How to 100% guarantee Jump Start Valerie's Romance

[HTakara]

Since there's no guides out for this sorta things, I did a bunch of trial and errors. And this will start up Valerie's relationship

• Prologue* choose to help save the guards in the fire and pass the athletics check, should be easy enough but save before running into the fire, and reload if you fail.
  
• Chapter 1: when talking to her for the first time, you'll have the option to mention her beauty, choose the option that you won't stalk her like her admirers, and that you just want her to know you took notice of her.
  
• Old Sycamore: when you first get there you'll see the kobolds and the mites getting ready to wage war, don't bother with any of the dialogue options and choose immediately to attack, Valerie would let out a battle cry about killing evil creatures
  
• Old Sycamore: learn about the Worg from the goblins in the south inlete, and when you first converse with it, don't go through the dialogue options and just pick to attack, that you don't talk with evil creatures, Valerie again will let out a battle cry like before.
  
• If you do the above options, the next time you rest, you'll get a after campfire scene with Valerie having trouble buckling her armor, choose the option to see if she wants help.

With all this done, you're on a surefire start. Keep her in your party and just choose options that are of Lawful Neutral, good idea to save scum, cause she doesn't always agree with Lawful Good actions, if you pick an option and she gives a "negative" response to what you did, reload and pick something else. For example, don't punish Bartholemew, and choose to do nothing as what he's doing isn't breaking any laws. I notice that if you don't do the above listed actions, it's extremely difficult to get her relationship train going, the game really goes off of "first impression is the lasting impression" as these actions gives the largest boost to her relationship values.

The way you know you're on the right track, is that she'll change how she greets you, when she's neutral, she'll sigh before saying something to you, and she'll warm up to you, each time you bring the relationship up to the next level. There's one camp scene for every chapter, so if you seen one camp scene already for the chapter, don't worry about missing one till the next chapter. Basically it's one relationship level per chapter, and by Twice Born Warlords, you should be bedding her around the start of then.

[Rellek]

Sorry for the discussion necromancy, but I did all of this and there is no buckle scene. Before you ask, no I'm not camping on the world map. Actually no scenes where companions talk to you have triggered for me. They banter between each other but never with me.

[Julix]

Huh, didn't realize they could banter with me! They only banter between each other for me as well...

[Sephiroth]

Find a real life GF bro this is just a game

[Rellek]

I just like getting a good ending. Turns out my problem is fixed. I just had to start a clean new game (reloading a save from the start of the game didn't work) and then everything worked fine.

[Julix]

Turns out I just was resting on the travel map - wonder how much interactions I missed out on. @Lichdom got a GF IRL - doesn't mean gaming isn't still fun. Both work from home, having some separate time is valuable too :P

[Immortal Reaver]

You need points so even if you skip something you can do romance later as long as you finish her companion quests, you get points by picking right dialoge options. You will know you gained points when Val interjects dialoge with positive comment after the choice you clicked. Dialoge choices with other NPC gives 5 points usually, if it is aligment locked choice "Lawful" then it should give you 10 points. At Oleg when talking to Val you can get 1 point ("For the moment, yes. I am not going to stalk you like your admires.....")
I think goes something like this:
1 point to start romance.
New Camp scene - Broken clasp on armor
First companion quest - Duel (Val needs to duel)
29 points to start first romance scene
New Camp scenes - Ogre broke shield, Shady potion, Val argues with Reg
2nd quest - bard creates insulting ballads of Val
59 points - second romance scene (sex "scene")
New Camp scenes - Rumors, Gift from Val
3rd quest - Trial need to heal scar
Rushlight tournament - Irovetty dialoge, Sword at Weapon Shop
99 points - third romance scene Vow to marry
Some endgame talk etc. and then Ending Slide.

Other than Shady potion camp scene which requires effect that is dispelled in 3rd quest, you should be able to see camp scenes any time after they are unlocked.
Note it is possible to do Rushlight tournament before 3rd quest.