Rejected NPCs, where do they go?

[EtherImp]

I've come across Xan, Garrick, and Minsc and rejected them all to join the party.. Where do I go to find them again if I want them to join later in the game?

[Lopov]

You can't find them anymore.There are some that will stay there where you meet them like Kagain, Faldorn, Coran...but others will leave and never return.

[Curry]

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Originally Posted by Lopov You can't find them anymore.There are some that will stay there where you meet them like Kagain, Faldorn, Coran...but others will leave and never return.

Lopov you don't know what you're talking about.

Those NPCS won't go anywhere, they are probably where you left them. Just talk to them again

[EtherImp]

Okay, well, the PC's in particular, I have not seen since I rejected them.. and I just went to the Gnoll Stronghold and killed all the Gnolls that I could find but did not have Minsc in the party.. I'd kinda like Minsc and his wife in my party.. I'm hoping I didn't miss the opportunity to do so.

[EtherImp]

Scratch that.. I saved his wife and went back to town and there he was.. That said, what about Garrick and Xan?

[Lopov]

I know what I'm talking about, Xan definitely doesn't stay in the Mulahey's cave when you talk to him and reject him, but he leaves immediately.And about Garrick - if you kill Silke and reject him, he definitely leaves, been there done that few days ago.And it's the same with Xzar and Monty, they immediately leave the map if you talk to them and don't join them on a way to Nashkel.

I didn't say that all of them leave, most don't, I just numbered some of them and some only leave if you are rude to them, like Alora.

[EtherImp]

Concerning those mentioned: There *has* to be a place they go. I think Garrick probably stays in Bergoth somewhere..Possibly the inn/tavern. I just haven't checked since the first run-in with him.

[fable]

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Originally Posted by EtherImp Concerning those mentioned: There *has* to be a place they go.

No offense, but why? I mean, intellectually I agree with you. Just as in A Tale of Two Cities, we know that Charles Darnay continues to live after Sydney Carton takes his place at the guillotine, still, Dickens removes him from the book. That's it. Once you've rejected Garrick, we can speculate all we want about where he goes, for purposes of the actual game mechanics, he's gone. Vanished. An ex-bard, if not an ex-parrot.

[EtherImp]

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Originally Posted by fable No offense, but why? I mean, intellectually I agree with you. Just as in A Tale of Two Cities, we know that Charles Darnay continues to live after Sydney Carton takes his place at the guillotine, still, Dickens removes him from the book. That's it. Once you've rejected Garrick, we can speculate all we want about where he goes, for purposes of the actual game mechanics, he's gone. Vanished. An ex-bard, if not an ex-parrot.

I seem to recall in BG2, the NPC's, once rejected, usually went to a place where they would hang out.. usually an inn/tavern or a home. Although I can't think of specific details, as it's been a few years since I played BG2, I'm fairly certain this was the case.

I was assuming the same mechanic would be present in BG1, but I understand your point that just because it makes sense does not mean it is so.

Essentially you're saying that once you've rejected an NPC, that NPC is gone for good in BG1?

[fable]

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Originally Posted by EtherImp I seem to recall in BG2, the NPC's, once rejected, usually went to a place where they would hang out.. usually an inn/tavern or a home. Although I can't think of specific details, as it's been a few years since I played BG2, I'm fairly certain this was the case. I was assuming the same mechanic would be present in BG1, but I understand your point that just because it makes sense does not mean it is so. Essentially you're saying that once you've rejected an NPC, that NPC is gone for good in BG1?

I see what you mean, now. Bioware made several changes between the games, based on user feedback. I'm betting one of these was making sure the people you dismissed from your party were still (most of them, at any rate) available. So while you can't get several again in BG1, you don't have that problem in BG2. At least, not the first time around.

[Lopov]

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Originally Posted by EtherImp Essentially you're saying that once you've rejected an NPC, that NPC is gone for good in BG1?

Not all of them.

Those that leave when rejected are:
-Xzar
-Montaron
-Garrick
-Xan
-Alora (if you are rude to her)
-Dynaheir
-Shar-Teel
-Viconia
-Yeslick (not 100% sure, but I doubt he stays in the Cloakwood mines)

if I remember correctly, someone please correct me if I'm wrong.

[Curry]

Strange. In one of my games I rejected Garrick but later picked him up because I needed him to pick pocket something

[Jordoo]

Garrick will go to the Inn right next to were you fight Silke and you can pick him up again. He is either in the Inn or standing at the entrance outside not sure.

[fable]

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Originally Posted by Jordoo Garrick will go to the Inn right next to were you fight Silke and you can pick him up again. He is either in the Inn or standing at the entrance outside not sure.

At the entrance.

Good character, if you want a real challenge. He's pretty mediocre in all respects.

[Lopov]

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Originally Posted by Jordoo Garrick will go to the Inn right next to were you fight Silke and you can pick him up again. He is either in the Inn or standing at the entrance outside not sure.

I now checked in my game, because I had an autosave when reaching Beregost.If you kill Silke and then reject him, he "goes" to the Red Sheaf Inn, disappears from the map and he's not in the inn, at least not in my game.He's nowhere in Beregost to be found then, maybe it's different with your games.

If you kill thugs, then he doesn't even offer to join your party.