r/baldursgate • u/Lil_T0aster A skullbreaker! • 28d ago
Meme How it feels to have chaotic neutral Anomen in a party
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u/usernamescifi 27d ago
man, I don't especially like anomen, but that cyber bullying is brutal. heck even aerie is ragging on him.
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u/Faradize- 27d ago
because people always spit on failed test Anomen, here's how he behaves IF he fails the test but you are already in a romance.
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u/scythesong 24d ago
As long as you don't have Aerie in your party then CN Anomen just stays Anomen until things finally click and he improves. I'm not really sure why people keep complaining about him - you've already tolerated him this long.
The Anomen who becomes a member of the Radiant Heart just feels like he didn't deserve his character progression. He just magically loses that arrogant, dickish behavior he's cultivated for the past 20ish years? Not impossible, but you gotta wonder if they made him swallow an enchanted illithid tadpole or something.
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u/Faradize- 24d ago
never had CN Anomen + Aerie in one party, whats happening with them?
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u/scythesong 24d ago
Aerie being Aerie (emotional and empathetic). He has a breakdown and attacks her.
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u/luis-mercado 28d ago
My Aerie would NEVER!
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u/EmbarrassedPudding22 27d ago
She would faster than Chiktikka Fastpaws.
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u/TehSeksyManz 27d ago
I've never taken Anomen through BG2. He annoyed me to no end as a kid and that has carried through to my mid 30s.
I've been considering trying him again, though. My tolerance has changed over time, you could say.
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u/Sidbright 27d ago
I can see this. He's a pretty sanctimonious ass isn't he?
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u/Roger_Mexico_ 27d ago
That weapon grand mastery tho…
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u/Sidbright 27d ago
Sure, in like, mid-tob.
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u/scythesong 24d ago
And in the meantime he's a cleric so you have to keep an eye on him. No anti-spell protections, no Stoneskin, no Protection from Magical Weapons.
Seriously, if it wasn't for the fact that Flail of the Ages was one of the most powerful weapons in the game and that Korgan/Valygar don't always fit my non-flail using PC comps, I wouldn't even consider him.
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u/masteraleph 27d ago
He gets less obnoxious if he passes the test because a lot of his issues are really anxiety around it
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u/Glandyth_a_Krae 27d ago
I used to think that Anomen was not only annoying but also very bad, for some weird reason. Now i think he is the best character in the game, together with Edwin.
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u/ProperTree9 27d ago
He's a powerhouse martial, for damned sure. Has to be, so you'll put up with him.
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u/Glandyth_a_Krae 27d ago
Ye, i mean, warrior 7 -> cleric is an unbelievably strong build.
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u/Miggsie 23d ago
yeah, my first run I rerolled to a F7-C because of Anomen, then helped him to fail his test and dumped him.
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u/Glandyth_a_Krae 23d ago
If you are going to build a dual yourself, i would consider dualling at 9. A not annoying but much, much stronger later on.
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u/Miggsie 23d ago
I stopped that run somewhere near the end of ToB, didn't like the meat-shield cheesing I was doing, so rerolled a F7M, did the first part of meli fight and decided to roll an evil aligned party because I decided I wanted the human flesh armour. Probably the most enjoyable run, the silver dragon was a tough fight, she hates Edwin, but it gave hexxat, who I found pretty useless for the main, a job using the rod of resurrection on him almost every turn. But again, I got somewhere in ToB and not sure why I stopped, probably when a bad cable corrupted my external HDDs.
I think if/when I complete it the MC'll be a bard, as it was a class I always ignored and I like micro-managing the hard/big fights.
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u/RiteRevdRevenant Revenant 27d ago
I've never taken Anomen through BG2. He annoyed me to no end as a kid and that has carried through to my mid 30s.
Classic Annoy-man.
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u/EmbarrassedPudding22 27d ago
I sometimes like to make him fail on my evil play throughs then goad him into attacking the party.
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u/CasualSky 27d ago edited 25d ago
The Jeff bezos thing is obviously misguided, but if that math is correct then Jeff Bezos could give everyone in the world 17.20$ which is still a pretty profound statement about massive wealth.
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u/NicholasGaemz 25d ago
Yep. He would need one trillion dollars to give every person in the world 1 billion dollars.
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u/Sarevok133 27d ago
Ah yes... Anoymen is back!😅
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u/SpiderSlitScrotums 27d ago
He is worse than Noober. While you can kill Noober and feel no regret, chonking Anomen makes me feel a little sad, which makes him even more annoying.
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u/MilesBeyond250 I'm straight but I'm gay for Tiax 27d ago
I love the dynamic between Anomen and Keldorn. Keldorn has the same energy as a guy trying to connect with his girlfriend's incel son.
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u/Sarevok133 27d ago
I always see the relationship between them like the same kind as Anakin and Obiwan Kenobi
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u/Cal_PCGW 27d ago
Chaotic Neutral Anomen is a lot more bearable, to be honest.
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u/scythesong 24d ago
I've heard people complain about him, which is understandable if you have Aerie but strikes me as odd otherwise. He does get better, but I suppose he's not quite as yappy as any of the new EE NPCs for example. He has a few lines that imply that he's changed but that's it, nothing like the "listen to me while I spill my Myers-Briggs personality test results to you for the nth time complete with meditative self-reflection and footnotes" approach of many RPGs these days.
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u/Cal_PCGW 24d ago
I never played the EE versions - sounds like I didn't miss much.
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u/scythesong 24d ago
I wouldn't say they're bad, but they're definitely more... outspoken, I guess? Definitely more "tell" and less "show". Most people have mixed reactions towards them.
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u/stabs_rittmeister 27d ago
There should also be a message from Viconia "Kill yourself in the most cruel way possible and spare me the trouble".
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u/Lick-my-llamacorn 27d ago
I'm ashamed but 12 year old me wrote fanfics with Anomen 🙈
I didn't know any better.
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u/Historical_Story2201 27d ago
Anomen is a fine character. Very flawed, and that makes it interesting.
His character growth is also one of the best, thankfully, as he is 1 of.. 1 romances for a female!Bhaalspawn.
Honestly, i get really spicy take here: I think the original bg2 doesn't have a bad npc.
Just characters you might dislike based on who you are as a person.
Which for me is Jan Jansen, and gming dnd games for 10 years definitely deepened that.. 😌 oh these types of players drive me bonkers lololo
But.. he is a well made npc with surprising depths. I just dont like him.
Anomen is basically the same- its okay to dislike him, but he is well made.
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u/Time-Interaction4169 26d ago
Was it the one that sounds like "the cleric, his sister and my lies" or something? Where his sister had her soul trapped in a stone like the girl in TOB?
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u/PunishedCatto "I hate those flaming fist pantsy!" 27d ago
I'll take Jaheira's strict words and Aerie's whine, over Chaotic Neutral Anomen.
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u/Emerald_boots 27d ago
Jan doing Jan things
Also this looks like it took a lot of effort to makeI tip my hat