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Dr. Bender · 09-04-2013

Sigh... it's not on 2 Hobgoblins, or rather it shouldn't be. It's on an Ogre in the wilderness section south of The Friendly Arms Inn. If you search the upstairs levels of the Inn, you'll meet someone staying there that mentions an Ogre to the south has a belt fetish and waylaid and collected his belt (the belt in question is not the Girdle of Masculinity/Femininity, you get to keep that if you do the quest). The transformation is just a 'poof' style transformation but it does affect your romance options if you get Baldur's Gate Enhanced Edition, the recent re-release of the game.

I played BG and BG2 when they first came out and highly recommend Baldur's Gate Enhanced Edition. They added rules content changes from BG2 plus three characters all of whom you can romance. I'm hoping Baldur's Gate 2 gets the same treatment.

Speaking of BG2, there's another TG plot there if you pick up the character Edwin in your party. Now, Edwin's evil, mind, so you have to keep your Reputation in the middling range or he'll leave your party in disgust.

If you DO take him, however, he has a quest to find a Nether Scroll believing it to be a source of unlimited magical power. If you take him on this quest and find the Nether Scroll, he'll use it... and it promptly turns him into a woman. Not only that, it affects his mind a bit and makes him act like a bit of a bimbo (he snaps out of it in the middle of a sentence however). She even has unique interactions with several NPCs, though I warn you against taking her into the big Inn in the middle of Athkatla and making her talk to the guy that hits on anything in a skirt without saving first. Do it once and reload, though, it's hilarious.

Eventually the fun ends, however, when Elminster pops up and explains that he planted the trap for Edwin to teach him a lesson. A while after that the spell runs out and he returns to normal. There's no way of making Edwina stay around. However, if you take Edwin all the way through to the endgame of BG2's expansion, Throne of Bhaal, his ending notes that he challenges Elminster to a duel which Elminster wins. Rather than kill him, however, he makes him Edwina permanently.

Elminster has to be my favourite Archmage in DnD setting. If you get a chance, read Elminster The Making of a Mage where he spends a third of the book gender flipped (for good reasons).

Other examples of TG in video games... there's Dimitri's Midnight Bliss move in the Darkstalkers fighting game. It's a finishing move that turns opposing characters into hot/cute female versions of themselves so that Dimitri can vampirize them.

09-04-2013	#12
Dr. Bender Shapeshifter Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Skirting the edge Posts: 18	Re: TG In Video Games Sigh... it's not on 2 Hobgoblins, or rather it shouldn't be. It's on an Ogre in the wilderness section south of The Friendly Arms Inn. If you search the upstairs levels of the Inn, you'll meet someone staying there that mentions an Ogre to the south has a belt fetish and waylaid and collected his belt (the belt in question is not the Girdle of Masculinity/Femininity, you get to keep that if you do the quest). The transformation is just a 'poof' style transformation but it does affect your romance options if you get Baldur's Gate Enhanced Edition, the recent re-release of the game. I played BG and BG2 when they first came out and highly recommend Baldur's Gate Enhanced Edition. They added rules content changes from BG2 plus three characters all of whom you can romance. I'm hoping Baldur's Gate 2 gets the same treatment. Speaking of BG2, there's another TG plot there if you pick up the character Edwin in your party. Now, Edwin's evil, mind, so you have to keep your Reputation in the middling range or he'll leave your party in disgust. If you DO take him, however, he has a quest to find a Nether Scroll believing it to be a source of unlimited magical power. If you take him on this quest and find the Nether Scroll, he'll use it... and it promptly turns him into a woman. Not only that, it affects his mind a bit and makes him act like a bit of a bimbo (he snaps out of it in the middle of a sentence however). She even has unique interactions with several NPCs, though I warn you against taking her into the big Inn in the middle of Athkatla and making her talk to the guy that hits on anything in a skirt without saving first. Do it once and reload, though, it's hilarious. Eventually the fun ends, however, when Elminster pops up and explains that he planted the trap for Edwin to teach him a lesson. A while after that the spell runs out and he returns to normal. There's no way of making Edwina stay around. However, if you take Edwin all the way through to the endgame of BG2's expansion, Throne of Bhaal, his ending notes that he challenges Elminster to a duel which Elminster wins. Rather than kill him, however, he makes him Edwina permanently. Elminster has to be my favourite Archmage in DnD setting. If you get a chance, read Elminster The Making of a Mage where he spends a third of the book gender flipped (for good reasons). Other examples of TG in video games... there's Dimitri's Midnight Bliss move in the Darkstalkers fighting game. It's a finishing move that turns opposing characters into hot/cute female versions of themselves so that Dimitri can vampirize them.