Help me choose a 3 member party for BG2

RedWizard

I've been playing with 6 member parties forever for the interaction and all. Decided to finally try a smaller party for once, mostly because of the faster xp rate, I'd like to at least be of the same level as the enemies once. I mean, it's like every mage you face has bloated levels when compared to your characters, that and less micromanaging.
Charname will be either Fighter 7>Mage so he already starts dualed or Fighter 9>Mage, it's just my favorite class combo.
I'd rather have a thief so I can disarm/unlock, Jan fits like a glove especially since he can cast spells as a specialist and can also achieve very high pickpocket values for mass stealing even at the beginning of the game.
Who should my third member be? I'm guessing either Viconia or Korgan, Anomem would be better but his personality is.... urgh.
Korgan's a beast when it comes to tanking, especially against enemy mages. Viconia can't really do much besides buffing and healing, but as a single class cleric she levels pretty fast and will quickly achieve max Skeleton Warriors and a powerful Dispel Magic.
Hmmm which one do you guys think I should choose? Also, how hard is the beginning with a small party? My plans are basically going to be stealing all I can with Jan for good gear/money fast, and I guess I could always start hard battles against humans with a GM+Chaos... using SCS so I'm not sure how decent summons like those from spider figurine/horn of valhalla/etc will be considering mages have a tendency of always casting Death Spell.
I also realize it'd be better as a party of custom characters, but I'm not really a fan of a bunch of silent guys.

Wolk

With a small party, you won't have that much banter, so as long as you make him fail his test and don't play female, you won't have too much trouble with Anomen. And you will be abble to enjoy his banter with Jan which brings forward the best part of Anomen: a guy we can easily make fun of.
I don't know about SCS, but I think you won't have too much problem if you pick three spellcasters, the more powerfull spells will make up for the loss of party members.

Onestep

Straight Fighter or Kensai/Berserker? Just out of interest.

As for the party, Korgan and Jan have at least one banter, so that's a decent choice. I would probably advise a healer though, and Viconia is certainly an excellent healer. Aerie is another decent option. Anomen is always a solid healer and fighter, and not too bad once he passes his exam.

You could also take Jaheira, but she's really not on the same tier as the previous three, whether as a fighter or a healer.

RedWizard

Well, decided to get Korgan, he's just always reliable, which I really like. Stole the Ring of Regeneration from Ribald early, that should solve most healing issues until I get enough xp, I'd like HLAs as fast as possible this time, but solos and duos didn't really work for me.

kryptix

Personally for 3 man with jan I would go with aerie or jaheira with SCS. Aerie for fast leveling of both sides for a really awesome caster or jaheira as a tank and better melee than your Charname.

I would go berserker 9 but probably 13 dual in a 3 man.

CrevsDaak

Jan Jansen, Anomen and you can be the class you wish.

Tedronai

If you're a F/M, I would take Jan and Anomen. You'll need a cleric I would imagine, and Viconia and Aerie are good, but Anomen can tank and fight as well.