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Strange heads

Discussion in 'Neverwinter Nights (Classic)' started by Blue, Aug 20, 2002.

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    [​IMG] Have you noticed when you're on the character creation stage - if you have chosen human, or half-elf (which have the same body) and you're about to choose a head for your body - then among the human heads there is a very strange one? It's both in male and female version, a very pretty, elfish face, with pointy ears and horns. If it wasn't for the horns, I would have used it for the half-elves, but what race has horns? Are they supposed to be half-demons or something? And if they are demon-ish, why are the faces so pretty? I thought demons were ugly?

    What are your theories on this elfish/demonish head for humans?

    [ August 20, 2002, 16:47: Message edited by: Blue ]
     
    Blue, Aug 20, 2002
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    It's a tiefling head. Tieflings are the offspring of one demonic parent, so they retain some of their markings like horns, tail, sharp teeth or similar. I use that head for my character, it's the only one that I liked. ;)
     
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    It's the only human male face I liked too, (the others were too old or too ugly) so I use it on my paladin - it tickled my dark sense of humour to have a goody paladin that looks like a demon.... :D

    But are Thieflings half-demon/half-human then? Can they also be half-elf or other races?

    In BG2, the thiefling Haer'Dallis looked like an elf - his paper doll and avatar I mean... but there's no thiefling head available for the elf bodies in NWN - why human body class? Or should you chose half-elf class? Do they have special abilities? Why aren't they mentioned as separate class during creation, if there are even heads for them? (I know you can type in sub-class, but that doesn't change the body or avatar.)
    So, why human body in NWN, when they have elf body in BG2?

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    Uh, Tal, the 3e books state that tieflings are not half demons. They contain demon blood, generally several generations removed. One of their ancestors would have been a halfdemon (like a cambion). Half Demons are generally called cambions or demon knights (or simply half demons).

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    Blue:
    1: There is a head with horns for the male elf, the horns just look a little weird...
    2: The DM (or module designer) can (IIRC) desing his own subclasses...
     
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    Rastor, there's no mention of "half" anywhere in my post. My wording was a bit off, but you explained it further, so I won't bother any more.
     
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    Wha... on my elf too! Have I been playing an elf fighter with a thiefling head all this time?? :eek:

    I had no idea those were horns - I thought it was a kind of weird circlet... or something like that :D :rolleyes:

    Wow, both my paladin and my fighter with different thiefling heads... I must obviously have an innate attraction to thieflings... :evil: :love:

    What a shock! :eek: :D :lol:

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