This is such a cool introduction of the villain, after probably the hardest fight you've had in the game thus far she gets owned and literally does 0 damage to the big boss.
Far from it. I 'killed' her in a matter of seconds. The fight with the Evil Wizard Construct in the Modron Cube was much, much harder. And at this point you already have the Fire and Ice spell which The Transcendent One uses in his fight with Ravel. So... Poor Ravel, she helped us so many times without wanting anything in return and we repaid her by using her, tricking her on a several occasions and in the end we just destroyed her... Or maybe not? Hopefully so :)
@@catonpillow That means you were way overleveled for this part and kinda missed on some cool storytelling via this. It kinda loses impact when you're like "Oh, there she dies again, she sure was pitiful boss" instead of "Wow, even she can't hurt that guy? Who is he?!"
@@DrBigt Not at all. On the contrary, precisely because I didn't miss anything I was that strong. Make no mistake, I went through every bit of the dialogue with her in an effort to save her. Killing the poor thing was the last thing that I wanted. And I've made every effort not to. Since, as I told you, she has suffered more than enough because of us. Yet I ended up killing her twice. She still lives though, under another form, but she is still around.
@@SelectiveApathy82 Yeah he wasn't really a villain as he certainly wasn't some dark foreboding evil hellbent on conquest. If anything the real villain (depending on incarnation of course) was TNO since he had various incarnations; some truly evil such as the practical one. The Transcendent One would remember quite a lot about each incarnation and would be very selective on being persuaded to break the cycle by merging. Planescape Torment was interesting in the sense that there wasn't really an overall villain for you to fight. Only TNO and those devoted to him would be effected by the Transcendent One as the entire thing was a personal journey of self discovery.
me (playing planescape for the first time): hey this game really is pretty good like everyone says *tony fucking jay shows up as the villain* me: I **KNOW** THIS IS THE SUPERIOR GAME
I mean, Ravel was evil, that's true, but the real baddie in the game was Yemeth. Also known as The Nameless One. Also known as The Transcendent One. And with so many other names... It's actually kinda sad because she truly loved us and we betrayed her trust. That's why she waited for us for hundreds of years(and forgot so much, both in memories and power) in that maze although she could've easily escaped. Because The Practical Incarnation promised her that he would return to her. And he tricked her like all of the rest of the people/tools he tainted and used just to further his goals. So, yeah...
Thanks for uploading this, the audio was overlapping in my game. So that's why she attacks you after your conversation with her despite all the aid she gave you before, now I feel bad for her.
Why is it? I still can't make out all of it, it wasn't in the game dialogue window and I can't find any transcripts! Why such a seemingly important scene has ONLY a hardly intelligible audio version is beyond me.
Wrong you are. Ravel attacked us because we cheated her in the past. She truly loved us and we betrayed her trust. That's why she waited for us for hundreds of years(and forgot so much, both in memories and power) in that maze although she could've easily escaped. Because The Practical Incarnation promised her that he would return to her. And he tricked her like all of the rest of the people/tools he tainted and used just to further his goals. Ravel was evil, that's true, but the real baddie in the game was Yemeth. Also known as The Nameless One. Also known as The Transcendent One. And with so many other names...
first time I encountered deer old ravel I did not see for I could not see what was really going on never could see poor old me the forces I fought so I said come on rule of three - wouldn't you agree?
Despite his immeasurable power The Transcendent One is still very rightly afraid of something which has no memory and no name, though that last part makes it untraceable by mystical means. Gameplay-wise this is quite clunky game, but story it tells is magnificent.
Not true. Well, partially not true. TTO fears things that have no name because they are very difficult to track across the planes, but not things which have no memory. On the contrary, The Transcendent One is terrified of TNO GAINING his memories back. His ultimate goal is to make TNO forget, after each death. Over and over. Forget everything each time. But if TNO starts retaining memories even after rising from death, he will eventually find out how to reach The Fortress of Regrets and defeat TTO. Which he did!
@@CheerfullyCynical829 Slightly not true. TNO loses his memories in death and has done it again and again. Side-effect of Ravel's magic which gave birth to TNO and TTO. Gameplay handwaves it away though. TNO also starts the game as amnesiac so he really finds TTO through investigation of clues. In practical sense TTO does not need to worry about TNO retaining his memories as he has none to begin with and if every method of reaching TTO is destroyed there is no risk of TNO ever finding it. Additionally only relevant memories TNO might recover are safely locked in Fortress of Regrets and TTO is there as well. In the end nameless amnesiac with some acquintances managed to follow trail to TTO and had pieced together enough of mystery to unravel it completely. "I can live with that. And so can The Planes. " TTO alone is most likely powerful enough to rearrange some pantheons and whoever became TNO and TTO was way more powerful.
