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Recruiting Dorn in the wilderness and finding your replaced NPC again.

HeindrichHeindrich Member, Moderator Posts: 2,959
edited July 2013 in New Players (NO SPOILERS!)
I have recently re-rolled BG 1 EE (was playing Vanilla from GOG before), and although I do intend to stick with the Canon party again, (Jaheira and Khalid kinda forced the decision prematurely on me by killing Xzar and Montaron just as we entered Beregost lol) I do want to try out a few different NPCs every now and then.

Given that Minsc/Dynaheir and Jaheira/Khalid come in pairs, this means I can only conveniently substitute Imoen occasionally, which should be fine for most of the characters like Safana, Kivan and Yeslick... However I also really want to take a trip with Dorn (his stats are ridiculous... THACO 14 when the rest of my party is 17-19, doing way more damage with each hit...)

However, his encounter event takes place at a random 'Waylaid' event, so when I switch out Imoen to accept Dorn, I have no idea how to find her again... Is there no way to return to a specific location like that (between Nashkel and Nashkel Mines)? Or do I need to dismiss Imoen in a fixed location prior to the 'random' event with Dorn? (I am guessing it is not actually random).

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  • WispWisp Member Posts: 1,102
    You have no way of returning to encounter areas "in-between" other areas. If you don't want to lose whoever you leave behind, you are correct in that you need to leave them behind somewhere else (assuming the person in question does not disappear for good when you kick them out). Dorn's encounter is probably not random, no.
  • JalilyJalily Member Posts: 4,681
    You can return to Dorn's ambush area by traveling repeatedly between Nashkel and the Nashkel Mines.
  • ambrennanambrennan Member Posts: 173
    You don't have to recruit Dorn immediately - after that "ambush" event you can pick him up at the FAI.
    I'd imagine that recruitable NPCs return to the FAI eventually as well.
  • SCARY_WIZARDSCARY_WIZARD Member Posts: 1,438
    Jalily said:

    You can return to Dorn's ambush area by traveling repeatedly between Nashkel and the Nashkel Mines.

    Confirmed! By accident. Last year. When I was travelling between regions.
    But yes, Dorn is a ball of awesome. Have fun with him.
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