# The BG1 NPC Project

A Gibberlings Three Mod
Authors: The BG1 NPC Project team, contact
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This mod expands on the depth of character and levels of interaction with the NPCs from the BG1 game. When BG2 was released, one of the major improvements in many peoples' eyes was the increased level of interaction one could have with the party members. This mod was developed to allow BG1 players a similar experience. NPCs in your party now have banters with the PC, with each other, and small side-quests of their own.

As we were unable to get the original character voice actors to voice all the new lines, we instead sought out music appropriate to each NPC to be played whenever they initiate a banter. This musical package is a separate, optional package (to keep the download size down), and you can find it on The Gibberlings Three download page. Though if anyone happens to be on friendly terms with any of the voice actors, please let us know!

## Compatibility

This mod is designed to work with the BGT-BP mod which requires both Baldur's Gate II and Throne of Bhaal.

## Installation

Windows
The BG1 NPC Project is packaged and installed with WeiDU and is distributed as a self-extracting archive. To install, simply double-click the archive and follow the instructions on screen.

Alternatively the files can be extracted from the archive using WinRAR. If properly extracted, you should have a BG1NPC folder, Setup-BG1NPC.tp2 and Setup-BG1NPC.exe in your BG2 folder. To install, simply double-click Setup-BG1NPC.exe and follow the instructions on screen.

Please run Setup-BG1NPC.exe in your BG2 folder to reinstall, uninstall or otherwise change components.

## Contents

The mod contains separate components that can be installed independently of one another.

Banters
This component adds intra-party banters to BG1 NPCs and comprises the bulk of the mod content. Each joinable NPC banters at least once with every other joinable NPC and with the player character.

Phase II Content
This component adds interjections, scenery dialogue, encounters and quests for the NPCs and is an ongoing project. Currently, all NPCs except for Edwin, Quayle and Viconia have scenery dialogues and interjections added. Large, personal quests are under development. Coran, Garrick, Kivan and Xan have custom personal quests added by this release.

Quest Spoilers - Coran

Brielbara will stay put after you return Namara to her (from Yago). Coran will initiate conversation prompting you to return - if you agree, you pretty much get the BABY. Coran will repeat the talk once if you ask him to be patient, and complain once before running off. Brielbara gives you some items. If you talk Coran into abandoning the baby he becomes CN and you lose reputation. If Coran is badly wounded when with the baby he will run away forever, to save the child.

Quest Spoilers - Garrick

Go to the Nashkel Carnival, area AR3800. Go to a little left and below Shar-Teel, right of Lord Binky the Buffoon. At (2600, 3300) you will see a robed figure named Archibald, X#Garar.CRE. He'll come up to you - and so the quest begins. If you're nice to Archibald you should get a book, and after 10 seconds Garrick will speak about it and ask to go to Ulcaster.

At Ulcaster, AR9800 coordinates 950,1675, you will see a guy called Myr'Cutio (X#GarWyl.CRE), and his friends X#Garz01.CRE, X#Garz02.CRE, X#Garz03.CRE and X#Garz04.CRE. Talk to them, kill them and the main part of the adventure is complete...

If you take the Bardic Chain gained to Sorcerous Sundries in Baldur's Gate with 1,000 gold and the Golden Pantaloons then Halbazzer Drin will upgrade the Bardic Chain to AC 5 for you. You need Garrick in the party to start the quest, but he doesn't need to be there to upgrade the armor.

Quest Spoilers - Kivan

A bounty Hunter shows up on the City side of the Baldur's Gate Bridge, area AR7900. She will involve the party in a quick conversation and if Kivan is in the party, there are choices of either killing him or the Bounty Hunter.

Quest Spoilers - Xan

This small quest occurs when you enter the North Nashkel Road and encounter David Jansen, a prisoner of two Ogres; the items needed to solve the quest peacefully can be found in the Nashkel Carnival red rectangular tent.

