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My first party was exactly the party the used for SoA

Me
Imoen
Jaheira
Khalid
Dynaheir
Minsc

It's a very good party in my opinion

My first through BG1 was Minsc, Dynaheir, Branwen, Kivan, , myself (i was a thief), and Ajantis (incidentally, read Ajantis profile, says he was mentored by a certain Keldorn who appears to be a Paladin of reknown =D neato, didnt notice until I went back to play BG1 after I got SoA)

Ive also done it with Jaheria and Khalid, but never used Edwin, any of the NPCs in Baldurs Gate city, Eldon. I carried Xan around in my first game before dumping him, he just sucked (though his moonblade kicked oh so much ass).


A fun place to break up pairs is where the Bassilisks (sp?). They are super effecient at ditching unwanted pairs for you, and then you can use them as statues for your BG2 stronghold.

Edit - I realize that giving you those partners in bg2 is a good idea for someone new to the game. Imoen has to be there, Jaheria gives them an obvious romance (which they may not know about until it develops) and Minsc is one of the funnier characters in the game.

But as ive always said, they ought to give you the option to start outside Irenicus dungeoun, at least after youve beaten the game once, and with the partners you want.

I think if you import a BG1 character, they should let you choose which NPCs you want to import with you. Some would have to be offlimits obviously, like Edwin who is needed for other quests, but itd have been nice to bring along someone like Kivan.

Originally posted by GNGSpam

A fun place to break up pairs is where the Bassilisks (sp?). They are super effecient at ditching unwanted pairs for you, and then you can use them as statues for your BG2 stronghold.

LOL i would love to have a Tiax statue!!!!!!!
The most fun NPC in the game, reason enough to watch the credits!

Originally posted by GNGSpam

I think if you import a BG1 character, they should let you choose which NPCs you want to import with you. Some would have to be offlimits obviously, like Edwin who is needed for other quests, but itd have been nice to bring along someone like Kivan.

My problem is not so much with the NPCs they start you off with. If you'll notice, you always have the dialog option of not recognizing them so you can interpret that as either you really never knew them or your memory is fuzzy due to Irenicus' experiments.

My issue is that Imoen is so drastically changed. She starts out as a 7/8 Thief/Mage which isn't even possible unless you have TotSC. I think the above idea of being able to export your party from BG1 would have been a cleaner solution. They could always kill off anyone that would interfere with the plot line (like poor Khalid).