Kivan
wojtek
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You know Kivan . He is one of the coolest NPC in BG1 . In my oppinion it is very bad that he's not in BG2. Maybe game developers can do something about it ! are you agree?
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However, it would be unrealistic if every character in BG 1 somehow made their way to Amn for BG 2. I am not so biased for any specific character that I MUST have them in my party for BG 2, so I'm not too bothered to be honest.
Besides, Kivan's awesome power in BG 1 kinda diminishes in BG 2 given how missile weapons loses importance in relation to magic and melee weapons.
In Kivan's case, within the context of the mod his appearance in Amn is rather natural: you became a close friend to him during the events in BG1, stood by him when it would have been easier not to, and helped him achieve his revenge. Thus, when he heard about your disappearance, he came looking for you. To me that makes a lot more sense than some of the more arbitrary BG1 character appearances.
Within the context of the BG1 NPC mod though, he's RP-wise an archer through and through, and so giving him the kit to match seems like a no-brainer.
Shame and irony mingle, having seen my pc get critted for at least 11 damage by a kobold. It was an awkward reload.
Coran would be much better suited to be an archer IMO, due to his mediocre melee ability (of course, that would mean sacrificing his thieving skills).
I will never understand where people get the idea that Kivan is purely a bowman. He's incredibly versatile.
Ofcourse Coran is absolutely the best archer in the game, but if meleeing is needed Kivan will kick Coran's butt sorely thanks to his exceptional strength score.
Kivan is a better front liner due to better AC and higher str and good con. He also has some nice little resistances, which are wasted on a back-line character. Yes, he can use a bow alright, as should ALL warriors before lvl 7, since they're better attack rate, and the damage difference is tiny due to few npcs having more then +2 bonus from str, which is easily compensated by an extra attack.
Hell, Kivan is arguably the best front liner in the game of the vanilla NPCs, needing no items to perform well, while Ajantis and Minsc require dex gauntlets, Khalid/Shar-teel have poor str, Jaheria is poor str AND crappy dex, Kaigan has crappy dex and str, though he does at least have a TON of hp and regens slightly, slightly offsetting getting hit more often.
Coran, as a F/T, should be BSing if he isn't using his illegally high bow prof to shoot, which MORE then makes up for his otherwise lower str. (If he opens with a BS, he can get the equivalent of 5 attacks in a round, where as everyone else is stuck with 3 or less for melee, and 2 attacks is worth A LOT more then +1 hit, +2 damage, and he could always use a str increasing potion, ogre gauntlets, str belt...whatever, for even more damage).