Firstly I must apologize for the length, but there are a few questions/topics covered in here, and I would rather make 1 long post than 2-3 semi-short ones. Bare with me.
I know many of you dislike Anomen, and I'm not such an advocate myself but while I do have him in my party I would like to complete his quests to the fullest, so.. here's my problem.
So far I have only seen 2 possible options for solving the Saerk Quest.. They are:
A: Kill Saerk and never gain knighthood
B: Forget the justice/revenge all together and get knighthood later
Now, my question is: Is there any other option?
When you go to the Council of Six and speak to the magistrate (sp?) She says that there is "insufficient evidence" to link Saerk to the crime. Isn't there a way to find the evidence and show it to the magistrate? I seem to recall this happening in a previous game I played but I don't recall how I got it to happen or where, or if I am even remembering the right thing or not.
Another question concerning Anomen:
I lost the dimwits family shield. When I was going through the slaver quest he got whacked pretty hard by a thief I believe (backstab), died, I had to revive him, in doing so his equipment was left on the ground. I grabbed the armor I had him equipped with (possibly off another character?) but somehow forgot to grab his shield, mace, helmet, etc. The mace and helmet were no big deal since they weren't anything special anyway, and even though the shield isn't amazingly powerful or anything it is fairly nice to have. Is there any other place that this item spawns or is it gone for good? Any way outside of editing the game that I could get it back?
Also, I am considering switching my party around some, currently my characters are:
Me - NG Ranger
Aerie - Cleric/Mage
Anomen - Fighter/Cleric
Jaheira - Fighter/Druid
Minsc - Ranger Berserker
Yoshimo - Thief/BountyHunter
Minsc (trade for keldorn?)- I like Minsc in that he is funny and he's a pretty decent tank, plus he has the capability of using a composite long bow (which i take advantage of), but I never use his special abilities at all. I was thinking of switching him out for Keldorn as soon as I can. Good trade or am I missing something?
Aerie (keep?)- Even though she's annoying I like her because other than Edwin/Nalia she's the only mage available. Even though she's not nearly as powerful as Edwin, I would rather avoid an evil character. Nalia is very annoying to me and I would much rather use Imoen or Yoshimo as a thief. Imoen I simply can't get until later, plus I don't like her personality wise much more than Aerie, if at all. Plus, if I desire I can romance Aerie, so that's a plus. And, she's a duel-classed cleric which makes her a bit more useful.
Yoshimo (keep until Imoen?) - I dunno why but I like Yoshimo. He's a good thief in my opinion and his personality is decent. Nothing annoying about him. The only problem is he eventually betrays and leaves you, at which time you can get Imoen anyway so you end up with a thief.
Jaheira (keep?)- I hear people singing praise left and right over Jaheira but to me she only seems moderately useful. I never use her shapeshifting ability (maybe my own fault) and there are better clerics in the game. I do however like the fact that she's not TOO much of a wuss to wear decent armor or get into battle and smack somebody around if needbe. The only thing I am really keeping her for is the extra spot .. I like a full party. Plus, I would like to romance her over any other of the possibilities.
Anomen - Here is my real delimma, and the reason I am writing this all out. Anomen is a fighter/Cleric, (duh), firstly he serves the purpose of being a good tank. You can equip him with the mace of the ages and he can deal hella good damage, he wears any heavy armor/shield/helmet you put on him, plus he has the ability to become a fairly good cleric. Also, he's of neutral alignment so he will agree with most of my neutral good decisions. Some of his cons are that he is, as so many say, rather annoying. Plus he has some crappy circumstances that accompany him and he doesn't play well with others. All and all I just wanna know if theres a better cleric I can get/use in the game? Like.. Viconia perhaps? But isn't she evil? Aside from that.. Do I REALLY need another cleric with my ranger, Jaheira, and Aerie?
Summary:
Me - Ranger (tank + minor cleric abilities)
Keldorn - Paladin (tank)
Aerie - Cleric/Mage
Yoshimo or Imoen - Thief (thief/mage)
Jaheira (Or a suitable replacement?) - Druid (cleric abilities)
Should I keep Anomen? Dump him and leave party at 5? Or pick up Viconia or another tank? I'm almost considering dumping Jaheira and keeping Anomen? I dunno guys. I'm lost. Help!
