You're most under-used NPC's?
CartooN
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I don't think i've ever picked up Shar-Tel. On my current playthrough i picked up Safana for the first time. Also, i feel like Xzar and Montaron are lacklusters (in terms of stats) compared to other characters, and i usually dump them after i pick up Kagain.
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Imoen
(Neera)
Shar-Teel Dosan
Yeslick
Viconia DeVir
Branwen
Garrick
Safana
Ajantis Ilvastarr
Kivan
Kagain
Alora
Skie Silvershield
Quayle
(Dorn Il-Khan)
Eldoth Kron (usually just so I can pick up Skie; then, he meets an unfortunate end after telling Shar-Teel to bake him cookies)
Tiax
Minsc
Dynaheir
Edwin Odesseiron
Coran
Xzar
Montaron
Jaheira
Khalid
(Rasaad yn Bashir)
Korax the Ghoul
Xan
Finch and Indira also go on this list, above Imoen, in the case of Tutu. I love those two! I should include the tutorial NPCs, too, since I liked exploiting some of them into my party in the vanilla game.
Faldorn
Skie
Eldoth
Alora
Quayle
Tiax
All because they're available late, not because I don't like them or think they aren't valuable team members.
As far as BG2 I never use Valygar.
Bg2: cernd
WE'RE ALL DOOMED!!! XD
To be fair, I give Xan his Moonblade and send him on his way. It's just not right to separate something like that from the person bound to it.
Korax, I just give directions to hit basilisks until he wises up and attacks me. And by "me", I mean "Imoen". What does he have against her?! Every savegame, it's the same story -- I pick up Korax, Korax tanks basilisks, Korax tries to DPS Imoen, Shar-Teel feeds Korax steel through his sinus cavity. She is so cute you could just gobble her up, but it's just a figure of speech, Korax, come on. Eat those rude adventurers in the eastern part of the map, or Mutamin, not Imoen! Imoen is cool.
I have never used Tiax, Quayle or Alora (not even recruited to look at stats).
I have had Faldorn, Eldoth and Skie for maybe 30 minutes/each.
I usually end up with Branwen, Minsc and Kivan/Coran + depending on what the protagonist is.
Yeslick is almost always added in the mines (Bye bye Branwen or Jaheira)
Xzar and Montaron have only been used as cannon fodder to FAI, will use them for my first ever evil play through though.
Strangely, I do like the Eldoth/Skie combo. You do have to rush to get Skie at as low a level as possible, but I love Eldoth's quest to abduct a noble woman and ransom her. Eldoth can actually be a great support character, spells plus archery and singing. Plus all of Skie's dialogue makes me laugh. Stuff like "I have a cold." or "My feet hurt." is just funny to me, especially in the whiney way she says it. It is hard to get her traps and locks up high enough to do Durlag's tower, but it is possible, with some potions. It's much more for entertainment purposes that I take Eldoth and Skie, but totally worth it for me. They amuse me, and that's more important than building the most badass party possible.
Mazzy in BG2 is one that I don't take. Woohoo an archer that can't pick a lock or disable a trap. Also, that worthless druid, whose name escapes me right now.
Cernd is, indeed, entirely useless, unless you want to ice Faldorn and you don't have your own Druid handy.
Faldorn
Eldoth
Quayle
Tiax
Alora
Just to break things up, i.e., use the idea of an 'only available later' bunch to build a game around for something different. But come to think of it, SCS offers a mod component that places Quayle and Tiax in Chapter 1. So I can use that and not have to solo for Chapters 1-3.
Does Eldoth eventually leave if you don't do his quest?
I only had Tiax and Quayle for a short test run, ever, and I never ever had Skie in my party. Eldoth, quite frequently if I'm not playing a bard. Also very underused in the long run - Garrick, Khalid, Jaheira, Minsc, Ajantis and Rasaad. Generally the good aligned NPCs, though I quite like Yeslick and Alora. From the evil NPCs that aren't late game - Viconia. I just don't get what's so great about her.
I often have Xzar and Monty long term; their stats are awesome. Monty is so super versatile; better as a frontlining thief than dualed Shar-Teel, despite her better strength; and Xzar is hands down the best cleric in the game, so I often have him and Edwin in the same party. He makes a quite efficient tank, too.
Zan
Viconia DeVir
Branwen
Safana
Shar-Teel Dosan
Dynaheir
Coran
most under-used NPC's or never at all or that I Never liked them:
Edwin Odesseiron (Never Liked)
Minsc (Never Liked)
Tiax
Ajantis Ilvastarr
Jaheira (Never liked)
Khalid
Alora - almost never - too late for an important role and get annoyed quickly with her voice/personality
Shar Teel - Faldorn & Safana -rarely - never for any extended period I can recall
Ajantis - Tiax - Quayle - not often but I like using them occasionally
Dyna - just not a fan - not sure why - but rarely keep her around
In BG2 - Jan Jansen. The most annoying NPC to date, IMO. There is nothing I can add to it.
Edwin's necklace is neither a cheat nor OP. Ever looked at Alora's rabbit foot? It is rivaled only by Solaufein's sword.
*It is Op cuz you can get him at lvl 1 Alora is end game follower and she must have something that want player to add her to him or her to add alora to the party
*it is op cuz he makes all other follower mages in the game less wanted cuz he still is beeter than them when it comes casting spells per day...
That beeng said I know he is a red wizard and red wizard cast more spells per day then averege wizard but they also knows less spells than other mages:
Enhanced Specialization: Upon becoming a Red Wizard, a character increases his devotion to his wizard school of specialization. In exchange for this, the Red Wizard must sacrifice study in one additional schools of magic.. in edwins case it would be giving up on evocation spells.... then he would be balanced... he get more spells per day as a red wizard should be also get it's special hindrances in that i can't cast spells from 2 school of magic as all other red wizard... as he is now he gets all the benefits of red wizard but not their hindrances... thats cheating...