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what would be your favorite party with a Fighter/mage or blade maincharacter?

Sloty1984Sloty1984 Member Posts: 164
in Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition
Which of blade and fighter/mage do you think is more fun?
Which npcs would you take along with that maincharacter?

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  • DinoDinDinoDin Member Posts: 1,675
    Both fit perfectly with a full evil party: Korgan, Dorn, Hexxat, Viconia and Edwin.

    For good/neutral parties I'd probably say: Anomen, Jaheira, Nalia/Imoen would be fine to cover all your casting needs. Then probably Keldorn since his kit is so useful. One more extra slot for perhaps Valygar. Or instead of Valygar you could go heavier mage with Jan, adding high level thief abilities in the party as well.

    Fighter/mage is probably more overpowered. Up to you on what's more fun.
  • Sloty1984Sloty1984 Member Posts: 164
    In an evil party I would replace Hexxat with Jan.
    Will he leave when my reputation gets too low?
  • Sloty1984Sloty1984 Member Posts: 164
    What are your tactics with that evil party(assuming Jan replaces Hexxat)?
  • DinoDinDinoDin Member Posts: 1,675
    I think the best thing to do is really manage your reputation as best as possible. Unlike BG1 you don't really have any key gameplay reasons to keep your reputation under 10, fwiw. I would try and manage it so it doesn't drop below 5. And obviously there are some benefits to it being kind of high at certain points, if you want to do shopping.

    None of the evil companions should leave unless it gets to 19 or 20. And Jan shouldn't leave unless it gets to 2 or 1, iirc. However, the law enforcement patrols you will face can make any rep around 4 or lower somewhat of a chore. I tend to take a mindset of "infiltrating society" in an evil playthrough, as opposed to being all murder hobo. That means doing some "good" quests that have no evil solution. And means sometimes doing the good-aligned solution on quests even when an evil-aligned solution exists. That being said, it's still a fun opportunity to see how the evil solution of some quests play out. So definitely don't shy away from doing that. You can always repair your reputation at a temple.

    Jan will certainly be more powerful than Hexxat, so I get taking him. Arguably the strongest companion in BG2, period.
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