In Team Q&A #5, RPG Vault asks members of the Temple of Elemental Evil team about the AI and the parties the developers choose when playing. Here's a snip:
Tom Decker
Producer and Assistant Designer
I love the way NPCs can and will react to your environment. In addition to obvious things like talking about interesting scenery in the game, NPC followers may also turn on you, if they are evil and you are weak. Sometimes, they will offer to surrender to you during combat as well and beg you for mercy. Or if a follower has met his personal goals, he may disband and go off on his own. |