cRPG quotes

[Krash]

I knew this felt familiar.

http://www.rpgcodex.net/phpBB/viewtopic ... +%2Bquotes

A real treasure trove of good RPG quotes


Some shamelessly stolen highlights:

"Chief, we're being followed! Just look natural - uh... casual." - PST

"Oh, c'mon, let's shake a leg. I mean... you shake a leg". - PST

"How *dare* you so ungraciously *demand* candy from me as if it were some divine right, granted to you by the highest of powers!" - PST

"Evil around every corner - careful not to step in any" - Minsc, Baldur's Gate

"Statement: Just when I believe my photoreceptors have recorded the last potential aspect of your cruelty to my memory core, you commit a new atrocity that leaves me analyzing its impact for days. You are like a delightful random cruelty generator, master, poisoning all you touch with your presence. You are a testament to all organic meatbags everywhere." - HK47


etc, etc. See for yourselves, 9 page of fun

 

[mondblut]

Bioware as loved by the Codex:

"Ok, I've just about had my FILL of riddle asking, quest assigning, insult throwing, pun hurling, hostage taking, iron mongering, smart arsed fools, freaks, and felons that continually test my will, mettle, strength, intelligence, and most of all, patience! If you've got a straight answer ANYWHERE in that bent little head of yours, I want to hear it pretty damn quick or I'm going to take a large blunt object roughly the size of Elminster AND his hat, and stuff it lengthwise into a crevice of your being so seldom seen that even the denizens of the nine hells themselves wouldn't touch it with a twenty-foot rusty halberd! Have I MADE myself perfectly CLEAR?!"

Bioware as loved by their "fanlords" (an euphemism for gaylord, amirite?):

ENCHANTMENT!

This is the key to understanding the Codex

 

[Rpgsaurus]

"Do you want your possessions identified?"

 

[T-T]

"It is such a quiet thing, to fall. But far more terrible is to admit it."

"What do you wish to hear? That I once believed in the code of the Jedi? That I felt the call of the Sith, that perhaps, once, I held the galaxy by its throat? That for every good work that I did, I brought equal harm upon the galaxy? That perhaps the greatest of the Sith Lords knew of evil, they learned from me?"

"When one relies on sight to perceive the world, it is like trying to stare at the galaxy through a crack in the door."

"Perhaps you were expecting some surprise, for me to reveal a secret that had eluded you, something that would change your perspective of events, shatter you to your core. There is no great revelation, no great secret. There is only you […] In times past and in times future, there are Jedi who will stop listening to the Force, those that will try to forget it, but maintain unconscious ties. And those, as in the past just as I, who have had the Force stripped from them. But no Jedi ever made the choice you did. To sever ties so completely, so utterly, that it leaves a wound in the Force. It was a mistake to try to make you feel it again, I see that now. There is no truth in the Force. But there is truth in you, Exile. And that is why I chose you."

"Enough. Step away from him."

It's quite possibly the best Star Wars sequence ever.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Kep9mUEfxA

Kreia was possibly one of the most (if not -the most-) interesting force sensitive in the whole universe of SW games, movies, books, and other shit. I love KOTOR 2, despite the bugs, and the game's unfinished state. The atmospheric combination of music, good dialogues, interesting characters, and great storyline makes it one of those games where I got the awesome eerie feeling that it was more than just the sum of its parts. But IMO George Lucas's banal shit boring commercial SW rape machine no longer deserves games like that. KOTOR 2 is what SW game storylines could have been, but never again will be.

I even heard the game was actually kind of shunned by official Lucas canon fags because the story violates standard SW conventions and themes. Well fuck them, fuck them all. I hope they drown in their dumb repetitive shit. SW is dead.

 

[Krash]

More theft

Morte: Hey Nordom, calculate the easiest way for me to snuggle with Annah's pillows.
Nordom: Annah, Morte wishes to snuggle with your pillows!

"When Tiax rules, britches will not ride up so wedge-like."

The engravings on, and found around, the sarcophagus portray a regal figure drinking the blood of his enemies. Now, this image is found in many cultures, specifically among those of royal lineage... but there is a quite scientific explanation.
MALKAVIAN: He was the first larper?

Nordom: Attention, Fall-From-Grace. I wish to address your body.
Fall-From-Grace: I beg your pardon?
Nordom: Your body. Your form. Your reason for selecting it. Why?
Fall-From-Grace: Why..? I suppose I find it comforting. Besides, I rather like the wings. Nordom: It would be more practical for you to assume the form of a modron. It is 13.27% more efficient; give or take +5.2%.
Fall-From-Grace: (gently flirting) Why, Nordom... are you trying to court me?
Nordom: It was not my intention to initiate legal action against you.

