Quick Question NPC Recruit Level

DevardKrown

I am lvl 1, picked up viconia(2) and Kagain(1) if i give both the Boot and Level some on my own to be more than a Wet Noodle and come back will they still be 2 and 1 or magical level up on their own ?

PK2748

Once recruited even if kicked out my experience is they are locked at the level you found them at. I usually go around at level one and recruit every NPC so I can shape them as I please if I need them later. Kagain's warehouse becomes my NPC holding cell

DevardKrown

PK2748 said:

Once recruited even if kicked out my experience is they are locked at the level you found them at. I usually go around at level one and recruit every NPC so I can shape them as I please if I need them later. Kagain's warehouse becomes my NPC holding cell

great because the HP rolls are partially Abysmal, and i want to give me (Assassin) a lil xp boost on my own to get those thief skills on a usefull level

thelovebat

DevardKrown said:

PK2748 said:

Once recruited even if kicked out my experience is they are locked at the level you found them at. I usually go around at level one and recruit every NPC so I can shape them as I please if I need them later. Kagain's warehouse becomes my NPC holding cell

great because the HP rolls are partially Abysmal, and i want to give me (Assassin) a lil xp boost on my own to get those thief skills on a usefull level

There's a mod out there that sets the NPC level to 1 when you meet them, then if they auto level up to scale to your level they end up with the same experience points they normally would but remain level 1 so you can level them up yourself and get the HP rolls and skill allotment you want. That's my preference especially if you plan on replaying the game, rushing to get all the NPCs you might want in your party before gaining many levels can be kind of difficult (and gets old) especially if you have to advance a few chapters in the game or more to get them. Otherwise as mentioned, the computer can end up giving some pretty abysmal HP rolls to the joinable NPCs beyond a starting level of 1 or 2, losing out on potential HPs.

DevardKrown

thelovebat said:

DevardKrown said:

PK2748 said:

Once recruited even if kicked out my experience is they are locked at the level you found them at. I usually go around at level one and recruit every NPC so I can shape them as I please if I need them later. Kagain's warehouse becomes my NPC holding cell

great because the HP rolls are partially Abysmal, and i want to give me (Assassin) a lil xp boost on my own to get those thief skills on a usefull level

There's a mod out there that sets the NPC level to 1 when you meet them, then if they auto level up to scale to your level they end up with the same experience points they normally would but remain level 1 so you can level them up yourself and get the HP rolls and skill allotment you want. That's my preference especially if you plan on replaying the game, rushing to get all the NPCs you might want in your party before gaining many levels can be kind of difficult (and gets old) especially if you have to advance a few chapters in the game or more to get them. Otherwise as mentioned, the computer can end up giving some pretty abysmal HP rolls to the joinable NPCs beyond a starting level of 1 or 2, losing out on potential HPs.

Never a fan of "Mods" which do more than change a visual or repair a Bug, actually i never Modded BG BG2 or TOB ..just used EE keeper to change the Odd Sprite or try to repair a broken quest.

i like my NPC slightly flawed, they are just "normal dudes" and cant look back to CHARNAMES sheltered life with very decent physical and mental training.. on the other hand i dont like the crippled because Viconia got 5x 4hp throws scripted.

Nothing_to_see_here

DevardKrown said:

Never a fan of "Mods" which do more than change a visual or repair a Bug, actually i never Modded BG BG2 or TOB ..just used EE keeper to change the Odd Sprite or try to repair a broken quest.

i like my NPC slightly flawed, they are just "normal dudes" and cant look back to CHARNAMES sheltered life with very decent physical and mental training.. on the other hand i dont like the crippled because Viconia got 5x 4hp throws scripted.

So even if a mod makes the game pretty much exactly how you want it (and you play it "wrongly" to make it behave the way you like it), you don't want to use it?

DevardKrown

Nothing_to_see_here said:

DevardKrown said:

Never a fan of "Mods" which do more than change a visual or repair a Bug, actually i never Modded BG BG2 or TOB ..just used EE keeper to change the Odd Sprite or try to repair a broken quest.

i like my NPC slightly flawed, they are just "normal dudes" and cant look back to CHARNAMES sheltered life with very decent physical and mental training.. on the other hand i dont like the crippled because Viconia got 5x 4hp throws scripted.

So even if a mod makes the game pretty much exactly how you want it (and you play it "wrongly" to make it behave the way you like it), you don't want to use it?

again i do not mod.

Nothing_to_see_here

DevardKrown said:

again i do not mod.

I understood that, the reason I asked was simply that I was qurious as to why you don't use mods. In this case you are jumping through hoops/metagaming just to have the same exact effect as this mod. Basically, you are modding the game ingame. It just doesn't make sense to me.