Sime.
As a foreword, I'm going to be very open with the ideas I have for this character. No secrets here, unless I haven't fully figured it out yet. If I think it's a good idea, I'll mention it.
We don't see much of Sime past Brynnlaw, other than with Quest Pack installed in which case she gets a rather miserable fate. A random idea came into my head some time ago and given some time to develop, I think I've got something that could become an interesting NPC mod.
Race: Elf
Class: Mage/Thief
Alignment: Lawful Neutral/True Neutral
Basically, the idea is to retcon Sime into an elf, not that this matters much considering her race is never mentioned anyway. Since she has the mysterious ability to Dimension Door in vanilla, I don't feel bad about her becoming a Mage/Thief.
Instead of being a true Shadow Thief, she is in fact an agent of Suldanessellar (based off Rogue Rebalancing but past this is my own idea). Aran sends her off to Brynnlaw with you under the pretense of spying on Saemon, but in fact had sniffed a rat and sent her off with you both to get her off him and in hopes that you'll be able to figure out what she's up to, considering he at least somewhat trusts you by now. Little does he know that it was exactly what Sime wanted as her goal was to reach Spellhold to find Irenicus.
She knows everything about Irenicus and his past, but won't tell you since she doesn't trust you. Throughout Spellhold and optionally City-of-Caverns you'll have plenty of opportunities to suspect her of being a double agent for Aran (which would obviously be false) but she can't give you any information either on him nor her real masters since her mission is confidential.
She'll have important dialogue with Aran, Elhan, Demin and some with Ellesime as well. Probably a small quest in Athkatla and something extra in Suldanessellar as well.
Brainstormed ideas:
- Returning to the Shadow Thief guild after Spellhold. Aran drops the charade and admits he tried to drop Sime on you, revealing he knows Sime is a spy in the process. Misunderstandings get settled, Aran still isn't happy so he tells Sime to help you get rid of Bodhi to regain his trust. This will just be one long dialogue/argument.
- Some tension between Sime and Elhan. Possibly a private conversation which the PC has the option of eavesdropping on (not sure about this considering how alert elves are) which gives you a few hints on why Sime was sent to Athkatla, with Elhan telling Sime to keep her yap shut with you at the end.
- Some issue with Shadow Thief unfinished business in Athkatla as a post-Underdark quest
- Family rescue (those two elves in the southeast house) mini-encounter in Suldanessellar
- The usual occasional interjection. I have an idea for a really funny one with Coran if you can save him.
- Possibility to rat Sime out to Aran for a reward. Sime's not going to be impressed by it though.
Thoughts? Comments? Ideas?
As a foreword, I'm going to be very open with the ideas I have for this character. No secrets here, unless I haven't fully figured it out yet. If I think it's a good idea, I'll mention it.
We don't see much of Sime past Brynnlaw, other than with Quest Pack installed in which case she gets a rather miserable fate. A random idea came into my head some time ago and given some time to develop, I think I've got something that could become an interesting NPC mod.
Race: Elf
Class: Mage/Thief
Alignment: Lawful Neutral/True Neutral
Basically, the idea is to retcon Sime into an elf, not that this matters much considering her race is never mentioned anyway. Since she has the mysterious ability to Dimension Door in vanilla, I don't feel bad about her becoming a Mage/Thief.
Instead of being a true Shadow Thief, she is in fact an agent of Suldanessellar (based off Rogue Rebalancing but past this is my own idea). Aran sends her off to Brynnlaw with you under the pretense of spying on Saemon, but in fact had sniffed a rat and sent her off with you both to get her off him and in hopes that you'll be able to figure out what she's up to, considering he at least somewhat trusts you by now. Little does he know that it was exactly what Sime wanted as her goal was to reach Spellhold to find Irenicus.
She knows everything about Irenicus and his past, but won't tell you since she doesn't trust you. Throughout Spellhold and optionally City-of-Caverns you'll have plenty of opportunities to suspect her of being a double agent for Aran (which would obviously be false) but she can't give you any information either on him nor her real masters since her mission is confidential.
She'll have important dialogue with Aran, Elhan, Demin and some with Ellesime as well. Probably a small quest in Athkatla and something extra in Suldanessellar as well.
Brainstormed ideas:
- Returning to the Shadow Thief guild after Spellhold. Aran drops the charade and admits he tried to drop Sime on you, revealing he knows Sime is a spy in the process. Misunderstandings get settled, Aran still isn't happy so he tells Sime to help you get rid of Bodhi to regain his trust. This will just be one long dialogue/argument.
- Some tension between Sime and Elhan. Possibly a private conversation which the PC has the option of eavesdropping on (not sure about this considering how alert elves are) which gives you a few hints on why Sime was sent to Athkatla, with Elhan telling Sime to keep her yap shut with you at the end.
- Some issue with Shadow Thief unfinished business in Athkatla as a post-Underdark quest
- Family rescue (those two elves in the southeast house) mini-encounter in Suldanessellar
- The usual occasional interjection. I have an idea for a really funny one with Coran if you can save him.
- Possibility to rat Sime out to Aran for a reward. Sime's not going to be impressed by it though.
Thoughts? Comments? Ideas?
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