Jason Compton's Accelerated Banter Script
This component installs Jason Compton's Accelerated Banter Script, which basically makes banters happen more often. It is the same one as included with mods such as Ease-Of-Use and the Banter Packs for BGII, so if you have installed it there you don't need it again. Don't worry, the installer will tell you if you already have it installed.

Change Unarmored Male Human Rogue Appearance
Unfortunately, naked male human rogues (thieves and bards) don't look too good in Tutu. Well, strictly speaking, naked ones might look good but unarmored ones certainly don't. This tweak will make an unarmored male human bard or thief appear with the hooded avatar as used by armored thieves. It will also, though, make other unarmored male humans (except mages) appear with the hooded avatar. Since they'll be armored most of the time, it shouldn't be too noticeable.

Change Unarmored Female Human Rogue Appearance
This does the same as the Change Unarmored Male Human Rogue Appearance component above, but for females.

Give Edwin his BG2 portrait
This component will give Edwin his portrait from BG2.

Give Imoen her BG2 portrait
This component will give Imoen her portrait from BG2.

Give Jaheira her BG2 portrait
This component will give Jaheira her portrait from BG2.

Give Minsc his BG2 portrait
This component will give Minsc his portrait from BG2.

Give Viconia her BG2 portrait
This component will give Viconia her portrait from BG2.

Alternate Portraits - DEPRECATED
The alternate portraits for joinable NPCs have been deprecated and moved to the BG1 NPC Portrait Pack.

There are also additional optional components to give the NPCs from BG1 who are also in BG2 the portraits that they use in BG2. On installation you will be asked about each individually: If you would prefer that their BG1 portraits be used, simply select no when prompted. There are a couple of new optional portraits for Coran, take a look in the Portraits directory inside the BG1 NPC main folder and see which one you like best.

Portraits for Non - Joinable NPCs
Installing this component gives some important non - joinable NPCs portraits, such as Gorion, Angelo, Duke Eltan and Tazok.

Coran's Romance
This component will allow Coran to romance a female PC of human or elven background; solving Coran's expanded quest will effect the development of the romance, as will the PC's reactions in dialogue.

Player-Initiated Dialogues
This component will give the player force-talk options for all party members. This will allow the PC to ask questions about an NPC and their past.

## Contact Information

You can visit the BG1 NPC forum for support or feedback. You can also try contacting
or
via email.

Visit the Gibberlings Three forums for information on this and any other Gibberlings Three mods on which we may be working.

## Thanks and Acknowledgements

It takes many people to contribute to a project as large as BG1 NPC. The current list of folks who have contributed and we wish to thank is at our forum.

Thanks to Jason Compton for his help in spotting where I (Andyr) messed up with the very first alpha, and for letting us use his accelerated banter script!

Big thanks also to Amok for letting us use some fantastic artwork for a few of the portraits. You can see more of Amok's work here.

And thanks, of course, to the Infinity Engine modding community for its continued existence.

Musical Themes Used (those not listed are unknown):

- Ajantis: Federation Mission Failure (from Star Trek: Starfleet Command) by Ron Jones
- Alora: The Heartland by Bill Brown
- Coran: Gwinever by Aquarium
- Coran Romance (Good path): Recercada Tercera by Diego Ortiz
- Coran Romance (Baby Path): Dulce Memoria by Hernando de Cabezon
- Coran Romance (Neutral/Bored Path): Danse Macabre by Camille Saint-Saens
- Coran Romance Flirting: Les beautéés du Diable by François Dompierre
- Eldoth: Waterdeep (from Descent to Undermountain) by Richard Band, Rick Jackson and Ron Valdez
- Faldorn: They are Coming (from Run Like Hell) by Inon Zur
- Garrick: La Serenisima (from Crusader Knights) by Inon Zur
- Imoen: Unknown (from Neverwinter Nights) by Jermey Soule
- Kagain: Jango Fett's Theme (from Star Wars: Bounty Hunter) by Jeremy Soule
- Kivan: The Lonely Shepard by Paul Moria Orchestra
- Minsc: Worldmap 1 (from Fallout 2) by Mark Morgan
- Quayle: Buffy Rat (from Buffy the Vampire Slayer) by Christophe Beck
- Safana: Thashasa's Pool (from Descent to Undermountain) by Richard Band, Rick Jackson and Ron Valdez
- Skie: The Town of Targos (from Icewind Dale 2) by Inon Zur
- Tiax: Creatures (from Digimon) by Inon Zur
- Yeslick: First Revelation by Inon Zur