@@CheerfullyCynical829 Which is kinda strange, because: Every time TNO dies, TTO loses some of his matter. So TTO is doomed to a slow oblivion, which only accelerates with each of TNO's deaths.
You cannot help but wonder if the reason he killed Ravel was not because Ravel had helped the nameless one, but merely because Ravel was what lead to his torturous existence, as if deep within the transcendent one knew the dark caveat the curse of immortality had on him.
He killed her because she could again lead the Nameless One to him: NO. THAT IS NO LONGER POSSIBLE. I HAVE ENDED THE LIVES OF ALL WHO HAVE GUIDED YOU TO THIS PLACE. THE NIGHT HAG THAT CURSED US. THE ANGEL WHO SHIELDS HIMSELF WITH GOLDEN LIES. SOON THE FIEND WHO AIDED YOU WILL DIE ASWELL, YOU'VE LED ME TO ALL OF THEM! YOU HAVE ALLOWED ME TO HIDE MY PRESENCE. FOREVER.
Is this with the widescreen tweak? Anyway, I just love how they actually have them go through all those rounds of gameplay with the numbers and everything. Trascendant One wasn't rolling that great for damage onthe Tears, with all those 1's he kept getting.
"Has your live prepared you for what is to come, haaag?"
Such a great delivery.
It‘s awesome. Shale from Dragon Age: Origins also emphasizes the „g“ like that, could be an easter egg.
This is such a cool introduction of the villain, after probably the hardest fight you've had in the game thus far she gets owned and literally does 0 damage to the big boss.
Far from it. I 'killed' her in a matter of seconds. The fight with the Evil Wizard Construct in the Modron Cube was much, much harder. And at this point you already have the Fire and Ice spell which The Transcendent One uses in his fight with Ravel. So...
Poor Ravel, she helped us so many times without wanting anything in return and we repaid her by using her, tricking her on a several occasions and in the end we just destroyed her... Or maybe not? Hopefully so :)
@@catonpillow That means you were way overleveled for this part and kinda missed on some cool storytelling via this. It kinda loses impact when you're like "Oh, there she dies again, she sure was pitiful boss" instead of "Wow, even she can't hurt that guy? Who is he?!"
@@DrBigt Not at all. On the contrary, precisely because I didn't miss anything I was that strong. Make no mistake, I went through every bit of the dialogue with her in an effort to save her. Killing the poor thing was the last thing that I wanted. And I've made every effort not to. Since, as I told you, she has suffered more than enough because of us. Yet I ended up killing her twice. She still lives though, under another form, but she is still around.
I don't think of the Transcendent one as a typical villain. He has arguably valid reasons for not wanting to merge with TNO
@@SelectiveApathy82 Yeah he wasn't really a villain as he certainly wasn't some dark foreboding evil hellbent on conquest. If anything the real villain (depending on incarnation of course) was TNO since he had various incarnations; some truly evil such as the practical one. The Transcendent One would remember quite a lot about each incarnation and would be very selective on being persuaded to break the cycle by merging. Planescape Torment was interesting in the sense that there wasn't really an overall villain for you to fight. Only TNO and those devoted to him would be effected by the Transcendent One as the entire thing was a personal journey of self discovery.
FORTUNE ABANDONED YOU THE MOMENT I FOUND YOU...
Tony Jay's voice can change the nature of a man. May he rest in peace.
I *believe* you have a point there good sir!
I think God Himself has Tony Jay's voice.
The Transcendent One has an awesome voice
A voice that would make Darth Vader piss his pants...
me (playing planescape for the first time): hey this game really is pretty good like everyone says
*tony fucking jay shows up as the villain*
me: I **KNOW** THIS IS THE SUPERIOR GAME
Most badass villain voice ever.
Well, "antagonist" more than "villain".
Kinda rooting for Ravel here, though.
I mean, Ravel was evil, that's true, but the real baddie in the game was Yemeth. Also known as The Nameless One. Also known as The Transcendent One. And with so many other names...
It's actually kinda sad because she truly loved us and we betrayed her trust. That's why she waited for us for hundreds of years(and forgot so much, both in memories and power) in that maze although she could've easily escaped. Because The Practical Incarnation promised her that he would return to her. And he tricked her like all of the rest of the people/tools he tainted and used just to further his goals. So, yeah...
