Arcane only party.
Swarmkeeper109
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So I've been diagnosed with restarteritis for a while now, even more so after I installed mods. After my post about an evil party, we eventually started talking about an arcane magic only party, and I just couldn't get the idea out of my head, so restarteritis has won again and I'm starting a new game. BG1 all the way to ToB (if I even make it out of BG1). One thing I'm not sure about is if I should use mods or not, since I've never actually beaten ToB before, I think once I made it to the final boss but within the past few years I've made it to ToB twice, and neither left saradush. I also need to think about what class I'm going to play as. I'm leaning towards a specialist mage for some reason, transmuter in particular. I guess because I just like the idea of them even if they aren't that great, though a blade or a fighter/mage would probably be better. I'll probably have Jan, Edwin, Nalia, Aerie and Haer'dalis... probably. I don't like wild magic so Neera's out, Imoen comes a bit to late for my liking, and
Sarevok (dualed to mage)
comes WAY too late, though I do love his character. Any thoughts? (also I'm sorry for how much I ramble about things that aren't that important to what the post is about) 0
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- Dynaheir. Invoker. Paired with Minsc. Available in chapter 2.
- Edwin. Conjurer. Available in chapter 2.
- Eldoth. Bard. Paired with Skie. Available in chapter 4.
- Garrick. Bard. Available in chapter 1.
- Neera. Wild mage. Available in chapter 1.
- Quayle. Illusionist/Cleric. Available in chapter 5.
- Xan. Enchanter. Available in chapter 3.
- Xzar. Necromancer. Paired with Montaron. Available in chapter 1.
That's a tougher lineup - no thieves, several options are inconveniently paired with non-arcane characters, and the only healer comes in very late. Plus there are interpersonal conflicts to worry about - Edwin and Neera still conflict, though I think that's only at the first encounter with Neera. So, Neera/Garrick/Edwin/Xan, and the last slot has to wait until Quayle is available.
One recommendation: have a neutral protagonist, so a familiar can apply some thief skills in BG1. (The neutral familiars are all 18 DEX thieves with no race bonuses. A cat can scout under stealth, a rabbit can deal with low-difficulty traps, and a ferret isn't very useful when you already have a bard.)
I honestly forgot about her quests until now, and thinking about it, you get really nice items in both games. In BG1 an extra stone skin scroll, and in BG2 a lot of useful items. I think you're right about them not conflicting normally, though I feel like if you're doing her quest while Edwin is in the party he will get mad. But I may be misremembering that. So I'll probably do her quest and then take Edwin. I could always just leave the second member of the pair inside a building I'll never go to again, though I would still need to take a non mage in the party. Hmm. I didn't think about having my familiar doing thieving things! I'll probably be true neutral to get the rabbit to deal with some traps. Though, I wonder if I should take Imoen and dual her to mage. I need to decide if I should be stricter with who's allowed, or take non mages either to get a mage or to dual them into mage. Thanks for the comment!
I forgot about just running away from her .