Please help me justify ditching Imoen
Rei
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I've never been able to do it.
Telling her she doesn't fit into the group composition just makes me feel like a sack of shit.
I've thought about ditching her to "protect" her. But she just had her soul stolen and I think it's fair to say that getting it back would be a higher priority than safety.
How do you justify leaving her, if you ever do? Do you just tell her to piss off and not think anything of it?
Telling her she doesn't fit into the group composition just makes me feel like a sack of shit.
I've thought about ditching her to "protect" her. But she just had her soul stolen and I think it's fair to say that getting it back would be a higher priority than safety.
How do you justify leaving her, if you ever do? Do you just tell her to piss off and not think anything of it?
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Think about it this way. Technically you don't have to bring NPCs along with you for them to be part of your group, you just have to leave somewhere you visit often like your stronghold/main camp (like how DA:O works). It's how I've played since BG1, and since I come back to "headquarters" often to sell stuff or stash/retrieve items then it's also like you're checking up on her/Minsc and Jaheira constantly and keeping them up to date with what you're doing. Meanwhile, Jaheira is probably keeping her Harper contacts updated about your movements (which is why Elminster always seems to be at the right place at the right time) and Minsc is keeping an eye on Imoen. You can even consider leaving her with any of the more protective NPCs like Aerie and Nalia.
As far as 'the game' is concerned you can play it as if you've had no contact with her since leaving Candlekeep and thus no historical attachment to her other than a long ago childhood friendship.
Add in the fact that imprisonment in the dungeon has messed with your head anyway and you're good to go - how you roleplay it is only limited by your imagination, not the game.
P.S. It helps if you've given Charname a back story, which in turn will be determined by how you built him or her.
Edit: I've just re-read the OP - sorry, I thought you were talking about dumping her at the start, not in the Asylum.
I would say the most realistic option would be to escort her to Athkatla to stay in a safe space like others have mentioned (de'Arnise keep or other stronghold or the Copper Coronet with Hendak) except we're automatically rerouted to the Underdark.
So we could headcanon that we have her smuggled back to the main land with Ginia and Ason if we did their quest once we learn that we have to find Irenicus in the Underdark. It's not the smoothest headcanon but it works well enough for me.
I'm running a four character party so I'll just take her along through the Underdark and have her settle down in De'Arnise Keep while I hunt down Irenicus.
I've never removed her from the party in BG2, how does she take it? Does she get as bitter and pissy as Jaheira?
If you are playing a good or neutral one...That is trickier. You could ditch her after you get her soul back, I suppose. And justify it by keeping her out of harms way.
cant stand her constant pampered whine...piss off ya little Bratt!
And then we do this again at the start of ToB!
It's good that there are banter mods out there, at least, to give her more dialogue.
fair warning you can't have both the romance and this installed at the same time. they are diffrent interpretations of the character sso it's best to use one or the other.