Your Favorite NPCs
Felspawn
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When it comes time to make a party, who are your go to people, Favorite Mage? Favorite Thief? breaking it down by alightment etc. Whos company do you just find yourself with more often
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In BG2, have to force myself to not use Keldorn, Korgan, Mazzy, Aerie, and Nalia every time.
I love that group. They are effective, powerful, and allow me to play whichever charname I want. I know Korgan and Aerie are supposed to fight, but I have never had it come up. I wonder if it is because Aerie is usually invisible with the Staff of Magi??
I really have to try hard to not use that group.
BG2EE Cernd, Neera, Nalia, Anomen, Minsc, and Korgan.
BG2EE - Dorn, Korgan, Haer'Dalis, Edwin and Viccy
Big fan of evil parties. I've never finished as a good guy. Come to think of it I've never finished as a non-thief either! Good times.
BG2 - Mazzy, Neera,
there are other characters I consider favourites but these are the ones I use nearly every game and form the base for most my parties. I always use Imoen too but that's due to story and the lack of useable thieves in bg2
Current Party: Me, Branwen, Ajantis, Xzar, Montaron and Shar-Teel
Main BG2 Party: Me, Jaheira, Sarevok, Minsc, Edwin and Imoen
Current Party: Not sure yet, going to finish BG1
BG2: Any class, Imoen, Anomen, Jaheira, Minsc, Jan
BG1EE: Any class except monk, Dorn, Rasaad (ONLY for the story), Jaheira (s-sorry), Imoen, Xan
BG2EE: Tank/Thief, Imoen, Sarevok, Neera, Rasaad, Viconia
BG1: Xzar and Montaron, Dorn, Shar-Teel, Tiax (actually, I'm quite surprised by the fact the majority of my favourite NPCs are evil) and Kivan
BG2: Yoshimo, Jaheira, Anomen, Jan Jansen and Sarevok
BG2: Aerie, Anomen, Yoshimo/Imoen
In BG 2 I have a hard time abandoning Jaheira and Minsc since they both have personal reasons for tracking down Irenicus. Aerie and Jaheira together are fun if you have a male protagonist. I also like Jan and Valygar. Edwin is worth taking along, even if you're good, just to finish the Nether scroll quest arc (some of the funniest dialogs in the game). For the new folks, I'd still have to go with Neera. I know she annoys some people but I think she adds some needed levity to the proceedings.
I wouldn't say I actively dislike any of the characters from either game. Each offers a chance for a new replay and unexpected party banters.
In BG2 I'd take Valygar, Minsc, Jaheira, Imoen, Rasaad, Yoshimo, Nalia (who usually ends up as my Charname's LI), and Anomen/Viconia.
TOB: Imoen, Sarevok, Nalia, Anomen, Minsc. When Ascension is fully compatible I'll probably drop Minsc/Anomen for Balthazar.
Of course, when I'm looking to get through a playthrough as quickly as possible, I assemble the League of Evil (Dorn, Shar-Teel, Viconia, Korgan, Kagain, Edwin) and cut a swath through the Sword Coast. *Does evil laugh*
As far as BG2 is concerned...
Neera (+Wilson), Korgan, Edwin, Viccy, Yoshimo, Sarevok, and Solaufein (Weimer's mod) are my go-to faves.
Imoen, Jaheira, Nalia, and Minsc were fun the first time around, but they're too one-dimensional for additional playthroughs.
Aerie is a powergamer's fantasy, but she's too whiny for my taste.
I can't stand Keldorn, Anomen, and Valygar for their holier-than-thou claptrap.
I'm indifferent toward Rasaad, Jan, Cernd, and Mazzy (though I absolutely *ADORE* Jennifer Hale's work!).
Haer'Dalis as a character is too fickle and carefree for the type of parties I run, and I dislike bards in general.
Dorn and Hexxat both disguist me, first because they're written like Mary Sues, second because their lines (and the PC's responses) are undeniably amateurish even for bad fan fiction, and third because both of those character concepts are incredibly cool (who doesn't want awesome blackguards and sneaky vampire thieves in their parties?), and these ideas were wasted on those two clowns.
Honestly, Xzar and Montaron are where its at. Best NPC pair of all time.