Music themes do not conflict with the songlist and are compatible with BGT-BP.

Tools Used in Creation
WeiDU by Wes Weimer
Near Infinity by Jon Olav Hauglid
DLTCEP by Avenger
IESDP maintained by igi

## Credits and Copyright Information

The BG1 NPC project is not developed, supported, or endorsed by BioWare or Interplay/Black Isle. The BG1 Tutu mod was created by Japheth, aided by Ghreyfain, Sim and Kish. Its forum can be found at the Pocket Plane Group. If there are any copyright issues or this statement needs revision then please contact one of us and advise us what to do about it. This is the BGT-BP version of the Tutu mod.

This mod was created to be freely enjoyed by all Baldur's Gate 2 players. However, it should not be sold, published, compiled or redistributed in any form without the consent of the team leaders.

## Version History

Version 8 - February 13, 2005

- Bugfuxes for some dialogues triggering improperly
- Bugfix for characters leaving party after interjections
- Numerous grammar fixes
- Coran's romance resolution on baby pass fixed
- Bugfix for Kivan's Bandit Camp interjection
- New interjection sets for Viconia, Edwin and Quayle
- New interjections for some other characters

Version 7 - November 28, 2004

- Added Phase II content such as interjections for the NPCs
- Added fixes and more banters for Phase I content (banters)
- Moved the alternate NPC portraits into a separate mod, the BG1 NPC Portrait Pack

Version 6 - July 18, 2004

- Lots of typo fixes. Well, a couple...
- A handful of bugfixes (e.g. Alora's joining, Khalid's stutter - hmmm, not *his*, but the dialogue bug).
- Added Kagain's Caravan Encounter.
- Added the 'Xan vs Jansen' Encounter.
- Added Coran's Romance .
- Added some more portraits for important non - joinables.
- Added a few new banters (Skie, Imoen, Jaheira, Faldorn).

Version 5 - May 2, 2004

- First non - beta release.
- Made Garrick, rather than the PC, be given the book by Archibald during Garrick's quest.
- Fixed the Minsc stutter bug.
- Fixed some typos.
- Fixed an install issue if the player did not have TotSC.
- Eliminated repeats of Bioware's original talks.
- Enable Coran's "romantic" sequence.
- Put a check on all talks to happen outside combat.
- Added a couple of Skie banters written by The Amazing Maurice.
- Some area flag reassignment.
- Added portraits for some important non - joinables.

Version 4 - May 2, 2004

- First public release version (last beta of 'Phase I', hopefully).
- Updated the WeiDU installer version.
- Fixed some typos and made a few minor updates.

Version 3 - March 29, 2004

- Learned html to make the ReadMe better.
- Added a quest for Kivan, and expanded Coran's.
- Removed the Nightcloak and Battleguard kits - you can find them in the Cleric Remix mod.
- Fixed miscellaneous bugs and typos.

Version 2 - February 29, 2004

- Tweaked Garrick's quest and some dialogues.
- Added the Nightcloak and Battleguard kits.
- Incorporated Jason Compton's Accelerated Banter Script.
- Added the new optional portrait for Coran.
- Added all the other banter sets.

Version 1 - September 27, 2003

- Incorporated banters for Branwen, Dynaheir, Garrick and Quayle.
- Added Garrick's quest.
- Added the option of giving NPCs their BG2 portraits.