Rare party ideas
Danacm
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Hi,
I used to play strong parties or solo, but now i want to play smthing different.
My current pc is a not optimazed blackguard, and i want some unused or not the best npcs for him.
What do you think about: faldorn, tiax, eldoth, skie, but what others ?
They all comes late, which npc use until i get them ?
I used to play strong parties or solo, but now i want to play smthing different.
My current pc is a not optimazed blackguard, and i want some unused or not the best npcs for him.
What do you think about: faldorn, tiax, eldoth, skie, but what others ?
They all comes late, which npc use until i get them ?
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Peace!
In regards to the party leading up to when you get the ones you list, I recommend you organically pick folks as you go, keep the ones you like or compliment your party and kill/release those you find worthless or annoying.
Elodth you can pick up in chapter 3 doing cloakwood but personally I tend to feed him to the closest basalisk and Skie is a late addition and probably should stay home;
Safana is a good thief to have along if you don't bring Imoen.
Yeslick is in Cloakwood as well - makes a good cleric if you don't have one yet.
And Neera if you haven't traveled yet with a wild mage - take one along just to see what happens.
Baeloth is entertaining but you have to be a higher level (I think it was 4-5) or something before you can even meet him.
I personally wanted to drown both of them if the game had allowed it but instead I kicked them out when we were magically poisoned in BG and so I imagine them groaning and suffering someplace; Skie only survives because she makes it home and her father is powerful and rich but Eldoth kicks the bucket and gets what is coming to him in a horrible after life full of brimstone and darkness in one of the 18 levels of hell.
For a different play through (without mods) then role-play more - for example I have a cleric/thief multiclass gnome who is rather normal in terms of stats (the only stat the shines is DEX and CHA). What kind of story does your blackguard have - how did he even become a blackguard under the watchful eye of Gorion and the priests at Candlekeep, what motivates the PC to do what he does and act in his own way? Does the whispering of his patron demon make him act out oddly at times which causes him to kill a random person?
Sorry for my english its not my native.
My backstory, yeah i have one.
Godric, the name of my blackguard, he never been a cruel or guilty person, just want to live in peace and want to be his environment is in peace. He read a lots of books about wars, gods, faith, morality and law. He realized that gorion is true, the hapiness for the people is only reachable with laws, strict laws and Godric beleives its only been warrantable, if a suitable leader rules the people and grant peace by his will. Btw he loves gorion, as a wise and true foster father, that save him from starvation and death. And his best friend imoen, a little cutie girl, she always made him laugh.
Godric was the best swordsman apprentice from time immemorial, he was fast, durable and as strong as a bull, nobody knows, where his strength from. He enjoyed his life in candlekeep.
After some years, bad dreams came to disturb his nights. He saw anarchy, riot, armies of chaos that massacre all who lives, and who is kind of his life, imoen and Gorion. He couldnt accept is, and want to save everything that important to him, the peace and his "family". He sought every day in the books something, something that can help him, he knew, gorion is wise, but he did not make it seriously. But found nothing, just a name, Zaedor. In a forgotten codex, it was a little, side note, that if smbod needs help, justc all Zaedor in the right moment, and they help, if they can make an agreement. Day after day, he tried to use the name, but nothing happened, and one day, Gorion who seemed frustrated or feared, told you to pack up and get ready for a travel, because something wrong here, and you knew what will happen. He said goodby to all, and went with Gorion. And yes, he foresaw the ambush, after His foster father shouted to run, run away he want, want to fight and help Gorion, but a strange power not let to did it. He saw Gorions death, and he knews its the end for him too, the armored monsters soldiers came after their master, and started to sought for him for unknown reason. There were no escape. This is the moment, he thought and shouted - Zaedor - and waited. At that moment a little winged ugliness revealed from nothing and smiled. This moment seemed endless, he did not realized the outer world, nor the trees, soldiers, nothing. Just concentrated the little beings words. I am Zaedor, messenger of the greatest power, tell me human, do you want to live ? - they asked, - Yes - told Godric. I can save you human, but there is a price for that, do you pay the price human ? - asked from the distracted Godric, - yes, whatever is the price, i ought you to pay it, to save me to get the chance to avange my beloved fathers death - said the broken hearted youngling. Let it be - said Zaedor - the price is your soul, and to serve my master, but you get more than you desire, you get not to just save you to avange, but power and tendentiousness to reach your goals, because my, hm, our master needs the strongest champions to serve. You are the luckiest human in this world, to be choosen by my master. I will follow you, and teach to use your new powers, and to help you to proclaim our masters biddings - said the little creature, and started to laugh.
After that moment, everything get black, and he dreamed again, and this dream was something different, he saw his aims, as a king himself who lead an army, who bring peace and law in this world, and punish hars who dare to resist his will, he will bring the new world to this lands.
My current playthrough is with BG EE with a gnomish Fighter/Illusionist and a full party containing only women (currently Imoen, Jaheira, Dynaheir, Branwen, Neera). If one of them starts to nag I´m going to replace her with Safana.
In all honesty, Garrick is not very power-gamey but he has a nice voiceset, good spell level and bard song is not at all useless as some claim. Pickpocket is also, unlike BG2, very useful!
Qauyle gets a bad rep for his low wisdom, but it really doesn't matter. Mage/cleric is such an OP typing. He is, imo, one of the best NPCs in the game. The same can actually be said for Alora..