Both Real Angela and I have continued to revised our stuffed-toy essays. For this post, please check the section "The task never ends!" for substantive edits I've made. Even before the fanfic, let's get this disclaimer out of the way: This essay is a supplement to Real Angela's excellent essay on stuffed bear locations in Baldur's Gate…
Of all the posts I've written that fall into the "This matters only to Bill" category, this one is the most "This matters only to Bill"-est. My Baldur's Gate 3 fanfic tends to refer to itself a lot. One story daisy-chains into another. Even I, the guy who wrote them, can lose track. Also, there's a connection…
... or the origin of Jarvis. This is the follow-up post to the teaser I posted about three months ago. Why? Let's deal with the obvious question: I have a long-documented antipathy towards the Windows operating system. Why did I buy a Windows machine? If you've followed my blog posts, or looked at the tag cloud, or…
This is part four of a four-part article that begins here. Observations In preparing this essay, I became aware of how much my process resembles that of making a movie: composing each shot; understanding the properties of the camera; consider what's in-frame; location scouting for the background in the images; organizing the cast (not all characters are…
This is part three of a four-part article that begins here. Poses Let's deal with the obvious: Those four pictures are the same image with different captions. There's no operative difference between that and something like this: Ah, that's better. I picked the name "Tav" because I was trying to hide. The name "Tav" was so common,…
This is part two of a four-part article that begins here. Position Remember when you learned about co-ordinate systems back in high school? BG3's Photo Mode lets you put that knowledge to good use. There are two coordinate systems to keep track of. Warning for the math-adverse: If your head starts spinning, just scroll to the Composition…
Forward This was originally a single long essay. I've split it into four parts to make it easier on folks using phones to read it. If you see something like "I discuss this below" it refers to the entire article, not just the page you're reading. CW: There's at least one photo in the overall essay with…
Premise The main difference with playthrough 9 is that I wanted to try Honor Mode for the first time (with mods). I try to play as different classes for each run, both to see how combat develops through the game, and to see if there are any class-specific events/dialogue. This time, I tried a Way of the…
A picture with a blue border around it is a link. Click on it to learn more. Or forget less. This may be one of those posts that's of interest only to me. I'll try to make it worth the reading anyway, for the pictures if for nothing else. In my previous Baldur's Gate 3 post, I…
This is part five of a five-part story that starts here. Images with blue lines around them are links. Click on them if you'd like some story background.