Vaalyah wrote...
I am a bit puzzled: I haven't clearly understood why Bishop, instead of saving his own village, had burnt it. If all he wanted was being a hero, why rejecting his only possibility?
To my (admittedly spotty) recollection: Bishop's plan was to get the villagers out, and lure the Luskans in; afterwords, he'd light the village on fire (essentially; apparently he did the prep work beforehand) and kill all the Luskans that way. Makes sense, if you consider that they outnumbered him substantially (and assuming his village lacks the usual adventurer type).
The villagers didn't listen to him (didn't trust him, I think) and refused to leave. Then the Luskans showed up and realized Bishop betrayed them. So then it came down to, be killed by Luskans, or light EVERYONE (including himself) on fire.
He took option 2. He would have died, as well, had Duncan not shown up and saved him.
To my recollection, Bishop actually wanted to die; apparently at that point he'd reached the ultimate low. What spurred it? I can only guess. The villager's rejection? The impossible choice he had to make? Both? I don't really know.
Disclaimer: Like I said, I'm basing this on my ONE playthrough years ago. I still haven't managed to figure out if he leaves on his own or is taken during a Luskan raid, but if someone could clear that up for me, I'd be grateful!
About recovery: are you saying that for gaining his own soul back, he must fulfil all the 3 points of the list? Or that there are 3 ways?
Love the "forgiving" option. Since I haven't finished the OC yet (so, MotB is a far long target), I haven't read the "spoiler" part. However, my basic idea was 1) make Bishop starts doubting of his way of living 2) betrayal and end of game as in the OC 3) Meet Bishop in MotB with an alignment change (let's face it: death changes many things :-D ) into a CN character, 4) having Bishop playable during MotB. This has already been done (it's a mod called something like "Dark Soul" or similar), so it is possible. The first thing is imagining a suitable plot. Then there are the modding problems :-D
Yup. I think that if all three conditions are not fulfilled, he might have a psychological meltdown, as some of his erroneous (or perhaps merely unconstructive) viewpoints are actually what Freudians would call, "defensive mechanisms."
On the otherhand, it may be better for you to go for the literary redemption arc if you're plan is to have him come back and romance the PC during MotB. Or a mixture of the two (psychological believability with literary-styled redemption arc).
oh, guys, you are all so expert in psychology! Now I understand why it was so difficult for me to follow all your posts!
Lol, I'm flattered you'd include me in that grouping, but as I've said, I'm only studying psychology at an undergraduate level, and I'm not even finished yet! It's highly likely that any of my profs or even TAs could tear apart my arguments like they were made of paper.
Happily, this is the internet, and we're all experts here.
@KevL:
Hm, fine, how about if it was a mustard yellow shirt with black shoulder stripes? Rather apropos, no? XD
And I must say: your toolset skillz, they are l33t. I only ever dabbled with the Aurora Toolset (which I loved, but didn't have time to actually finish my module(s)), but the NWN2 toolset really intimidated me and I gave up really quick.
U: Have skillz. Like a BOSS. XD





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