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Kensai mispelled!

Discussion in 'BG2: Throne of Bhaal (Classic)' started by Goli Ironhead, Mar 11, 2006.

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  1. Taluntain

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    They've most likely spelled it kensai because it's also spelled like that in the AD&D source material. Source material misspellings usually carry over into RPGs. So there's really no point in "correcting" it in the game alone.
     
    Taluntain, Mar 12, 2006
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    Classic. Nonetheless, this is some excellent research.
     
    Harbourboy, Mar 12, 2006
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    I think the difference in name is justified, as a kensei is just the name used for an extremely skilled warrior in Japanese lore, while the D&D Kensai is actually an avenue of training, and not an achieved title.
    And by "hours of searching", I imagine you mean "typed Kensai into a Wikipedia search".
     
    Clixby, Mar 12, 2006
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    I had a feeling it was oriental. Because I've never seen Kensei OR Kensai in any of the dozen supplements I have, but I never bothered to get Oriental Adventures. That said, it would be a disservice to the kit to name it wrong, but I imagine so many people are used to calling it Kensai after so many years of playing BG2 that I doubt it will/should be changed. Meh.
     
    Felinoid, Mar 12, 2006
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  5. Baronius

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    It is in dialog.tlk, so correcting it is easy as pie. I don't know how it is done with WeiDU, as I don't know WeiDU too well, but it would need no more than a few minutes to write a C++ (or any other) program that fixes it.
     
    Baronius, Mar 13, 2006
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    Kensei is pronounced 'cane-say' for you nihongos!

    So des yo!
     
    Tony Tulipstomp, Mar 13, 2006
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