NPC Leveling?

Wakukee

Do NPCs level when you leave them alone for a long time? I want to pick up Minsc, and thus get Dynahir, but would want to drop Neera in order to maintain party balance (my PC is a sorcerer). I would still want to do her quests later, though. I know that they will be higher level if I recruit a new NPC, but will one that I leave behind for a few levels match my level when I pick them up again?

lDanielHolm

No -- at least that is not how it used to work.

Wakukee

Hmm. Any advice, then?

Mythago

If you don't mind cheating, you can just pick up Neera later, and set her Xp to whatever the rest of your party has at that point:
http://forum.baldursgate.com/discussion/8317/how-to-customize-your-game

Abel

Once NPCs levels are set, they are so permanently. So your options are either to cheat like Mythago said, to edit your game via Shadowkeeper, or just deal with it.