That last one especially is just pure genius

 

[Esquilax]

One of Many: "::The lich thing senses me, Dark One. Let me show myself to it so that it might know fear for the first time in its unlife. ::"


Hags of the Coven: :: If you end our dream, all that it contains is lost. Imagine... the dreams of a thousand, thousand souls, the knowledge of wizards and kings centuries dead, the hopes and loves of men and women and beasts... all contained within our unending dream. Such a trove as has never been assembled, here or anywhere across the planes... this you would destroy, for your own selfish whim? ::

PC: No, for the satisfaction of destroying something you've worked for centuries to create. I care not for the knowledge, nor for the dead whose dreams I will shatter.

 

[Vaarna_Aarne]

"It is such a quiet thing, to fall. But far more terrible is to admit it."

"What do you wish to hear? That I once believed in the code of the Jedi? That I felt the call of the Sith, that perhaps, once, I held the galaxy by its throat? That for every good work that I did, I brought equal harm upon the galaxy? That perhaps the greatest of the Sith Lords knew of evil, they learned from me?"

"When one relies on sight to perceive the world, it is like trying to stare at the galaxy through a crack in the door."

"Perhaps you were expecting some surprise, for me to reveal a secret that had eluded you, something that would change your perspective of events, shatter you to your core. There is no great revelation, no great secret. There is only you […] In times past and in times future, there are Jedi who will stop listening to the Force, those that will try to forget it, but maintain unconscious ties. And those, as in the past just as I, who have had the Force stripped from them. But no Jedi ever made the choice you did. To sever ties so completely, so utterly, that it leaves a wound in the Force. It was a mistake to try to make you feel it again, I see that now. There is no truth in the Force. But there is truth in you, Exile. And that is why I chose you."

"Enough. Step away from him."

It's quite possibly the best Star Wars sequence ever.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Kep9mUEfxA

Kreia was possibly one of the most (if not -the most-) interesting force sensitive in the whole universe of SW games, movies, books, and other shit. I love KOTOR 2, despite the bugs, and the game's unfinished state. The atmospheric combination of music, good dialogues, interesting characters, and great storyline makes it one of those games where I got the awesome eerie feeling that it was more than just the sum of its parts. But IMO George Lucas's banal shit boring commercial SW rape machine no longer deserves games like that. KOTOR 2 is what SW game storylines could have been, but never again will be.

I even heard the game was actually kind of shunned by official Lucas canon fags because the story violates standard SW conventions and themes. Well fuck them, fuck them all. I hope they drown in their dumb repetitive shit. SW is dead.

Well, KotOR2 is essentially the total denouncement of everything after the original trilogy by MCA, so I guess the faggots who gulp up shit like Extended Universe are going to rage about it.

 

[Xor]

Well, KotOR2 is essentially the total denouncement of everything after the original trilogy by MCA, so I guess the faggots who gulp up shit like Extended Universe are going to rage about it.

 

[Globbi]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0134648/quotes FO
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0183066/quotes FO2 (but there may be little or no good ones)

IMO the best bits from fallout:

Vault Dweller: How did you survive?
Harold: Didn't. Got killed...
[laughs then coughs]
Harold: God, I love that joke.
Vault Dweller: Yeah, I can tell.

Vault Dweller: Where were the mutants coming from?
Harold: Everywhere! Hell, seemed like you couldn't fart without hitting one. But mostly in the northwest.
Vault Dweller: You farted Northwest?
Harold: [laughs] Pretty good... Noo...

 

[Phelot]

Awesome quote:
"I can not be caged, I can not be controlled, understand it as you die, ever pathetic, ever fool!" - Jon "Joneleth" Irenicus

I prefered: 'Life... is strength. That is not to be contested; it seems logical enough. Take this woman. She has strength, of a sort. She lost her parents to plague, her husband to war, but still she persevered. Her farm prospered, her children are well-fed, and her name is respected throughout her land. She lived as she thought she should. [casts spell] And now she is dead. Her land will be divided, her children will move on, and she will be forgotten.'' - Bhaal disguised as Irenicus.

I remember when VD dissected this quote and went on about how he thought it was stupid. It was surreal to read.

 

[Hamster]

Mass Effect had some good quotes (It's still a shitty game BTW)

We have no beginning. We have no end. We are infinite. Millions of years after your civilization has been eradicated and forgotten, we will endure.
- Sovereign

Meh.

Reapers are nothing more than cheap Ur-Quan copy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ag50ct3EBxQ

 

[Mastermind]

We shall make a list of the most awesome quotes seen in cRPGs. Post only the wisest, the most monocle and intelligent or the most retarded, dumb, fucked ones.

