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I'm stuck...Lysan isn't appearing to me!

This is the second time I've played the Vale of Shadows segment (my first party sucked and took years to finish it), but this time for some reason I'm in the Yeti cave, and Lysan isn't there. I went back to town, and she's not at the bar, but she still isn't showing up. What do I do?

And this game is much harder than I thought it would be!!

bards?

and while I'm at it...I have a bard in both the parties I'm trying out...but what are their strengths? No armor, so I keep having to protect them...

I take it you have accepted the quest from Kresselak and are now ready to kill Lysan? It might be a bug, have your tried the relevant patches?

Bards can wear bracers and chainmail. If you have the HoW expansion installed, they have some really good bard songs, and there are some good bard-specific items in the game.

Bards can wear chainmail without penalty?

solved it!!

Hey, I solved the Lysan thing...I had said "I'll think about it" to Kresselack the second time, instead of promising to kill her. I went back and said I'd kill her to him, and then she was there when I returned to the cave...silly me!

Bards have to remove the chainmail to cast spells and pickpocket - but that's not as much of a problem as you might think. Unlike in BG2 - you can change your armor in the thick of combat, and the bard can doff his/her armor, cast a spell, then quickly re-don the armor. Later on, you should find some good bracers, which can be combined with a ring of protection, and/or elven chain, which allows the bard to cast spells while wearing it. Don't forget the spells Blur and Shield, which last a long time at higher levels.

Bards

Bards have a good lore, so if you have a mage don't waste your money or spellbookspace on an identify spell.