Some advice please!?

Last Beetle · Post by **Last Beetle** » Sat Sep 08, 2001 4:39 am

Hello, I seek some advice for reforming my party! My main character is a ranger/cleric and I really like Minsc! Who else should I et in my party? I am good aligned and I have a reputation of 17... Is it ok to get some evil characters like Edwin and Korgan? And which mage is indispensable? Should I go for Edwin, Nalia, Jan or Imoen?! I think Edwin is good but he is Evil!

seanthony · Post by **seanthony** » Sat Sep 08, 2001 5:17 am

Well, I've played Ranger/Cleric before, and I was alright in having Edwin in my team.

My team was primarily Good, I was Lawful Good.. and I had a few neutrals like Jan. But I was also able to get Edwin in my team (also in another game when I was an Archer!). So yeah.. Edwin is the best, without doubt. I mean, gosh.. by the end of ToB, Edwin had memorised 75+ spells!!!

Other good characters are:
Keldorn (if u are really lacking firepower)
Mazzy (for ranged)
Anomen (but then again, u are a cleric, but he's a good fighter too!)
Aerie (Mage/Cleric)

Hope that helps.

Last Beetle · Post by **Last Beetle** » Sat Sep 08, 2001 9:53 am

Hey, thnx!

But what about KORGAN? He is chaotic evil I believe... so won't he leave my party because he's unhappy? And if I get Edwin or Korgan won't my reputation decrease?
And should I get rid of Jaheira? She doesn't seem to be a good fighter and her druid spells are so-so...

General · Post by **General** » Sat Sep 08, 2001 10:24 am

Just don't let your rep get above 17 and you should be ok, just a bunch of whining

Aramant · Post by **Aramant** » Sat Sep 08, 2001 10:29 am

The first game I played, I was a Kensai, nad my group consisted of myself (obviously), Minsc, Jahiera, Yoshimo (later Imoen), Haer'Dalis and Aerie. However, now I'm running a Sorceror, and I find that with all the spells that I can cast myself, Aerie is kind of useless. My group now consists of myself, Keldorn, Jahiera, Yoshimo (again, later Imoen) and Haer'Dalis. I find these people to be the most usefull for my style of playing. However, my style may be totally different from everyone else's.

UserUnfriendly · Post by **UserUnfriendly** » Sat Sep 08, 2001 1:46 pm

Aerie is the only spell caster who can chain clerical spells.

chain three holy smites, dead lich. nuf said.

Dastal · Post by **Dastal** » Sat Sep 08, 2001 9:14 pm

"I think Ediwin is god, but he's evil"?
Man you must be confused!

Anyway, my current party is a Kensai (me) Minsc, Jahira, Nalia (plan to switch for Imoen later), Vicciona and Jan.

Last Beetle · Post by **Last Beetle** » Sun Sep 09, 2001 3:44 am

Hey Dastal, why are you going to switch from Nalia to Imoen later on in the game? Won't she be WAY behind in experience????

But maybe I overlooked something...? Is she a better thief or mage than Nalia?

Anyway I am planning to form my party as following: me Ranger/cleric, Minsc, Korgan, Yoshimo(later Nalia), Aerie (later Edwin) and Jaheira (maybe later Haer'Dalis?).

But PLEASE... can ANYONE tell me the advantages of Jaheira? I don't like her fighting abilities and I think she's SO weak!!! But I would feel so bad just dumping her...

will2k · Post by **will2k** » Sun Sep 09, 2001 4:04 am

I have jaheria in my party and she seems ok. Just guve her some decent full plate mail armour and some strength boosting iteams.

Classic · Post by **Classic** » Sun Sep 09, 2001 6:00 am

"I think Ediwin is god, but he's evil"?
Man you must be confused!

Whoa Dastal, you just upped that one a little bit further by admitting the "o"!!!

Classic · Post by **Classic** » Sun Sep 09, 2001 7:57 am

Sory, I ment "omitting"!

Classic · Post by **Classic** » Sun Sep 09, 2001 8:30 am

That´s "sorry"!