Monocle examples:

"Strength lies in knowing oneself." - Dak'kon, Planescape Torment
"Endure. In enduring, grow strong." - Dak'kon, Planescape Torment
"Simple minds, simple pleasures..." - Fall-From-Grace, Planescape Torment
"Real terror is not the sight of death, it is the fear of death. What is the fear of death? Terror of the unknown." - Pisha, Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines

None of those are monocle examples. They're mediocre-to-high school pseudo-philosophical BS.

 

[J_C]

Just started PST again (I need to calm down myself after DA2), and I was blown away with the prophecy of Deionarra. Combined with the voice acting, it is really great:

"You shall meet enemies three, but none more dangerous than yourself in your full glory. They are shades of evil, of good, and of neutrality given life and twisted by the laws of the planes."

"You shall come to a prison built of regrets and sorrow, where the shadows themselves have gone mad. There you will be asked to make a terrible sacrifice, my Love. For the matter to be laid to rest, you must destroy that which keeps you alive and be immortal no longer."

...

"I know that you must die... while you still can. The circle *must* come to a close, my Love. You were not meant for this life. You must find that which was taken from you and travel beyond, into the lands of the dead."

Ha, are you seeing this Gaider? When will you ever reach this level with the writing of DA1-2?

 

[Phelot]

We've watched while the stars burned out, and creation played in reverse. The universe freezing in half light.

Once I thought to escape. To end the end as a master, step out of the path of collapse. Escape would make us God.

Yet I cannot help remember one enigma. A hybrid, elusive destroyer. This is the only mystery I have not solved. The only element unaccounted for.

Even S'bhuth is no more, he saved his entire race, but in the end, frozen by despair, he joined the chaos he sought to evade.

But you were dead a thousand times. Hopeless encounters successfully won. A man long dead, grafted to machines your builders did not understand. You follow the path, fitting into an infinite pattern. Yours to manipulate, to destroy and rebuild.

Now, in the quantum moment before the closure, when all becomes one. One moment left. One point of space and time. I know who you are. You are destiny.

 

[Coyote]

"Let me guess, you inexplicably keep the solution somewhere really dangerous." -Sly Boots

Ha! I forgot about Anachronox.

"Gnash them snappers, kid; I got a sock that eats like a meal. This putrid, unwashed, puss-soaked, blood-crusted sock was fermenting around a gangrenous stump of a foot for eight and half months. This is the chewiest, smelliest sock you'll ever have the luck to nosh on. And you're just a short Q&A away from suckin' this baby dry!"

"Wanna see my batteries?"

* Party members ask questions, trying to identify a planet *
Sly: "Ha! That's twenty questions; you guys lose!"
Rho: "So what was it?"
Sly: "Anachronox! Man, you guys are dumb."
Rho: "But... You said it started with a 'U'."
Sly: "Yeah, I know."

"Oh, you're all jumping to conclusions. There is no evidence the missiles are even destructive in nature."

"I shall kill you... with death!"

Some good PST quotes from the other thread, although Krash snagged the best ones:

Nordom: "Attention; Morte. I have a question. Do you have a destiny? A purpose?"
Morte: "Is Annah still wearing clothes?"
Nordom: "Affirmatory."
Morte: "Then the answer is yes."

Nordom: A query, Annah: is your tail's purpose to indicate your current level of hostility?
Annah: [angrily] What kind of stupid question is that you pikin' sod box?
Nordom: My analysis is correct. Danger! Danger!

FO1/2:

Stop coming to my place, ye damn tribal. Do I look like yer father or sumthing? 'cause I hope that's not the case.

What the hell do you want, bitch? This is the Slaver's Guild, not some fucking whorehouse.

I'll get you during my next save game.

What do I WANT? I don't really know. Most of the time I ignore my quest and walk into the homes of others, riffling through people's shelves...

You'd think there's only ten kinds of people in the world. Way I figure it, there was some big cloning accident in the past.

Seymour: "I wonder how my cousins in Arroyo are doing? I hope they're flourishing."
Typhone: "Of course they are! Unless some rat-bastard slaughters them all."

Most people have evil spirits. You? You have stupid spirits. Go see shaman, get hole in head.

Chosen One: "Tandi job. Me want."
Gunther: "You can't take the president's job!"
Chosen One: "No?"
Gunther: "NO! You are dumb."

"When I was five, my uncle was decapitated by a watermelon."

Raider: "We give them the most important thing possible. We give their dreary lives excitement."
Vault Dweller: "I think I will make their lives boring again."

