Copied from my thread at PPG:
http://forums.pocketplane.net/index.php/topic,21450.0.htmlName: Yasraena (SoA)Version: 8Website: http://www.http://mods.chosenofmystra.net/yasraena/Type: NPCScore: 68%Overview:The Yasraena mod adds a female Drow elf looking for her lost companion. You??ll find her at the end of the opening dungeon (and she??s even Dungeon-Be-Gone compatible)! She??s a powerful dual shortsword wielding Fighter; however, I??d be hard-pressed to recommend her over stock NPCs or other mod NPCs if you are looking for a characterful and compelling addition to your party.
Balance: 8/10Yasraena is no slouch in combat; she starts out the game with two magical shortswords and all of her proficiency points in two weapon style and shortsword. In this regard she reminds me of a somewhat power-gamed character with her specialized skill set and 18/97 Strength and 18 Dexterity. In my game she was the most powerful character in my party throughout the early section of the game (to Chapter 3). However she kind of needs to be powerful to compete with the other options you have for Fighter types in the main game (Minsc, Keldorn, Valygar, etc.). If you have something like the underrepresented items mod (
http://weidu.org/underrep.html) installed she??ll benefit greatly from the new shortswords.
Creativity: 10/20The Yasraena mod adds another Drow to the surface world but she contrasts a whole lot with Viconia ?? in many respects she is her complete opposite. Unfortunately I found her personality underwhelming, her background mediocre, and her lack of cool special abilities and whatnot disheartening. She??s not a clone of any other mod character or Bioware NPC, but she??s just not as compelling as any of the rest of them. She does have an interesting ??romance? tree but it still measures up poorly to other alternatives.
Dialogue & Quests: 10/20Jesus Christ the parentheticals. This mod has way too many of them, instead of using actual dialogue or character actions in game a large percentage of Yasraena??s ??dialogue? is descriptive text about how she looks or what she is doing. Additionally her dialogue doesn??t really show a consistent or compelling character, at times she??ll berate party members about their surfacer ways and at other times she??ll act completely lost and politely ask for you to explain things. In some respects her dialogue is either redundant or just not damn interesting. Her quests don??t add much to the game and there is no direction given on what you should do, especially near the beginning. On top of this the first quest is a bloody FED-EX quest, I was expecting something a little more exciting ?? you know, something that may have included a battle, or cool dialogue choices, or something else inventive.
Integration: 40/50I didn??t notice any bugs and the mod is pretty polished. Yasraena doesn??t have too much dialogue like some other mods (then again her dialogue is of lesser quality). The excessive use of parentheticals makes Yasraena stand out a lot however, even when you have the flirt and banter packs installed ?? which make use of parentheticals but to a much lesser degree. Her voice over is at a different volume than the stock NPCs though which makes her standout a ton in combat.
Portrait: 10/10Hands down best original portrait in the community. It looks great although she seems a little too fragile in the potrait to be a 18/97 Strength Fighter.
Voicing: 10/20Volume is a little too high so you??ll be hearing her over even Minsc in combat. The voiceover is a little monotone also, probably to give a somewhat ponderous feel to her dialogue but it sounds like she is just drolling on. However her voiceover is more than done in most mods and gives Yasraena a little character that would be hard to obtain otherwise.
