Dorn is a fricking HOSS (Possible Spoiler)
HaHaCharade
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Just saying according to the screenshot in the Pre-load screen... wow! Sit down Minsc! I think he'll be getting my Constitution tome this game.
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...If I ever actually play an evil charname, I am saving a spot for him.
...Hell, I may save a spot for him if I'm playing a NEUTRAL charname.
What is this about giving him the tomes?
Is doing that with tomes a normal thing? Giving them to people who already have high stats?
...I always give my tomes to people with lower corresponding stats to compensate for their weaknesses.
I was just justifying it to myself.
charname gets all of the tomes for me because he is a greedy bastard
After BGT, I gave them all to charname because goddammit I am charname and I want to have ridiculously high stats.
I give several to my PC (always INT, WIS, and CHA), but I usually give Viconia a WIS tome or two, Monty the DEX tome, and sometimes the CON tome to Kagain, making him into a super-tank. Since Dorn is one point away from a +1 bonus to his HP, I'll be giving him the CON tome.
It's hard not to meta-game my stats during character creation, knowing that the tomes exist.
Another great example is me frequently giving Kivan my Strength tome. If I have a PC who has an 18/85 strength or some such, I will actually elect to give Kivan my Strength tome. For my character it would put me from a +2 THAC0 +4 Damage to +3 THAC0 +7 Damage, sure, that would be cool ... but for Kivan we're talking about going from +1 THAC0 +3 Damage to +3 THAC0 +7 Damage. That's a really big boost.
So I dunno. I would just say: Use tomes on whoever you feel needs them the most. That said, I wouldn't advise, say, giving a Strength tome to Imoen ... that's just a complete waste.
And to the people who only give Tomes to PCs: Suck it. Haha, I kid of course, I understand why you do it, but it's pretty lame.
Given that he's a tank, I'm not that worried about Dorn's 14 Con and consequent HP total. With his 16 Dex and generously equipped with AC lowering items my hope is that he won't actually get hit all that much. I think he'll be chopping most opponents in half before they're able to draw much blood.
Dorn is absolutely, positively in my first game, within a mixed alignment party along with the other two new NPCs. It'll be interesting to see how Rasaad fares alongside Dorn. I hope Viconia isn't constantly going to have to be healing Rasaad in the midst of battle. But then again, Rasaad too should have high Dex (he's a Monk after all, and relies on that ability). So maybe/hopefully he'll be hardest of all for enemies to hit.
Anyway, Dorn is going to be the new badass on the block for sure. Put him, Korgan (Oops!) Kagain, and a warrior class PC on the frontline and it's clobberin' time.
It's not actually worthwhile to give him the Strength tome, however, it's a difference of 1 damage per hit. Planning that along with the extra +1 from Baldur's Gate 2 however, and it's a +4 THAC0, so it becomes worth the investment again.
Given his Con is fairly low for a frontline meleer, the lack of an HP bonus is rather damning, so I wouldn't say this was high.
Funnily enough, that makes Dorn an excellent warrior. Of course, thanks to the stat-increasing items (Gauntlets of Ogre Power, Gauntlets of Dexterity, the various Belts of Giant Strength, Crom Fayer...), you can get away with less.
Ho ho ho, suck it NPCs :P
That said, his stats do look pretty brutal-I hope Neera and Rasaad are at the same level-Dorn already has a custom sword and a kit practically designed for him, the other two deserve something special too! (maybe Neera could get bonus spells so she can match Edwin?)
Primary Attribute(s): Strength (12), Constitution (9), Wisdom (13), Charisma (17)
Poor Dorn is a full point lower than he should be, he should have a 91 stat total.
Edit: Just noticed, looks like *somebody* killed Jaheira in that pic, but not Khallid. Finding out why is going to be the new major mystery of the upcoming game.