Kalnor: "Have a good day. And I am sorry about the bastards part, OK?"
Vault Dweller: "It's going to cause me some severe mental trauma."

"Wow. I wish I had a hot dog and a really long stick."

There is a bad place where the bad mutants come from. It is bad. Vault is good. Please, go destroy bad place.

Uh, congratulations on defeating the Enclave. Did you catch them all in the bathroom, too?

Female raider was hit in the groin for 34 damage. She takes it like a man, and that means it hurts.

Gonna beat you like a red headed stepchild.

You're better than you look, 'spose you'd hafta to be.

I sure do have a lot of blood in me, well I used to at least.

Deus Ex:

Anna: "Are you sure you pressed the right button?"
Gunther: "I do not make mistakes of that kind."
Anna: "Your hand might have slipped."
Gunther: "No I wanted orange! It gave me lemon-lime."
Anna: "The machine would not make a mistake."
Gunther: "It's the maintenance man. He knows I like orange."
Anna: "So you think the staff have some kind of plot."
Gunther "Yes, they do that on purpose."

And the finisher:

Sounds like oblivion. Why would anyone want that?

 

[JarlFrank]

Ha, are you seeing this Gaider? When will you ever reach this level with the writing of DA1-2?

Infinity +1 years

 

[shihonage]

Some truly eloquent writing courtesy of Bioware:

"Unbelievable! The keep has been overwhelmed!" - Dragon Age: Awakening

"For the darkspawn to have ambushed the keep so effectively--I didn't know they were capable of such a thing!" - Dragon Age: Awakening

"So, you're the new commander? Big 'un, too. They don't vary much from type, do they?" - Dragon Age: Awakening

"You are thinking you know of our kind, human? That is understandable. But it will soon be changed." - Dragon Age: Awakening

"I want to be a dragon." - Dragon Age II: Subtitle

 

[J_C]

Some truly eloquent writing courtesy of Bioware:

"Unbelievable! The keep has been overwhelmed!" - Dragon Age: Awakening

"For the darkspawn to have ambushed the keep so effectively--I didn't know they were capable of such a thing!" - Dragon Age: Awakening

"So, you're the new commander? Big 'un, too. They don't vary much from type, do they?" - Dragon Age: Awakening

"You are thinking you know of our kind, human? That is understandable. But it will soon be changed." - Dragon Age: Awakening

"I want to be a dragon." - Dragon Age II: Subtitle

Yep, I smell a Noble prize here.

 

[Sceptic]

I was wondering when Anachronox would show up

The superlative voice acting makes it even better.

 

[DraQ]

I was wondering when Anachronox would show up

The superlative voice acting makes it even better.

I almost fell from my chair after "I shall kill you. With death.".

Still no "ground rules..." speech or stereoing the hobo out of his sock.

Simple minds, simple pleasures...

I kind of understand why Mastermind is so butthurt.

 

[Vault Dweller]

Awesome quote:
"I can not be caged, I can not be controlled, understand it as you die, ever pathetic, ever fool!" - Jon "Joneleth" Irenicus

I prefered: 'Life... is strength. That is not to be contested; it seems logical enough. Take this woman. She has strength, of a sort. She lost her parents to plague, her husband to war, but still she persevered. Her farm prospered, her children are well-fed, and her name is respected throughout her land. She lived as she thought she should. [casts spell] And now she is dead. Her land will be divided, her children will move on, and she will be forgotten.'' - Bhaal disguised as Irenicus.

I remember when VD dissected this quote and went on about how he thought it was stupid. It was surreal to read.

[Life... is strength. That is not to be contested; it seems logical enough. You live; you affect your world. But is it what you want? You are... different inside. This woman lives and has strength of a sort. She lost her parents to plague, her husband to war, but she persevered. Her farm prospered, her children are well-fed, and her name respected throughout her land. She lived as she thought she should. And now she is dead. Her land will be divided, her children will move on, and she will be forgotten. She lived a good life, but she had no real power; she was a slave to death. I wonder if you are destined to be forgotten as she was. Will your life fade in the shadow of greater beings?]

The one is relevant because it meanders around the territory of the PCs heritage while maintaining the dreamy feeling we're supposed to have by not making it clear what Irenicus is talking about until he is done talking. Pretty well-know tactic that keeps the reader interested.

I've read quite a few "death comes for all, we'll be forgotten, bla-bla-bla" speeches, and I'd have to say that this one isn't very interesting. It lacks something. Depth? Conclusions? Emotions?

Basically it says "Life is strength. A woman outlives her family members, does cool things, but dies anyway and will be forgotten. Will you be forgotten too?"

