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Synopsis:
At the end of the queue leading to the South span’s checkpoint is a young journalist taking note and quotes from the poor souls trying to get into Baldur’s Gate.
Lens, a female tiefling in a worn overcoat, can simply be a quiet news worker taking the beat of the outside city (because someone has to tell the true story).
How to trigger:
1) Open debugbook 2) Got to Region 3) Act 3 4) Wyrm's Crossing 5) Bridge Checkpoint 6.0) oe OIStartOrinJournalist to start the dialog (do the other steps below first if you want them enabled) 6.1) oe OIEnableOrinJournalist to enable journal as Orin 6.2) oe OIMetOrinOnce to enable that you've met Orin in previous impersonation.
33.
GROUP_Act3_WYR_OrinsImpersonation_Journalist
: Aren't you - I knew there was a story here, and there you are, the hero of the hour, walking right up to me.devnoteWYR_OrinsImpersonation_CanImpersonate_Journalist
65.
GROUP_Act3_WYR_OrinsImpersonation_Journalist
: The name's Lens, reporter with the Baldur's Mouth Gazette. Care to do a quick interview?devnote
24. Player: Hold on. What do you want with me?
2.
GROUP_Act3_WYR_OrinsImpersonation_Journalist
: I'm here looking for my next angle, but it's all the same - oppression, famine, death. I need something new. Someone like you.
14.
GROUP_Act3_WYR_OrinsImpersonation_Journalist
: It won't take more than two moments of your time. If you play your cards right, this could make the cover. I just need some extra details.
68.
GROUP_Act3_WYR_OrinsImpersonation_Journalist
: So, you've arrived in Baldur's Gate. What's brought you here at a time like this?
89. Player: I've come to save the city.
35.
GROUP_Act3_WYR_OrinsImpersonation_Journalist
: You have? But I thought our soon-to-be Lord Gortash had things in hand?devnote
18.
GROUP_Act3_WYR_OrinsImpersonation_Journalist
: Though, if anyone could help him, it would be you. You've a knack for finding chinks in the Absolute's armour.
Link to Node 26
63. Player: My life's in danger. I've come to find a way to save myself.
99.
GROUP_Act3_WYR_OrinsImpersonation_Journalist
: You came seeking safety in a city under siege? The threat must be dire indeed.devnote
69.
GROUP_Act3_WYR_OrinsImpersonation_Journalist
: Though from what I hear, you've little to fear from the Absolute.devnote
Link to Node 26
40. Player: Oh you know, taking a holiday, visiting family. Normal reasons.
37.
GROUP_Act3_WYR_OrinsImpersonation_Journalist
: Everybody needs a rest from time to time, even seasoned adventurers like yourself.devnote
72.
GROUP_Act3_WYR_OrinsImpersonation_Journalist
: I imagine you've a need to let off some steam after your recent adventures in the shadow-cursed lands.
Link to Node 26
31. Player: My intentions aren't fit for printing. Trust me.
53.
GROUP_Act3_WYR_OrinsImpersonation_Journalist
: You're planning to indulge yourself in some of the darker corners of the city. No need to hide anything - we're all sinners by someone's yardstick.devnote
Link to Node 72
103. Player: I... have to see an old acquaintance., REALLY_ASTARION
19.
GROUP_Act3_WYR_OrinsImpersonation_Journalist
: How wonderful. No doubt your reunion will be filled with tales from your recent adventures in the shadow-cursed lands.
Link to Node 26
67. Player: Let's just say I'm here to leave my mark on the city. All will know of Gale of Waterdeep, soon enough., REALLY_GALE
55.
GROUP_Act3_WYR_OrinsImpersonation_Journalist
: Sounds like you're planning to make quite the impression. Only to be expected, given your feats in the shadow-cursed lands.
Link to Node 26
97. Player: I live here. Or did, anyway. This homecoming has been a long time coming., REALLY_KARLACH
16.
GROUP_Act3_WYR_OrinsImpersonation_Journalist
: You must have been dreaming of this day for some time. No doubt the thought kept you going despite the perils you faced to get here.
26.
GROUP_Act3_WYR_OrinsImpersonation_Journalist
: My sources tell me you recently vanquished the fearsome General Ketheric Thorm. How did you manage that?
61. Player: How in the Hells do you know about that?
52.
GROUP_Act3_WYR_OrinsImpersonation_Journalist
: I'm a journalist. It's my job to know everything.devnote
41.
GROUP_Act3_WYR_OrinsImpersonation_Journalist
: Unfortunately the version I heard was light on details. So what did you do to Ketheric?
20. Player: I fought with everything I had. He was a formidable foe wielding terrible power.
36.
GROUP_Act3_WYR_OrinsImpersonation_Journalist
: Formidable? You're just being modest. I heard you swatted him aside like a fly from a corpse.devnote
22.
GROUP_Act3_WYR_OrinsImpersonation_Journalist
: You'll deal with the remaining Absolutists in much the same way, I suppose.
