Help in deciding party members
jnalves10
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Hi I am a new player, using a fighter and I'm having trouble deciding party mates.
I like neera, garrick, minsc, imoen and jaheira and would like them to be my party. The problem is that after I go back from the mine, minsc attacks me saying i did not saved his friend, and jaheira comes together with khalid(who i do no t like very much). What do you guys recommend me to do?
Any suggestions are well accepted since i am new to the game and might be wrong in keeping any of these party members.
I like neera, garrick, minsc, imoen and jaheira and would like them to be my party. The problem is that after I go back from the mine, minsc attacks me saying i did not saved his friend, and jaheira comes together with khalid(who i do no t like very much). What do you guys recommend me to do?
Any suggestions are well accepted since i am new to the game and might be wrong in keeping any of these party members.
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Encase you didn't know, Minsc, (his friend), Khalid, Jaheira and Imoen are the canon party for Baldur's Gate 1. The beginning of BG 2 makes a bit more sense if u use this party in BG 1, though it is not necessary and does not change the plot in any way.
Neera, Dorn and Rassad (and Baeloth) are new characters added to the Enhanced Edition. As such they kinda jump out at you in the game, and have more voice acting, interactions and personal quests, which makes them stand out from ur otherwise mostly mute BG 1 NPCs. However, be aware that they are new and not part of the original game, and that in BG 2, all companions 'come alive' in terms of banter, interactions and personal quests.
Finally, the most important tips I can give you.
1) Be patient. The game can be frustrating at times, but it's REALLY worth the effort!
2) Make sure you get Imoen or another thief trained up to 100 in Find Traps. You are gonna need it, trust me
3) As tempting as it can seem, avoid walkthroughs. You can never recapture the innocence of the first playthrough, so enjoy it as much as you can!
Well, the reason I empahized Find Traps above Open Lock, is that if there is something you cannot unlock, at least you can drink a Potion of Master Thievery to temporarily boost your skills, or use the common Arcane spell, Knock, whereas if you cannot detect a trap, you'd be dead and unable to loot anything anyway
Yes you can also use Potion of Perception for Find Traps, but it is no good unless you know where the traps are, and you won't unless you a veteran with intimate knowledge of the game. When I first played BG 1 Vanilla, I had to give up in Chapter 5 cos I assigned too many points to other random skills, cos I thought "I'll make Imoen an all-rounder thief!". My first knowledge of a trap was usually when it blew up in Imoen's face cos her Find Traps was insufficient. lol
Also, I thought Minsc attacked me because he thought I was evil because I asked Dorn to join my party, so I loaded an earlier save and killed him :P
I am using a walktrough, since I think it is rather difficult to find what to do next (modern games made me a stubborn player). But it does seem a little disappointing playing with it. I do it also so I can do all the side quests and dont end underleveled in this, hard, game.
Wigmonster(Stewart)
There are variations on this that you can do elsewhere.
You can also send the unwanted into an empty building that you have already cleared of useful stuff (there is an abandoned building in NE Beregost). Dismiss them there, out of sight of the rest of the party. That will convince their partners that 'the magic has just gone out of the relationship' (as long as you don't go in the building and talk to the ex-members). The remaining partners will then adventure on with you.
...Or you could strip them and have them fight Gnolls. Kinda permanent, though.