party question

bobocop · Post by **bobocop** » Fri May 07, 2004 11:48 am

Noob questions here:

I am just about to finish up chapter two and a have a party question or two about npc's to take

my current party is:
me - paladin
coran - made a coran clone from bgI, fav npc
ariee
minsc
nalia
sir anomen

when I get Immie back, should I ditch Minsc or Nalia?

question 2 (spoiler):

reading a bit about Throne of Bhall, why as a good aligned party would you take Sarevok.

Thanks for the time

nephtu · Post by **nephtu** » Fri May 07, 2004 12:00 pm

Well...

Well, flavour to taste, but of the two I would ditch Nalia, since she's essentially redundant to Aerie.

The main reason to take Sarevok for any party is: He's a very good fighter.

Kaitsuburi · Post by **Kaitsuburi** » Fri May 07, 2004 12:03 pm

I say, ditch Anomen and keep Nalia+Minsc. But that's just me

-kaitsuburi

krunchyfrogg · Post by **krunchyfrogg** » Fri May 07, 2004 3:01 pm

nephtu, I think you meant Imoen, not Aerie.

If you did, then I agree. Nalia is just a weaker version of Imoen (even if you do happen to get Imoen back at a slightly lower level).

UserUnfriendly · Post by **UserUnfriendly** » Fri May 07, 2004 3:57 pm

Originally posted by krunchyfrogg
nephtu, I think you meant Imoen, not Aerie.

If you did, then I agree. Nalia is just a weaker version of Imoen (even if you do happen to get Imoen back at a slightly lower level).

to clarify, immy's thief skils are so much better...only yoshi and jan are better thieves...

Raumoheru · Post by **Raumoheru** » Fri May 07, 2004 7:36 pm

drop anomen for keldorn

drop nalia for imoen

just plain drop minsc

fable · Post by **fable** » Fri May 07, 2004 7:51 pm

Re: Well...

Originally posted by nephtu
Well, flavour to taste, but of the two I would ditch Nalia, since she's essentially redundant to Aerie.

Good advice, that.

Thrain · Post by **Thrain** » Sat May 08, 2004 3:50 am

with the sarevok thing, the guy is your brother and he knows a hell of a lot about the prophecy (which would help you in the long run). while you may not trust him, he is useful

kopywrite · Post by **kopywrite** » Sat May 08, 2004 2:07 pm

Ahhh, poor Nalia. Taken right at the beginning she's going to be considerably more powerful than Imoen unless, of course, you rush to Spellhold. That means she's going to have access to those lovely level 9 spells quite a bit sooner than anyone else other than Edwin. Flame away...

Therion · Post by **Therion** » Mon May 10, 2004 6:13 am

Originally posted by kopywrite
Ahhh, poor Nalia. Taken right at the beginning she's going to be considerably more powerful than Imoen unless, of course, you rush to Spellhold. That means she's going to have access to those lovely level 9 spells quite a bit sooner than anyone else other than Edwin. Flame away...

I'd think you're right. I ditched Nalia after the keep quest, though.. my main is a transmuter and I found her annoying. So I got Anomen, who I like (and is a great asset to my party).

Besides, I could never ditch Imoen..

Kaitsuburi · Post by **Kaitsuburi** » Mon May 10, 2004 6:24 am

Originally posted by Therion
So I got Anomen, who I like (and is a great asset to my party).

Wealth of opinions is such a beautiful thing

I personally don't like Anomen at all, but it's nice that there are actually people who like him.

LOL; I think you'll find a large number of people here who are not particularly fond of Sir Anomen....

-kaitsuburi

Astafas · Post by **Astafas** » Mon May 10, 2004 6:27 am

Strange party to begin with, I'd say: No Bard, no Druid, but more Cleric, Mage and Fighter power than you'll ever need...

TheDude · Post by **TheDude** » Mon May 10, 2004 6:46 am

Originally posted by Astafas
Strange party to begin with, I'd say: No Bard, no Druid, but more Cleric, Mage and Fighter power than you'll ever need...

who need druids or bards with aerie and anomen!
drop nalia for immy and u have a nice goody too shoe party?
btw romance aerie she's sweet

Astafas · Post by **Astafas** » Mon May 10, 2004 6:52 am

Originally posted by TheDude
who need druids or bards with aerie and anomen!

Well, either you like versatility and varied gameplay, or you don't. I agree that Anomen is really good (so who needs Minsc, Pallies and other Warriors, when Ano can do all the tanking by himself?), but I never liked Aerie. But that's more a problem with her whiny personality than anything else.

Kaitsuburi · Post by **Kaitsuburi** » Mon May 10, 2004 6:55 am

You both must like whiny characters then

-kaitsuburi

kopywrite · Post by **kopywrite** » Mon May 10, 2004 7:23 am

Originally posted by Therion
Besides, I could never ditch Imoen..

Me neither...I took both even though Imoen felt somewhat like Nalia's apprentice. Nalia gets a new sound set in ToB (most characters do) and she seems to have developed a sinister side -- I seem to remember reading somewhere that there were plans to have her slip from her alignment, which would have made a nice antidote to all the redemption that goes on.

Thrain · Post by **Thrain** » Mon May 10, 2004 12:23 pm

looks like one for the UB crew

bobocop · Post by **bobocop** » Mon May 10, 2004 12:24 pm

wow!

thanks for all the opinions

i got to spellhold, i was planning on not taking immy back
i didn't have the heart to do it after the conversation i had with her. one of my possible responses when she wants to join back up was something like:
due to party balance, i can't accept you, can you make it back on your own?
you got to be one heartless prick to tell her to go away after all the torture she's gone through.
i decided to tell nalia to take a hike

Raumoheru · Post by **Raumoheru** » Mon May 10, 2004 2:11 pm

Me neither...I took both even though Imoen felt somewhat like Nalia's apprentice. Nalia gets a new sound set in ToB (most characters do) and she seems to have developed a sinister side -- I seem to remember reading somewhere that there were plans to have her slip from her alignment, which would have made a nice antidote to all the redemption that goes on.

how is Imoen Nalia's apprentice?
Imoen is a better thief then Nalia.

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and she is ur sister so i wud rather have her then Nalia

Astafas · Post by **Astafas** » Mon May 10, 2004 3:02 pm

Originally posted by Raumoheru
how is Imoen Nalia's apprentice?

XP-wise normally, depending on how many quests you've done... A few Thief levels don't change much, none will be enough IMO. Go with Jan instead!