:facepalm:

Look at it this way. We have an elf who was once immortal. Then he gambled and lost it all, including his immortality. Now he's like any human. Take you, for example. You plan to live on for at least another 50 years. Let's say you're stripped of it and now your lifespan is that of an ant - 90 days. It's nothing for a human. A blink of an eye. It would affect you, it would change fucking everything, including the way you look at time flow (and numerous ways to waste it). It would be nice to see that in his speeches, especially in the one you quoted. Instead he tells you about some woman who was forgotten. Really? People die and are eventually forgotten? Your life has been taking away from you and that's your observation?

Surreal?

 

[Sceptic]

I almost fell from my chair after "I shall kill you. With death.".

Still no "ground rules..." speech or stereoing the hobo out of his sock.

I was leaning towards posting some of the less lulzy ones actually. Specifically the "What the hell happened to you?" dialog when Boots and Stiletto reunite. It's deliciously heavy with the unsaid.

Sly: "You look great."
Stiletto: "You don't. Our golden boy looks a little tarnished."
Sly: "Should have seen me on Monday..." (pause) "You gonna stay in that get-up all day?"
Stiletto: "Thinking about it. It's me, don't you think?"
Sly: "Not remotely."
Stiletto: "So what happened to Fatima?"
Sly: "I thought you were dead..."
Stiletto: "Don't change the subject."
Sly: "She died. The night you disappeared."
Stiletto: "Why didn't you come after me that night?"
Sly: "I did, Sera."
Stiletto: "I could never count on you Bucceli."
Sly: "Don't call me that, Sera..."
Stiletto: "Then don't call me Sera... I'm Stiletto now."
Sly: "What the hell happened to you...?"
Stiletto: "I found myself."

A neat variant of the "hero off to save the world" motivational speech:

Fatima: "You're crazy. I can't believe you're going after those... things! I'm serious, Boots, I can't let you do this!"
Sly: "Weren't you the one telling me to get off my butt just a few weeks ago?"
Fatima: "There is a difference between getting a job and throwing away your life."
Sly: "I've never felt this strongly about anything. I have to do this!
Fatima: "What makes you think you can save the universe when you couldn't even save me."
Sly: (Pause) "I'm sorry..."

And since you wanted some lulz:

Council Member 1: "Oh, you're all jumping to conclusions. There is no evidence the missiles are even destructive in nature."
Council Member 2: "Evidence? The Virulent Hive has been doing this for hundreds of years - Bomb plant, wait for dust to settle, then re-colonise to expand hive... What exactly do you think is inside those warheads? Gift baskets?

 

[DriacKin]

Kelemvor (from MotB): In time, the gods themselves rose against you, assembling a great host, and cornering you in the Plane of Shadow. I was not a part of that host, but I know that the gods were fewer in number when the battle was done.

 

[Chateaubryan]

[Life... is strength. That is not to be contested; it seems logical enough. You live; you affect your world. But is it what you want? You are... different inside. This woman lives and has strength of a sort. She lost her parents to plague, her husband to war, but she persevered. Her farm prospered, her children are well-fed, and her name respected throughout her land. She lived as she thought she should. And now she is dead. Her land will be divided, her children will move on, and she will be forgotten. She lived a good life, but she had no real power; she was a slave to death. I wonder if you are destined to be forgotten as she was. Will your life fade in the shadow of greater beings?

I've read quite a few "death comes for all, we'll be forgotten, bla-bla-bla" speeches, and I'd have to say that this one isn't very interesting. It lacks something. Depth? Conclusions? Emotions?

Basically it says "Life is strength. A woman outlives her family members, does cool things, but dies anyway and will be forgotten. Will you be forgotten too?"

:facepalm:

Surreal?

Rather besides the point. Beyond saying "death's gonna get you, boi. You have to act.", Irenicus/Bhaal's monolog is an attempt to convince the PC that mortal's values - as dignity and courage in the face of adversity - are beneath him and his heritage : since he has the potential to live as a god, embracing a mortal's way of life is nothing more than a simulacrum. The second layer of this monolog also suggest that the player is "unworthy" of the woman's courage : she probably went to great extend and sacrifices to get to that point. In comparison, the Bhaal's child is a lukewarm little man who's afraid of his own godhood and shun his own potential : it's not that much a matter of godliness or not, but a matter of maturity or responsibility.

The demonstration is a manipulative amalgam of a life's lesson about maturity (positive) and a total denigration of classical human values (negative). Because it serves well its purpose - representing Bhaal's manipulative nature - it is a nice piece of quote. For an rpg, at least.

 

[Freelance Henchman]

My favorite quote from NWN2:

http://i.imgur.com/bdyRD.jpg