43.
GROUP_Act3_WYR_OrinsImpersonation_Journalist
: The cult's threat is far from extinguished. What's your plan of attack?
73. Player: What makes you think I'm planning on attacking them?e6028c8d-4a9b-ae46-ddcc-074d2b2150fe_FirstRefusal = False
91.
GROUP_Act3_WYR_OrinsImpersonation_Journalist
: I don't imagine they'll give you much choice, after you killed their general. Better to be on the front foot, surely?
11.
GROUP_Act3_WYR_OrinsImpersonation_Journalist
: You must have some strategy in mind?e6028c8d-4a9b-ae46-ddcc-074d2b2150fe_FirstRefusal
12. Player: I'm going to cut that rotten cult off at the head - take out its leaders.WYR_OrinsImpersonations_ComingForAbsolute
94.
GROUP_Act3_WYR_OrinsImpersonation_Journalist
: Gortash, maybe. You'll find me much harder to kill...devnoteWYR_OrinsImpersonation_CompletedLensInterview
Link to Node 45
4. Player: I've no interest in the Absolute. I'm here strictly on personal matters.
: Look at it, come crawling home, hands stained with the Bone Lord's soot. And you carry his stone.devnoteWYR_OrinsImpersonation_State_MetOrinOnce = False, REALLY_DARK_URGEWYR_OrinsImpersonation_State_MetOrinOnce
21.
GROUP_Act3_WYR_OrinsImpersonation_Orin
: You come for mine too, slaughter-kin. And I hunger for yours.devnoteWYR_OrinsImpersonations_ComingForAbsolute
Link to Node 77
1.
GROUP_Act3_WYR_OrinsImpersonation_Orin
: Your purpose is clear as welts on an infant's skin: you come for our Netherstones next.devnoteWYR_OrinsImpersonations_ComingForAbsolute = False
77.
GROUP_Act3_WYR_OrinsImpersonation_Orin
: I could end it now - but I'll be patient. Father will see us together again. He will see you bleed.devnote End
23.
GROUP_Act3_WYR_OrinsImpersonation_Orin
: So you're the lickspittle who crushed the Bone Lord's thrall.devnoteWYR_OrinsImpersonation_State_MetOrinOnce = False, REALLY_DARK_URGE = FalseWYR_OrinsImpersonation_State_MetOrinOnce
13.
GROUP_Act3_WYR_OrinsImpersonation_Orin
: Have you come beg-begging, sniffing for our stones? Gortash won't like that. A throat his black hand can't choke the spit from. devnoteWYR_OrinsImpersonations_ComingForAbsolute
96.
GROUP_Act3_WYR_OrinsImpersonation_Orin
: When you find the lordling, tell him Orin is watching.devnote End
82.
GROUP_Act3_WYR_OrinsImpersonation_Orin
: I know the truth: you come for our Netherstones. Come to prise one from the tyrant's death grip, pluck the other from my rotted carcass.WYR_OrinsImpersonations_ComingForAbsolute = False
: I see how you slip-slither closer, belly dragging in the filth. Father is laughing at you.devnoteWYR_OrinsImpersonation_State_MetOrinOnce, REALLY_DARK_URGE
95.
GROUP_Act3_WYR_OrinsImpersonation_Orin
: You think you're fit to wield the stones? A slipshod butcher, dull-skulled, unable to think, to create, to worship.devnoteWYR_OrinsImpersonations_ComingForAbsolute
Link to Node 58
48.
GROUP_Act3_WYR_OrinsImpersonation_Orin
: You think you can hide your purpose. You are a brutish butcher, your blunted skull has no vision for deceit.devnoteWYR_OrinsImpersonations_ComingForAbsolute = False
58.
GROUP_Act3_WYR_OrinsImpersonation_Orin
: Do not worry, slaughter kin. My blades are still sharp and sweet. They will greet you soon enough.devnote End
83.
GROUP_Act3_WYR_OrinsImpersonation_Orin
: Still rolling in the muck, I see.devnoteWYR_OrinsImpersonation_State_MetOrinOnce, REALLY_DARK_URGE = False
17.
GROUP_Act3_WYR_OrinsImpersonation_Orin
: You shed your secrets so easily. No matter - your clumsy purpose is clear enough already.devnoteWYR_OrinsImpersonations_ComingForAbsolute
86.
GROUP_Act3_WYR_OrinsImpersonation_Orin
: Gortash knows you are coming. Knows you have the Bone Lord's stone. Do not let him hiss hot air into your worm-weakened brain.devnote
49.
GROUP_Act3_WYR_OrinsImpersonation_Orin
: Remember - his throat spits lies, but my blade carves the truth. You will read it on your skin soon enough.devnote End
51.
