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ScarhandScarhand Member Posts: 2
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I'm playing a run with SCS installed and I realized that with the repositioned NPCs I could put together a group of all shorties without having to wait forever. So I'm running a Dwarven Defender. I picked up Xzar and Montaron. Xzar is very brave and tanks 4 wild dogs, albeit unsucessfully, leaving Montaron all alone. I head straight to Beregost where I grab Tiax and Kagain then down to Nashkell where I grab Quayle.

So far so good. A fairly solid group that covers all the bases. More thieving than I need but I figure Tiax can specialize in traps and stealth. Game mechanics make it awkward for him to do locks and traps since his thief button is layered behind the special ability button. But here's my quandary: Which shorty fills my last slot. As far as I can remember there's only Yeslick and Alora left and while Yeslick is a stout fellow I imagine someone in this crew would murder him in his sleep before too long. It's a been a decade or more since I've had Alora in a party but I remember her as being good aligned and, anyhow all my thieving slots are filled and then some.

So what should I do? Fill the 5th slot randomly with whoever has a use for me at the time? Go with a 5 man party? (I like to have a full party. Makes me happy.) Or suck it up for the evilish theme and have some random tall person fill the last slot. For balance I wouldn't mind a single class arcane caster. Xzar is dead already so Edwin or Baeloth? Start over and make an NPC?

Hrm. Is it sad that I have more fun thinking about playing BG than I do actually playing the game?

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  • CorianderCoriander Member Posts: 1,667
    Could grab Edwin now and trade for Baeloth at higher level.
  • KidCarnivalKidCarnival Member Posts: 3,747
    Sounds weird, but since you already tank with charname... Shadowkeep Kagain to mage? He's a shorty and he's evil, just his class wouldn't work.
  • MilesBeyondMilesBeyond Member Posts: 324
    Yeslick would be the best choice. I mean that would be three Clerics but that's preferable to three Thieves. IIRC he and Kagain don't get along, but I don't believe they actually break out into violence. However, even if they do a sufficiently high CHA should keep it from happening.

    Unfortunately, even with moved NPCs I believe he's still only available at the end of chapter 4. Maybe grab Alora until then?

    Honestly, though, if it were me I would just stick to the five-man-band. More XP to go around, and while a bit of extra magic wouldn't hurt you, you do have all four roles covered.
  • KilivitzKilivitz Member Posts: 1,459
    edited April 2013
    Scarhand said:

    Hrm. Is it sad that I have more fun thinking about playing BG than I do actually playing the game?

    I think we've all been there once. I know I have.
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