Any answer you want, provided it is YOUR answer. Ravel killed everyone who tried to guess HER answer.
There are no rules in love and war.
Ooo tony we miss your voice acting so muce
Thanks for uploading this, the audio was overlapping in my game. So that's why she attacks you after your conversation with her despite all the aid she gave you before, now I feel bad for her.
She's not dead. Go back to RagPicker's square and talk to Mebbeth ;)
Why is it? I still can't make out all of it, it wasn't in the game dialogue window and I can't find any transcripts! Why such a seemingly important scene has ONLY a hardly intelligible audio version is beyond me.
Wrong you are. Ravel attacked us because we cheated her in the past. She truly loved us and we betrayed her trust. That's why she waited for us for hundreds of years(and forgot so much, both in memories and power) in that maze although she could've easily escaped. Because The Practical Incarnation promised her that he would return to her. And he tricked her like all of the rest of the people/tools he tainted and used just to further his goals.
Ravel was evil, that's true, but the real baddie in the game was Yemeth. Also known as The Nameless One. Also known as The Transcendent One. And with so many other names...
whoa, he sounds like the darkest dungeon narrator.
No he doesn't.
first time I encountered deer old ravel
I did not see for I could not
see what was really going on
never could see poor old me
the forces I fought
so I said come on
rule of three - wouldn't you agree?
Despite his immeasurable power The Transcendent One is still very rightly afraid of something which has no memory and no name, though that last part makes it untraceable by mystical means. Gameplay-wise this is quite clunky game, but story it tells is magnificent.
Not true. Well, partially not true. TTO fears things that have no name because they are very difficult to track across the planes, but not things which have no memory. On the contrary, The Transcendent One is terrified of TNO GAINING his memories back. His ultimate goal is to make TNO forget, after each death. Over and over. Forget everything each time. But if TNO starts retaining memories even after rising from death, he will eventually find out how to reach The Fortress of Regrets and defeat TTO. Which he did!
@@CheerfullyCynical829 Slightly not true. TNO loses his memories in death and has done it again and again. Side-effect of Ravel's magic which gave birth to TNO and TTO. Gameplay handwaves it away though. TNO also starts the game as amnesiac so he really finds TTO through investigation of clues. In practical sense TTO does not need to worry about TNO retaining his memories as he has none to begin with and if every method of reaching TTO is destroyed there is no risk of TNO ever finding it. Additionally only relevant memories TNO might recover are safely locked in Fortress of Regrets and TTO is there as well. In the end nameless amnesiac with some acquintances managed to follow trail to TTO and had pieced together enough of mystery to unravel it completely. "I can live with that. And so can The Planes. "
TTO alone is most likely powerful enough to rearrange some pantheons and whoever became TNO and TTO was way more powerful.
@@CheerfullyCynical829 Which is kinda strange, because: Every time TNO dies, TTO loses some of his matter. So TTO is doomed to a slow oblivion, which only accelerates with each of TNO's deaths.
You cannot help but wonder if the reason he killed Ravel was not because Ravel had helped the nameless one, but merely because Ravel was what lead to his torturous existence, as if deep within the transcendent one knew the dark caveat the curse of immortality had on him.
He killed her because she could again lead the Nameless One to him:
NO. THAT IS NO LONGER POSSIBLE. I HAVE ENDED THE LIVES OF ALL WHO HAVE GUIDED YOU TO THIS PLACE. THE NIGHT HAG THAT CURSED US. THE ANGEL WHO SHIELDS HIMSELF WITH GOLDEN LIES. SOON THE FIEND WHO AIDED YOU WILL DIE ASWELL, YOU'VE LED ME TO ALL OF THEM! YOU HAVE ALLOWED ME TO HIDE MY PRESENCE. FOREVER.
Tony Jay was so fucking badass.
What can change the nature of a man ?
"BeingShotAt"
How delightfully accurate.
the flying garden i call him
Ravel is Yoda ?
He died two times in less than 3 minutes, thats bad.
Awesome video!
So very true, you are right.
2:40 i am speechless
Transcendent One kicks Elminster ass any day
Is this with the widescreen tweak?
Anyway, I just love how they actually have them go through all those rounds of gameplay with the numbers and everything. Trascendant One wasn't rolling that great for damage onthe Tears, with all those 1's he kept getting.
No, it isn't.
I was in shock before letting a chuckle later. It amazed me with the dedication they put into these
I see what you did there... :D
:(
Actually, the answer is belief. ;D