Ragitsu

People are done a disservice when told there are no pebbles, no thorns and no chill winds. I frequent an online dictionary that - once upon a time - would generate all definitions of any entered word; now, certain terms are hidden under the labels "DEROGATORY", "OFFENSIVE" and "VULGAR" (necessitating an additional click). Even "dog", in the context of an insult (i.e., a contemptible man), is tucked away because it might cause offense. Silly.

Don't push me when I'm lazy; you wouldn't like me when I'm not lazy.

That didn't warrant concealment.

https://www.reddit.com/r/DungeonsAndDragons/comments/11kbclt/when_you_roll_a_random_encounter_and_you_hit_a_12/

If Chromatic Dragons (and perhaps other types as well, but let's focus on the villains for now) are so convinced of their innate superiority, why do they...uh..."create" Half-Dragons? In essence, is that not diluting perfection?

Aerdrie -> The Winged Mother Baervan -> The Masked Leaf Hanali -> Lady Goldheart

...do we have to make this political?

"The thought had crossed my mind." "At which point you promptly cut it down, correct?" "Yes." (A discussion about "Doing the right thing.")

Music from a 1992 DOS game being piped through 1987 hardware sounds this good?

For tkdguy ->

Ripe green Mediterranean olives (often preserved in brine) are second only to bacon when it comes to foods that marvelously pair with scrambled eggs.

Rumor has it he enjoys a good flan.

Sure, an implication of quality exists, but I'm referring to the whole package: the writing (holy crap), the combat, the MMORPG-esque items (what's wrong with the classics?), the romances (which you touched on...they move at a breakneck pace compared to the partners in the second game and they're often needlessly vulgar for the sake of vulgarity), the racial designs (how do you botch Elves?), the music, the voice acting (performances that feel so very contemporary by comparison), the focus on explosive spectacle* instead of a slow-burn, the recycled Larian assets (including their particular favored genre conventions), lore discrepancies, et cetera. Honestly, they'd have been better off creating a brand new adventure in The Realms. You'll notice I hadn't mentioned the titular city. * The invasion angle adds too much of a science-fiction element, in my estimation. In addition to the aforementioned inconsistencies, I have two pet peeves: 1.) There is no day/night cycle; the present scene shifts to nighttime when you deliberately choose to make camp/rest, but it is entirely under your control. In the original game (a quarter-century old by this point), night comes whether you desire it or not. Ultimately, xx3 carries a degree of artificiality reminding you that the world is - at least in this regard - catering to the player instead of functioning like a living environment. 2.) Minor spoiler. Collapse view Of the returning characters, at least two of them are not represented by their original voice actors; their replacements are a bad fit, to say the least. Finally, how about a horde of bugs - from nearly game-breaking to merely tiresome - that puts the state of Florida to shame?

"I didn't come here to insult you; you do a fine job of that on your own."

"You grappled with this somewhere between lunch and that inconsiderate bowel movement; it was a momentary curiosity you were happy to relinquish. I grapple with this every day."