Jeez, my spelling is off at the moment!

Last Beetle · Post by **Last Beetle** » Sun Sep 09, 2001 8:53 am

So what I meant was that I think that Edwin is A GOOD NPC (meaning POWERFULL!!!)but his ALIGNMENT is EVIL!!!

Got it?! Edwin God?!

hummmm... we'll see about that later!
I didn't get him yet! (meaning: I didn't MEET him yet so I don't HAVE him in my party yet!!!)

Next time I'll try to draw it out for you so I hope you'll finally understand me?!

P.S.: sorry if I made any spelling errors...

Last Beetle · Post by **Last Beetle** » Sun Sep 09, 2001 8:58 am

Originally posted by -=Merlin=-:
I have jaheria in my party and she seems ok. Just guve her some decent full plate mail armour and some strength boosting iteams.

Won't that disable her druid spells? And what weapon do you give her to fight? Because I don't think that her fighting skills are all that!?!
I've given her Belm +2 but I still think she's a weak fighter!

Volcane · Post by **Volcane** » Sun Sep 09, 2001 9:47 am

Nah, Druids (and Clerics for that matter) can wear armour and retain their spell-casting ability.

And so can Mages later in the game as soon as you discover other items of armour.....

will2k · Post by **will2k** » Sun Sep 09, 2001 11:16 am

I have jaheria wearing the armour you get from the matron mother in the underdark and weilding the staff of rhyn + 4.

UserUnfriendly · Post by **UserUnfriendly** » Sun Sep 09, 2001 11:34 am

imoen is better than nalia because-
higher theif skills before dual to mage
much less annoying war cry-"for the needy!"

the only advantage nalia has is her family ring which gives her extra spells.

jaheira is second best tank in the game, with only saverok or korgy as better....

think greater whirlwind and greater elemental trnsform! massive damege and spunky attitude in one package! Also she is fun to travel with. if the dialog options permit in the harper plot sequence, crack jokes with her, and she is too cool.

She does real well with aegirs hide armor. or gorgon plate. Aegirs hide armor gives her some important immunities to confusion, I think, and I give korgy red dragon plate for healing flames trick, and gorgon plate is just super. usually reserve gorgon for viccy.

final party

spell heavy and cleric heavy

me-uber sorc
jaheira
aerie
viccy
korgy
yoshimo-imoen

how to keep korgan and aerie in same party?

I used control-i to run thru the dialogs, and found if you let

korganaeriegrump get to value 2 she makes leaving noises, so I set to 0, she hasn't complained yet.

try it, its kinda funny.

Korgan is not as fun as I thought, have hopes he picks more on imoen.

Xyx · Post by **Xyx** » Sun Sep 09, 2001 12:42 pm

Originally posted by UserUnfriendly:
the only advantage nalia has is her family ring which gives her extra spells.

?!?

2 AC bonus and 50% fire resistance from what I saw.

Last Beetle · Post by **Last Beetle** » Sun Sep 09, 2001 2:18 pm

Originally posted by UserUnfriendly:

how to keep korgan and aerie in same party?

I used control-i to run thru the dialogs, and found if you let

korganaeriegrump get to value 2 she makes leaving noises, so I set to 0, she hasn't complained yet.

try it, its kinda funny.

What about Minsc and Edwin? I read somewhere that they don't work together?! How do I keep both of them in my party?! The thing you did with Aerie... is it enough to do it once or does the value change again through the game?!

Astafas · Post by **Astafas** » Sun Sep 09, 2001 3:11 pm

Don't hesitate to mix alignements in your party - it makes for funny dialogues.

Your PC already has both clerical and druidic spells but I would still go for a second healer. May I suggest Anomen? A very nice dual class, IMO.

Jan is a must! The funniest NPC alongside with Minsc and I also hold him as the most useful NPC - great thief who also doubles as a specialist mage.

Edwin is the "most" mage because of his many spells. I'd recommend him.

If you try to line up what kind of party you're looking for, I'll be happy to give you some suggestions.