1. any chance that H-Dalis can steal this romance like he does with aerie? I am with viconia, jan, and H-D and I want a romance with viconia...

2. any easy ways to lower reputation so viconia won't leave? currently at 19.. I don't want to kill innocents... perhaps other methods?

Don't worry. HaerDalis keeps his hands off Viconia. And Jaheira, actually.

To lower your reputation: what part of the game are you at? If this is after you've rescued Imoen, you can lower your reputation by two points any time you please.

Otherwise: Did you know that you lose two reputation points if Viconia joins you? Easy.

Rather than killing peasants, try stealing from them. Find a house with only one (definitely no more than two) people in it. Pick someone's pocket. Be caught.

They will turn hostile and I think you might lose some reputation points; get out of the house.

Find a store you don't care about (like the weapons shop in Waukeen's Promenade -- NOT the Adventurer's Mart). Preferably one where there aren't too many people around.

Steal. Get caught. The shopkeeper and anyone else who saw you will turn hostile, so again, get out.

That's it.

ahh.. Tiamat--thanks! I forgot about the new 'special ability' that you get after you save Imoen.. I never used it before (when I played through the first time) because of the reputation problem.. but since now all my 'buddies' are either neutral or evil, I will have to use it frequently...

I was worried about HD stealing viconia because he is making advances towards her.. I think she is denying him,however...

Actually I think Vicconia puts some moves on Haer... she comes on to him, and he doesn't know what to say, then she insults his manhood or something. Pretty funny, something along the lines of , 'you couldn't handle me.'

Just remember when you steal and run to turn the AI off, otherwise your mindless drone NPC's will slaughter everyone in the room before you hit the door.