Obsidian's Pillars of Eternity [BETA RELEASED, GO TO THE NEW THREAD]

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[Jaesun]

That looks pretty fucking cool.

 

[BobtheTree]

Now I really want to play a godlike.

 

[Arkadin]

I love the goat-like face, really reminds me (other than the horns) of a Nubian goat

 

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The godlike are the children of humanoids (most often humans) who have been "blessed" (or cursed, depending on personal or social view) with the physical manifestation of a divine spark granted by the gods. Godlike manifest their divine heritage in a variety of ways: wings, horns, strange birthmarks, talons, odd eyes - but they always manifest it somehow. BTW, in case you missed it, this is a playable "race". Below are some further examples of the possible deviations/conditions they inherit:

It seems to me that when choosing the Godlike race for your character you will also have to choose the deity that "touched" you in order to select a particular appearance type...

if so, i'm definitely sold on it.

 

[Excidium]

It's basically planetouched with a different name.

 

[Irenaeus]

So, Godlikes are like mutants?

 

[Excidium]

From the wording it seems they'll be subraces for most races.

A dwarf monk made of steel!

 

[tuluse]

It's basically planetouched with a different name.

Wasn't this almost explicitly stated at one point?

 

[Blaine]

That looks pretty fucking cool gay.

Improved.

 

[Kirtai]

It seems to me that when choosing the Godlike race for your character you will also have to choose the deity that "touched" you in order to select a particular appearance type...

Show me on the divine icon where the deity touched you.

 

[Excidium]

It's basically planetouched with a different name.

Wasn't this almost explicitly stated at one point?

I think so. I mean it's p. evident anyway.

The wording seems to imply that unlike NWN2, demihumans will have planetouched subraces too, which is p. cool. Dwarves and elves get to be special snowflakes too!

 

[uaciaut]

Am i the only one who thought "yiff, furry" etc when i saw that screen? The artwork itself looks splendid though i'll probably go with the non-goat looking godlikes.

 

[Shadenuat]

THAT ESTOC

 

[Captain Shrek]

Guys this is totally not copied from DnD except it is.

 

[tuluse]

Guys this is totally not copied from DnD except it is.

That was basically the pitch.

 

[Captain Shrek]

That was basically the pitch.

As I recall (and I have short memory) the pitch was about IE games. This has turned out to be less and less like them and more and more like DA:O with DnD copypasta.

 

[Excidium]

Am i the only one who thought "yiff, furry" etc when i saw that screen? The artwork itself looks splendid though i'll probably go with the non-goat looking godlikes.

Yes, you fucking idiots that see furry in anything remotely anthropomorphic should consider keeping your shit to yourselves.

 

[Murk]

Furry or not, I'd be down to play as a satyr, wine and bitches all day.

The planetouched influence is huge but I don't mind one bit. Interesting to see how many combinations are possible and how strongly the 'godlike' portion will influence a character's build.

 

[tuluse]

That was basically the pitch.

As I recall (and I have short memory) the pitch was about IE games. This has turned out to be less and less like them and more and more like DA:O with DnD copypasta.

All IE games were DnD, thus you expect something pretty close to DnD.

 

[suejak]

That was basically the pitch.

As I recall (and I have short memory) the pitch was about IE games. This has turned out to be less and less like them and more and more like DA:O with DnD copypasta.

What's DA:O about it...?

 

[Excidium]

That was basically the pitch.

As I recall (and I have short memory) the pitch was about IE games. This has turned out to be less and less like them and more and more like DA:O with DnD copypasta.

What's DA:O about it...?

The mechanics.

 

[anus_pounder]

I love the goat-like face, really reminds me (other than the horns) of a Nubian goat

On that note I would like to know andhaira's opinion on that picture. Would raep yay or nay ?

 

[Captain Shrek]

That was basically the pitch.

As I recall (and I have short memory) the pitch was about IE games. This has turned out to be less and less like them and more and more like DA:O with DnD copypasta.

All IE games were DnD, thus you expect something pretty close to DnD.

IE games were not good because they were DnD. Let me repeat: IE games were good because there was an excellent spell system implementation (visual), comparatively better tactics (emphasis on comparatively) and multiple solutions to combat encounters, good art for 1998-2000,and good writing,. To be fair to PE there will be good writing in it since MCA and Ziets are on board.

 

[Grunker]

That looks pretty fucking cool.

Now I really want to play a godlike.

What is wrong with you people?

Everytime I visit this thread I kindda feel like I'm on the watch. Zero critical approach.

Here's the god-touched for you (hint: they're called planetouched)...

vs.

Descendents/related to the otherplanely - check. Seemingly based on the elements - check. White/blue/green/red variance - check. Banal, shit, boring - check. One of the art-pieces for one type of godlike is pretty, why the fuck should that merit praise?

It's hard to understand why you guys swoon so much over P:E fiction, when so far they've just been copying elements of standard D&D Fantasy, mostly. I mean, I'm sure it will end up feeling original and all and have a good story, but praising these single elements that, by themselves, have existed in fantasy for nearly three decades, just seems fucking silly.

That was basically the pitch.

As I recall (and I have short memory) the pitch was about IE games. This has turned out to be less and less like them and more and more like DA:O with DnD copypasta.

All IE games were DnD, thus you expect something pretty close to DnD.

Bullshit called. No reason to talk all this bullshit about original worlds and being free of constraints if you're just going to use it to create a copy, more or less, and more important: No reason for so many in the thread to praise the concept if they ackknowledge what you just said: "hey man, it's just copying D&D, chill." That's some hypocritical shit right there:

People praising Godlike, who would never, ever, praise something as banal and boring as the planetouched. But suddenly they're in P:E, so "wow, man, Godlike look sweet, rite?"