where Billy gets the stoneface every time Hawkins tells him a smutty joke-- totally different genres, but the same basic concept... although Billy does eventually get the point. (Although I kind of wondered if he got them all along, and was just messing with his teammate.)

 

Also, it's kind of nice to see Anomen score a point once in a while....

[Sister Vigilante]

Also, it's kind of nice to see Anomen score a point once in a while....

 

 

Anyone with a higher Wisdom score than Angelo--which Anomen has even before his knighthood--can push him around a bit. The way I see it, he's good at wordplay if he knows he's getting into it, but it's easy to catch him off-guard: he has sort of a sharp but narrow mind.

 

I'm kind of partial to Anomen myself, and I did want to avoid the trap of making him Angelo's whipping boy...

[Ankhesenpaaten]

These are nice. I really am looking forward to him now. I really adore that he is rough around the edges. And funny.

[Sister Vigilante]

These are nice. I really am looking forward to him now. I really adore that he is rough around the edges. And funny.

 

Thank you!

 

(for variation's sake I tried putting the smiley after the "thank you." maybe I'll do it this way from now on...)

[muffin-tacos]

Very well done! The Bioware NPCs are perfect, they are exactly how Bioware wrote them. My favourite is the Valygar banter (loved it! ) and Anomen's. I like Anomen, even if he is a little... obnoxious at times and it's really nice to see him trying to get along with someone except for the female PC -- even if he is being a bit cheeky in this banter.

 

Great job and I look forward to this mod very much!

[Sister Vigilante]

Very well done! The Bioware NPCs are perfect, they are exactly how Bioware wrote them. My favourite is the Valygar banter (loved it! ) and Anomen's. I like Anomen, even if he is a little... obnoxious at times and it's really nice to see him trying to get along with someone except for the female PC -- even if he is being a bit cheeky in this banter.

 

Great job and I look forward to this mod very much!

 

Thank you!

[Western Paladin]

That's a side of Anomen I never saw before.

 

I liked it.

[Sister Vigilante]

That's a side of Anomen I never saw before.

 

I liked it.

 

Cool.