I am no expert on such things but Game Mods are classed as Fan Works and generally get their own sub-page when split, such as the one for Total War or the one for Neverwinter Nights.
EDIT: Looks like discussion links still aren't working
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The mods in question do not greatly change the main Baldur's Gate story, however. Let's take the 'Alternatives' mod for example. All it does is just give the player a small expansion from an existing game (First game, SOA and TOB) without adding much content. The normal default game will still work like normal. Does things like that warrant a brand new page, or can that be put in FanWorks/BaldursGate general page?
EDIT: Yes, I know. Discussion links never worked. Good thing I know how to maneuver it.
That's what I meant, all tropes from mods should probably go on a FanWorks/BaldursGate page together, not have a page for each individual mod. How much they mod the game isn't really an issue, they are still a mod
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Well, the Fanworks page have been made. But the thing is... it was an accident I saved it on a Fan Works namespace. My original intention was to make a Sandbox page out of it first.
I think I should ask the mods to fix this...
it's a living
Rather than just make a snarky edit, I'm going to ask the question: is the Bassilus entry under Meaningful Name meant to imply he sics basilisks on you?
...Because he doesn't. He 'hangs out' with a small army of the skeletons of his victims.
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The mage with all the basilisks is Mutamin, who's found at roughly the same time in the game, and whose name is sort of meaningful (petrification being alteration/transmutation magic).
Given that the page is getting pretty long, and given that new material is still being created (a new expansion has just been announced, and there are the comics as well), should we consider a split?
We could use the same set-up as for Dragon Age and Mass Effect - a page in the Franchise space covering tropes for the whole Baldur's Gate universe, then separate pages for tropes only pertaining to a single game. It would take a bit of work to do, but I'd be willing to have a go at it if there aren't any objections.
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Aye. I'll add it to Overly Long Pages.
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Okay, I've had a go at it: there's now a Franchise/BaldursGate page with specific pages for the two games, the two expansions, and the books. There are probably a few things I've put on the wrong pages. No (new) images or indexing, though, since the last time I checked those things were temporarily at less than full functionality - they'll need to be dealt with when feasible.
The franchise page still isn't short, however. I don't know what the threshold for alphabetical subpages is.
Oh, and links. They're still needing to be done.
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Ho-hum. Where is the third medium page that justifies the Franchise/ namespace?
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Didn't know three were required, but there'll be three (game, book, and comic) once there's a page for the comics ready. (Didn't find any tropes specifically relating to them among the ones I sorted, so I'll have to write some up.)
OK, that seems fair.
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To update: I've made a start on a page for the comics. Also, there are some images, since the uploader is working for me again.
Perhaps a page should be created for the various mods for this game, especially the character mods?
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I agree. I've always disliked when tropes from mods are mixed freely with the rest on the page of the source game. Mods are equally worthy of coverage, but they should be treated as a seperate work and not be mixed with the source material. It's a bit like adding tropes from My Immortal to the main Harry Potter page (not really, but fanfics are and should be treated as separate works, and the same should go for mods).
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Truth be told, I don't see any issue with that, really. The modding community is massive for this series, and there will be a lot of tropes that are specific to them.
I would however say that things like Unfinished Business, which concern cut content, could probably remain on the main page (or both, perhaps)
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I would like to bring back the prospect of making a page for mods of this franchise, much like what FadingEcho talked about before. At the moment, I will store what we need in this namespace. But we need to iron out what will be added for the mods:
Thanks.
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