A strange monster on the official SoZ site

[Warden]

http://www.atari.com/nwn2/soz/news.html

It's behind the yuan-ti and looks like an in-game image. What is it?
When I first saw it I had the feeling I had already seen it somewhere.

 

[Darth Roxor]

I believe you mean the Hylden from Blood Omen 2. They looked kind of similar.

 

[Vaarna_Aarne]

It doesn't look like Hylden at all to me.

However, I'd be willing to bet that that's a particularly ugly Pureblood or a Half-Blood Yuan-Ti.

 

[Darth Roxor]

if you say so. Well, the 'face' is kind of similar, so is the body build.

 

[Wyrmlord]

Limbo of the Lost again?

 

[Vaarna_Aarne]

Yea, the face is similar, as is the shrivelled body. However, the Hylden defining features, the head-spines and scissor hands are missing.

But really, anyone got other ideas what the critter could be.

 

[Warden]

Since Obsidian always tries to implement WotC's vision of monsters' appearances in NWN2.. I guess we could find this monster in some Forgotten Realms material and see its stats.

I think it's some kind of yuan-ti witch/shaman.

 

[JrK]

Yuan-Ti come in different forms: snake with face and arms and scaled humanoid. I'm guessing it's just the scaled humanoid yuan-ti.

 

[Warden]

Yuan-Ti come in different forms: snake with face and arms and scaled humanoid. I'm guessing it's just the scaled humanoid yuan-ti.

In the 10 minutes demo video where Rorie presented the new classes there was a humanoid yuan-ti as a player character and it didn't resemble this one. Could be another type.. sure.

 

[Vaarna_Aarne]

There are three types of Yuan-Ti. The latter two of these have randomized features in PnP.

Pureblood is the one that was added to player races. They only have reptilian flavour to their features.

Half-Bloods are closer to snakes, but the amount varies. Most likely the critter is one of these.

Abominations are the ones that might look like the "snakemen" Yuan-Ti.

 

[Warden]

Anthony?

But that thing looks really mean.. I like it.

I noticed another thing; it has the same skeleton as a hag. Look at the arms' posture, knees and the whole body as well.

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And please Anthony, I don't want to be attacked by the same group of monsters I had already killed - ever again.
And I mean by same group = same stats + same appearance + same configuration.
I want them to be finite! Plss.

 

[Vaarna_Aarne]

I once asked a DM:

"If we kill enough deer in this forest, will they end?"
"Yes."
"And if we kill enough orcs, will their numbers end?"
"No."

 

[Pastel]

And please Anthony, I don't want to be attacked by the same group of monsters I had already killed - ever again.
And I mean by same group = same stats + same appearance + same configuration.
I want them to be finite! Plss.

Would you be satisfied if the number and appearance of trolls in a random encounter is randomized?

Also, would you be satisfied if you made sweet man love to a muscle-bound athletic gay faggot?

 

[Warden]

Would you be satisfied if the number and appearance of trolls in a random encounter is randomized?

No, I wouldn't be satisfied by endless respawns under any circumstances.

Also, would you be satisfied if you made sweet man love to a muscle-bound athletic gay faggot?

Depends.
Why do you ask? You're neither muscle-bound nor athletic. You're just an rpg geek.
Please, stop derailing threads.

 

[Anthony Davis]

It is probably something Yuan-Ti related...I'll ask Jeff Husges what it is.

As for the limiting the encounters, sorry that is not my call. The designers built that system.

 

[SuicideBunny]

looks like some kind of undead.

 

[Warden]

As for the limiting the encounters, sorry that is not my call. The designers built that system.

I know.. you're a nice and intelligent guy.

BUT YOU PROGRAMMED IT INTO THE GAME! :evil:
Program it out, just for me.. pleeaase. I am kidding.. I wouldn't burden you with such things.. but I hope it will be possible to make them one-time encounters with an override.

 

[Vaarna_Aarne]

I wouldn't be surprised if the encounters could be stopped with the use of the console.

 

[Anthony Davis]

We are all idiots...that is a Wight.

 

[SuicideBunny]

i win this thread.

 

[Anthony Davis]

i win this thread.

You get partial credit and will like it.

 

[Warden]

We are all idiots...that is a Wight.

Yaaaay
Hmm.. interesting. I love undeads.. So that's a new model?
It doesn't look too much like an undead though.

 

[Vaarna_Aarne]

Actually it's pretty accurate. Except for the darker skin tone.

 

[Darth Roxor]

We are all idiots...that is a Wight.

I call bollocks on this.

THIS is a wight

 

[uhjghvt]

As for the limiting the encounters, sorry that is not my call. The designers built that system.

you could make it configurable in an ini file though