Voices of Nerat = One of Many

[ActionMovie]

Does the voice of Nerat assimilate souls into a collective mind sharing the same body? Will he consume our love interests?

That is at least how I understood the Archon's Voice story. It's quite an unsettling power. One of Many gave me nightmares.

 

[Strange_Trees]

Makes me wonder if the game takes some inspiration from the Black Company books, Voices of Nerat gives me a lot of Soulcatcher vibes.

 

[Fjull]

Makes me wonder if the game takes some inspiration from the Black Company books, Voices of Nerat gives me a lot of Soulcatcher vibes.

Yout got it righ: in an interview with the writers, someone mentioned the Black Company to be among their inspirations (link here).
As for the OP, I don't really see more than a cosmetic connection (many beings together), as Many-as-One was more like a being made with lots of lesser beings that added up to something else, while The Voices has lots of individual beings that are still there (more like Many-as-Many).

 

[Strange_Trees]

Yout got it righ: in an interview with the writers, someone mentioned the Black Company to be among their inspirations (link here).

Awesome, I hadn't seen that interview yet, thanks for the link! It's pretty great news for me, I'm currently reading that series (on book 4) and loving it.

 

[soulcycle]

Awesome, I hadn't seen that interview yet, thanks for the link! It's pretty great news for me, I'm currently reading that series (on book 4) and loving it.

I haven't heard about the books till now. Could you tell what kind of fantasy settings do books describe and what is the premise?

 

[ActionMovie]

Yout got it righ: in an interview with the writers, someone mentioned the Black Company to be among their inspirations (link here).
As for the OP, I don't really see more than a cosmetic connection (many beings together), as Many-as-One was more like a being made with lots of lesser beings that added up to something else, while The Voices has lots of individual beings that are still there (more like Many-as-Many).

Doesn't the Voices of Nerat assimilate that guy in the short story?

 

[panzerghost]

Does the voice of Nerat assimilate souls into a collective mind sharing the same body? Will he consume our love interests?

That is at least how I understood the Archon's Voice story. It's quite an unsettling power. One of Many gave me nightmares.

God I hope so; that would be awesome.

 

[Fjull]

Doesn't the Voices of Nerat assimilate that guy in the short story?

Wait, I though you meant May-as-One, from Planescape: Torment (a hivemind), but it seems you're talking as someone from an expansion of NWN2, right? I've only played the base game so I don't know. My mistake. But as said earlier, the inspiration is probably Soulcatcher.

 

[ActionMovie]

Wait, I though you meant May-as-One, from Planescape: Torment (a hivemind), but it seems you're talking as someone from an expansion of NWN2, right? I've only played the base game so I don't know. My mistake. But as said earlier, the inspiration is probably Soulcatcher.

Aha! I had no idea what you were on about. Yes, I was talking about a character from NWN2 Mask of the Betrayer. One of Many is floating constructing housing several souls. You can let it assimilate new souls into itself. I haven't red any Black Company novels.