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Originally Posted by galraen No way is Imoen a better mage than Nalia, in fact due to the fact Nalia will almost certainly be higher level than Imoen when you meet her again it's the other way around.

Possibly, but Imoen have sufficient thief skills to open locks/disable traps which can be used to free up a thief slot. Nalia doesn't. And as already mentioned, she is also the second most important playable character after the protagonist and if it's his first way around he definitely should chose her over Nalia.