For the second part of day 10 of 12, we’re happy to present an interview with Feuille and Miss Sakaki, mod makers extraordinaire, who have been very busy with their latest NPC, Faren!

They are probably best known for Nathaniel, the male-romanceable kensai from Baldur’s Gate, and the Luxleys, Sebastian and Andrei - two cousins with a dark familial secret.

You can read more about them in the interview, which you can find here!

- K’aeloree/Liam

For day 10 of 12, we’re proud to announce Faren, a human fighter/thief, by Feuille and Miss Sakaki!

This mod adds a new NPC called Faren Blacknall to Baldur’s Gate II. Faren is a True Neutral dual-classed Fighter/Thief. He has a bit of a weakness of saying the wrong thing at the wrong time, but he has a friendly disposition and is willing to share a joke or a drink with a PC who treats him with respect. Faren can be found in the Trademeet jail.

The mod features romance and friendship tracks for the protagonist. Faren will romance female or male protagonists who are human, half-elven, elven or half-orc. He is not initially looking for love, rather companionship and comfort, not to mention fun, but as your relationship continues his feelings may become deeper.

Check out Faren’s page on the website here, check out his forum here and read more about him here!

- K’aeloree/Liam

For day 9 of 12, we bring you a new mod from the Interaction Expansion Pack team, which has been written to complement the existing Banter Pack over at PPG! The eventual aim of the mod is to ensure all NPCs have at least 2 banters with each other, so IEP Banters will be updated whenever we have 5 or more new banters to add.

Adding over 40 banters to BGII: SoA in the first release, and with more coming in subsequent releases, your days of wondering who removed the tongues of the Bioware NPCs are over!

It has a new version of the Banter Accelerator available in the PPG Banter Pack, which allows you to choose the time between banters, from 10 minutes to an hour, and it also includes a component which expands the NPC conflicts, allowing the PC to intervene or encourage the fights which occasionally break out between the characters!

You can check out the IEP Banters forum here, check out the page on the website here and download IEP Banters here!

- K’aeloree/Liam

For day 8 of 12, we have an interview with modder Zyraen, creator of the Beyond the Law, Spellhold Gauntlet and Zyraen’s Miscellany mods!

Zyraen is probably best known for Beyond the Law, his NPC/quest mod spanning the entirety of Shadows of Amn, which introduces Kova and Kiyone, two half-elves in conflict - with each other and the law.

To learn more about Zyraen, his mods and his future plans, continue reading here!

- K’aeloree/Liam

For the third part of day 7 of 12, Big Picture-WeiDU has been updated! This update adds French and Spanish translations to BPv177. Thanks to Graoumf & Ozymandias for the French translation and SirLancelot for the Spanish translation.

You can download it here and visit the BP forum here!

- K’aeloree/Liam