The Plan B Squad
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I thought about doing a playthrough with all NPCs that get relatively little play. The useless and the underrated any ideas?
And what character to play if I do?
No Modded NPCs please.
And what character to play if I do?
No Modded NPCs please.
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Edit: And play a thief or bard :>
I don't think Neera is useless and I'm unsure if she is underated. Jan is the one of the most popular NPCs so he certainly isn't underrated.
I'm more concerned about BG1 though.
My favorite CHARNAME is a Dragon Disciple, but I always used my favorite NPCS with him.
For Baldur's Gate 1, I think the characters you'd be looking at are Tiax, Quayle, Garrick, Faldorn, Eldoth, Skie, and perhaps Xan. They can all be viable characters in their own right, but I don't really hear of people using them a whole lot.
That in mind, I'd definitely reccomend taking advantage of a couple mods (though I can't remember which ones. A simple google search will help) that move the location of these NPCs so you can access them earlier. I know in my games, Tiax is in Beregost, Quayle in the Nashkel carnival, and Eldoth on the same map as Elminster's first appearance. They're all levelled appropriately, so it's not like they're too powerful for that part of the game. It flows together quite nicely, and gives you the chance to experience these great characters earlier in the game.
BG2 is a different story: since there are way less NPC options, I don't think there are any that are mostly shunned by people, expect maybe for Cernd, since 1) Druids are far from the most popular class 2) the Shapeshifter kit is not exactly great and 3) his bland, deadbeat dad personality doesn't help much.
Maybe as an alternative you could do a run with a custom group made of the least popular kits and schools of magic. I don't see a lot of people here talking about using, for example, Wizard Slayers, Avengers, Transmuters/Abjurers/Diviners and Beastmasters. These seem to cover all bases except for the Thief, because all Thief Kits seem to be popular, even the Shadowdancer.
For BG2, definitely Cernd. I'm not sure who else, but definitely Cernd.