A threw a single gold piece at the feet of a begging refuge and no reaction.

[katanaofsubterfuge]

Would be cool if they picked it up.

[belgix]

But there is an achievement (Buscer) that does that the opposite way if you are a bard. It's up to you to pick up the money ;-)

[Amethyst_Cat]

Busking is probably their side-hustle and they don't need the gold

[Mike Garrison]

Yes, it would be nice if more NPCs had reactions to the things you do.

You can tell which ones are even at "NPC" status if they have names. Those can at least be talked to. If they don't have names but rather are labeled as "refugee" or something like that, they effectively are just scenery.

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by katanaofsubterfuge:

A threw a single gold piece at the feet of a begging refuge and no reaction.
Would be cool if they picked it up.

Yeah. I kinda expected it to happen.

But then I am worried someone would make a Family Guy mod.

[Annie Other]

Originally posted by Amethyst_Cat:

Busking is probably their side-hustle and they don't need the gold

They summon the gold out of nowhere. As even companions at camp who have zero coins in their inventory can drop.
But yeah, to some you can donate gold or items via dialog, but when you leave things just so, there is no reaction.

[Worlord]

I wish I could help the lady with the sick kid, too.

[Mike Garrison]

Originally posted by Worlord:

I wish I could help the lady with the sick kid, too.

Yeah, I've tried that.

[belgix]

Originally posted by Worlord:

I wish I could help the lady with the sick kid, too.

If you feel generous you probably can. Not sure she will thank you but you can try a reverse pickpocket, If it doesn't work at least you will be able to sleep in peace ;-)

Just close to that there is something even worse; the tiefling kid who found his parents murdered. Sadly, there is absolutely nothing you can do.

[Worlord]

Originally posted by belgix:

Originally posted by Worlord:

I wish I could help the lady with the sick kid, too.

If you feel generous you probably can. Not sure she will thank you but you can try a reverse pickpocket, If it doesn't work at least you will be able to sleep in peace ;-)

Just close to that there is something even worse; the tiefling kid who found his parents murdered. Sadly, there is absolutely nothing you can do.

Yeah. Forgot about that. :( I wonder if Larian had plans for them but they ran out of runway and it was wheels-up? Maybe someone can make a mod that makes it possible to interact with them, even if it's in a very rudimentary way. (I imagine it would be tough to "promote" them to full NPC status.)

[seeker1]

I think some of these things you run into, like the kid whose parents were murdered, or the dude wailing about his little tree near Mystic Carrion's place, were meant to possibly lead into sidequests, and were never finished. Not so much "cut content" as "never finished" content.... I also think they may have planned for a follow-up quest with Dame Aylin after she seems to be hinting she's losing her paladin abilities for, well, body-slamming Larroakan, but ... they also never finished that either.

Look, for any developer, they are gonna get slammed for not finishing everything vs. why the hell is the game's release being delayed so long? It's often lose-lose either way.

I do think Act 3 does have parts that feel ... unrefined and unfinished, yeah. Looks like there were parts of Caz' Palace they never finished either. Don't agree with people who say it's so rushed it's a jumbled mess though.

[Worlord]

Originally posted by seeker1:

I think some of these things you run into, like the kid whose parents were murdered, or the dude wailing about his little tree near Mystic Carrion's place, were meant to possibly lead into sidequests, and were never finished. Not so much "cut content" as "never finished" content.... I also think they may have planned for a follow-up quest with Dame Aylin after she seems to be hinting she's losing her paladin abilities for, well, body-slamming Larroakan, but ... they also never finished that either.

Look, for any developer, they are gonna get slammed for not finishing everything vs. why the hell is the game's release being delayed so long? It's often lose-lose either way.

I do think Act 3 does have parts that feel ... unrefined and unfinished, yeah. Looks like there were parts of Caz' Palace they never finished either. Don't agree with people who say it's so rushed it's a jumbled mess though.

As software developer myself, I slam myself for not being able to include everything I wanted into the final release, so the developers feel just as badly as you do that they are putting out an unfinished product. In fact, most developers feel this way regardless of the state of the release; there is always just one more thing they would've liked to include if they only had the time...

[Jaeleth]

Originally posted by Mike Garrison:

Originally posted by Worlord:

I wish I could help the lady with the sick kid, too.

Yeah, I've tried that.

I think that's a remnant from BG2 :) Where there was a lady in the streets trying to say her child was the PC's (or was it Anomen's?) child and asking for money but the kid spilled out and it was all a ruse :). Probably they left the quest unfinished, like the orphan with murdered parents in the streets under a tunnel in Baldur's Gate. That was a more than obvious unfinished quest. Pity... I'd like to find the culprits.