GROUP_Act3_WYR_OrinsImpersonation_Orin
: You think I can't sniff the secrets hidden in your pretty skull? What you seek. What you need.devnoteWYR_OrinsImpersonations_ComingForAbsolute = False
Link to Node 86
10. Player: Be as water. Move as a river - strike like a tsunami. I will drown this fetid cult. MONK
70. [Jump] Jump to Node 94 (1)
81. Player: I hardly want my strategy printed all over the front pages, do I?e6028c8d-4a9b-ae46-ddcc-074d2b2150fe_FirstRefusal = Falsee6028c8d-4a9b-ae46-ddcc-074d2b2150fe_FirstRefusal
90.
GROUP_Act3_WYR_OrinsImpersonation_Journalist
: Perhaps it could inspire some like-minded citizens to help your cause.
3. [Jump] Jump to Node 11 (1)
39. Player: I've had enough. This interview's over.e6028c8d-4a9b-ae46-ddcc-074d2b2150fe_FirstRefusal
42.
GROUP_Act3_WYR_OrinsImpersonation_Journalist
: Don't worry. I already have everything I need.devnoteWYR_OrinsImpersonation_CompletedLensInterview
44. [Jump] Jump to Node 45 (1)
74. Player: I offered him a chance at redemption. When he refused to take it, he left me no choice.
46.
GROUP_Act3_WYR_OrinsImpersonation_Journalist
: So you were forced to kill him? What a tragic story.devnote
60.
GROUP_Act3_WYR_OrinsImpersonation_Journalist
: Unfortunately, Absolutists rarely seem interested in compromise.
Link to Node 43
38. Player: Like many before him and many after, Ketheric fell to his own hubris. I was merely present., MONK
38. Player: Ketheric's hubris was his downfall. I was merely the catalyst.
34.
GROUP_Act3_WYR_OrinsImpersonation_Journalist
: I'm sure you were much more than that. You proved to be quite the thorn in his side. devnote
84.
GROUP_Act3_WYR_OrinsImpersonation_Journalist
: His Absolutist friends can't be very happy with you.
Link to Node 43
15. Player: I ground his bones to dust. Even his god could not save him.
27.
GROUP_Act3_WYR_OrinsImpersonation_Journalist
: Defying the gods themselves? I had no idea.devnote
50.
GROUP_Act3_WYR_OrinsImpersonation_Journalist
: Taking out one of the Absolute's generals was no mean feat. You must feel confident for the battles ahead.
Link to Node 43
29. Player: Let's just say Myrkul's apostle was no match of a dusting of faerie magic., WARLOCK_ARCHFEY
29. Player: I can be diabolically clever - Myrkul's Chosen wasn't ready., WARLOCK_FIEND
29. Player: I drowned him in a darkness older and more profound than any he claimed to command., WARLOCK_GREAT_OLD_ONE
Link to Node 27
100. Player: Sorry, I'm saving that story for my memoirs.e6028c8d-4a9b-ae46-ddcc-074d2b2150fe_FirstRefusal = False
76.
GROUP_Act3_WYR_OrinsImpersonation_Journalist
: Then consider this a taste of what's to come. You must be able to share something about Ketheric's downfall?e6028c8d-4a9b-ae46-ddcc-074d2b2150fe_FirstRefusal
0. [Jump] Jump to Node 39 (1)
9. Player: I seek a path to freedom. The less said, the better., LAEZEL_ORPHEUSPATH, REALLY_LAEZEL
9. Player: Consider me an emissary of my people., REALLY_LAEZEL
87.
GROUP_Act3_WYR_OrinsImpersonation_Journalist
: A noble purpose indeed. Baldur's Gate has many liberties to offer, especially for one with your skills., LAEZEL_ORPHEUSPATH, REALLY_LAEZEL
87.
GROUP_Act3_WYR_OrinsImpersonation_Journalist
: And a noble and powerful people they must be, to be represented by one of your impressive experience., REALLY_LAEZEL
Link to Node 26
80. Player: I need to return to some... colleagues, let's call them. They're expecting me.REALLY_SHADOWHEART
57.
GROUP_Act3_WYR_OrinsImpersonation_Journalist
: Returning to the fold with plenty of tales to tell, I'm sure. Not least about your adventures in the shadow-cursed lands., SHADOWHEART_SHARPATHdevnote
Link to Node 26
98. Player: I have... family business to attend to., REALLY_WYLL
28.
GROUP_Act3_WYR_OrinsImpersonation_Journalist
: And any family would be proud to have such a son representing them. Especially after your exploits in the shadow-cursed lands.
Link to Node 26
71. Player: My birthright awaits me., REALLY_DARK_URGEORI_State_DarkUrge_KnowsBhaalspawn
64.
GROUP_Act3_WYR_OrinsImpersonation_Journalist
: A portentous arrival then. Your inheritance awaits - one you feel you've earned ten times over, I don't doubt.
Link to Node 26
25. Player: None of your business.e6028c8d-4a9b-ae46-ddcc-074d2b2150fe_FirstRefusal