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[Martin of Candlekeep]

Anyone else get swarmed by so-called war veterans and other assorted beggars in the alienage? The first starving war vet I bumped into I gave something like 3 sovereigns, thinking, "who knows? this guy may carry some clout and be able to do something helpful later on..." Next thing I know, he comes back with a buddy, also looking for a handout. Next time our paths cross, it's a mob! (Makes me think of that time I signed up online to buy some Acai berry; don't know *what* I was thinking. My gmail account, which I had had for over a year and which had been spam-free until then, was suddenly flooded with all kinds of spam.) "A new sucker is born every day," as I believe P.T. Barnum was fond of saying.

[Herr Uhl]

My mother is especially dead.



They show the elves for what they really are.

[sylvanaerie]

Poor Ollie, and he's still an orphan...

[Eudaemonium]

I find that scene hilarious, but I can rarely justify givng them the copious amounts of money simply for the humour. I remember the first time I did it, though. It was brilliant.

[Saniala]

I always give them money. Expect the "beggar" one, love pointing him out.

[Martin of Candlekeep]

Yes! the dialogue is fun. "Especially dead," that's the kind of thing you could laugh yourself to sleep with.

[Freckles04]

I love that encounter. I can't stop giggling when I see it. "My mother is especially dead." And Ollie's little dance when you give them the last bit of money...man. Priceless.

[ReubenLiew]

I sincerely wished I had the option to ran that elf through with my sword. Thankfully all I gave him was a measly 5 silver.

Frickin' elves...

[Herr Uhl]

ReubenLiew wrote...

I sincerely wished I had the option to ran that elf through with my sword. Thankfully all I gave him was a measly 5 silver.
Frickin' elves...

The Tevinter Imperium had the right idea.

[Indistinct_Void]

"Poor Ollie is as bereft of parents as anyone's ever been!"



It's a pretty funny scene. The first time I played, I gave the first guy some coin but ran them off when he came back with Ollie. The second time (as a city elf) I gave them some money the first couple of times, then when I came back later and saw this huge mob of beggars I was all like, " XD"

[DWSmiley]

Even my not-so-nice Wardens have a soft spot for them. Whether or not the first guy really is a veteran, they truly are starving. They only ask for money three times and are delighted no matter how little you give.

[Masticetobbacco]

they will go use the money to buy booze and ****s, they are not learning anything

[marbatico]

''i just heard there was free coin here'' priceless XD

[odiedragon]

I always give them the most money I can, especially if I extorted that 40 gold out of Vaughn in Howe's estate. I figure they deserve some of Vaughn's ill-gotten gains...



And they're hilarious to boot. "Begger" indeed!

[Martin of Candlekeep]

odiedragon wrote...

I always give them the most money I can, especially if I extorted that 40 gold out of Vaughn in Howe's estate. I figure they deserve some of Vaughn's ill-gotten gains...

And they're hilarious to boot. "Begger" indeed!

I like this! I also had a similar fleeting thought of "taking from the rich, giving to the poor." Seems like something a Warden might do. (Though I confess I had the pragmatic and utilitarian hope that the 'veteran' would turn out to be some influential elven General who could later lend some form of support to his erstwhile benefactor.)

[krylo]

It's hilarious, and I almost always have over 200 sovereigns by the time I get to that point, so it really doesn't bother me giving some to them.  I know, at that point, that I'll never spend it, anyway.  My party is well outfitted and I've bought all the tomes I can, already.

May as well spend my riches on hilarity.

Kind of like I know if I were rich I'd get pulled over on purpose, and then see how far I could make the cop walk if I kept driving like five feet everytime he got near my door.  I know I'd be able to pay the court fees, and it'd be funny.

Modifié par krylo, 24 février 2010 - 05:10 .

[Maximus741000]

Herr Uhl wrote...

ReubenLiew wrote...

I sincerely wished I had the option to ran that elf through with my sword. Thankfully all I gave him was a measly 5 silver.
Frickin' elves...

The Tevinter Imperium had the right idea.

How fortunate you aren't one of the Bioware writers, else you may as well have written elves off the game.

Oh, please. one of the things that let me down a bit was the social status of the elves and how far they had fallen, I was at least releived by the free-roaming Dalish Elves.What I'd like to see is an isolated refuge of strong Elven civilization, somewhere in Thedas.

[DJ0000]

Herr Uhl wrote...

ReubenLiew wrote...

I sincerely wished I had the option to ran that elf through with my sword. Thankfully all I gave him was a measly 5 silver.
Frickin' elves...

The Tevinter Imperium had the right idea.

Well my blood mage could use a battery, just kidding.

I generally sympathise for the City Elves, espcially after doing the City Elf origin but these beggars are just common scum trying to make a buck with sympathy and deception.

I was actually really p'd when he came back and made it pretty clear he was lieing. I never gave him a bit after that first time.

[Drasanil]

DJ0000 wrote...
I generally sympathise for the City Elves, espcially after doing the City Elf origin but these beggars are just common scum trying to make a buck with sympathy and deception.

Given that Howe's men went so far as to ransack an orphanage I think you're serverly underestimating just how bad the conditions are at the time. The alienage ha been closed down for weeks, cutting those people of from what little employment they could get in the first place. Having a mob of beggars swarm you isn't that unbelievable. 

I was actually really p'd when he came back and made it pretty clear he was lieing. I never gave him a bit after that first time.

Not so sure about the lying part, I tried to intimidate them at one point with max coercion after pointing out the fake "beggar" in their group and they didn't even so much as flinch, it's seems they're pretty legit.

[RBCharger]

Herr Uhl wrote...

The Tevinter Imperium had the right idea.

I have never played the ending where the slavers sacrifice the elves there to "make you stronger".  What exactly do you get if you allow that?

[Gilsa]

+1 to constitution.

[RBCharger]

Gilsa wrote...

+1 to constitution.

That is it?  And as an Alianage elf they wanted me to sacrifice my father?  hahaha

[Skadi_the_Evil_Elf]

That scene is pretty funny, though I wish there was an option to kick them and be a real ass. I never give them more than a few silvers. Friggin welfare elves...get a damned job!

[Vicious]

Yeah, I did the blood magic sacrifice once... measly +1 constitution, for ALL THOSE ELVES? Man what a joke. I still do it however in non-elf games, simply because it speeds the quest up and I generally like +1 constitution better than a crappy weapon i'll never use.



That said the beggars always make me LOL.

[Skadi_the_Evil_Elf]

Vicious wrote...

Yeah, I did the blood magic sacrifice once... measly +1 constitution, for ALL THOSE ELVES? Man what a joke. I still do it however in non-elf games, simply because it speeds the quest up and I generally like +1 constitution better than a crappy weapon i'll never use.

Shows how useless the elves are. Even a bunch of them combined only give you a tiny boost. Maybe if they had sacrificed dwarves or quanari, you'd get boosts all over the place, plus a new specialization.