She is my baby sister after all.
Minsc - he's an awesome force of goodness.
Neera - she is cute.
CHARNAME Wizard Slayer, Minsc, Tiax, Eldoth, Xan, Coran.
Sarevok & Yoshimo <--- Voice acting just makes them likeable... Kevin Richardson is THAT guy, like when watching Cartoons with my son and Kevin playing a villain or some cool character I just smile to my self lol.
On that note Jaheira's voice along with Vic is soothing. As NPC's solid in both games IMO
Dorn even though evil just somehow becomes a wanted party member. Blackguard kit reminiscent of making a Skyrim toon.
I am trying to not list all NPC's as they all contain an element I like... except Tiax/Quayle/Alora/Skie as they was always too late in the game for me to care about them (Till BG1NPC Mod I recently acquired)
However got a game running a NE Half-Orc Cleric/Thief where Quayle is proving to be a decent NPC in a quirky type of way...
The others depend on the the alignment of my main. Paladins don't hang out with evil NPCs, unless they can be redeemed.
Imoen is a favorite of mine because she's adaptable and versatile.
2. Kagain
3. Branwen
4. Coran
5. Viconia
6. Safana
BG2
2. Edwin
3. Korgan
4. Viconia
5. Jaheira
6. Haer'Dalis
7. Anomen
8. Minsc
9. Aerie
10. Imoen
11. Nalia
12. Keldorn
BGEE - replaced Coran and Faldorn with Neera and Rasaad
BG2 - Yoshimo/Imoen, Nalia, Mazzy, Valygar, Haer'Dalis
BG2EE - hmm well I'll find out soon enough, I confess I haven't actually bought this as yet :-{ . Promised myself I'd wait until I beat BGEE...three years later....and then decided I'd wait for the patch, so roll it on!
In BG 1:
Females:
Jaheira - one of my favourite, nice voice acting, strong personality, though class isnt that good, Id prefer her to be pure druid. "If tree falls in da forest...... I'll KILL the bastard what done it" Her ironical phrases r damn rememberable. Later in Bg2 she demonstrates her maturity and wisdom, and despite on the death of her lvely husband, still finds powers to be ironical(sometimes)
Viconia - damn alfa female, castaway, dominant, evil, sometimes helpless who is trying to look strong, suspicious she is the must in my neutral or evil party (would take to good parties as well, but she eventually leaves cause of high repo). Awesome stats as well. " Get away from me surface scum "
Dynaheir - Most of all I like her voice acting, her way is speaking is really amazing, she is nice, though sometimes she can be hot-tempered and independent
Males:
Kagain - Damn interesting personality, ~ 8 years ago, I used to underestimate this toon, cause he seemed to me pretty boring, but now more and more I like him. I like the practical side of him (when u accept quest to bring Samuel"s body to temple in Friendly arm Inn, he says smth like : " Who pays the delivery ? " . Go pester someone else. He is pretty rational and Think that he is the most adequate toon NPC in BG 1, not a hero not a villain, doesnt want to make good deeds, not prone to do bad deeds, not talkative but damn charismatic. Only one thing he cares GOLD and Money, looks irritated all the time " I don't wanna talk " "Go pester someone else" "You dolt shut your trap, before it gets you into troubles.
Xzar and Montaron - nuff said, crazy duo, Xzar is really creepy and insane with amazing personality, While Monty is more adequate but not less evil ( prolly even more evil than Xzar). They really dont like each other, but at the same time they need each other.
Kivan - his passion and determination to revenge for his wife is damn amazing, he is a real example of kind hearted person, driven to despair by murder of his wife, he is relentless untill he find bastards responsible for killing his love, the woman he loved with all his heart. THough this feeling of hate and revenge might consume him. Unlike Minsc in BG 2, Kivans heart will be restless until he fulfill his desire to revenge, in this perspective minsc is more kind.
In BG2 - Imoen, Jaheira, Aerie, Dorn, Haer'Dalis
I don't like Keldorn. My characters are almost always chaotic-something. So when he threatens them in the sewers, it doesn't go down very well.
-Jan
-Alora
-Quayle
-Anomen
-Shar-Teel
Least favorites...
-Xan
-Xzar
-Edwin
-Neera
-Dynaheir