Help With Party
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Hello, I just recently purchased BG1&2:EE for iOS and I'm just about ready to start a new game. I've played both games before though I've never fully completed either, I've probably got about 10-20 hours played total so I'm not a complete noob but also not an expert by any means.
I know this is probably one of the top five most frequently asked questions so I do apologize in advance for asking it for the 74793638483rd time.
With that out of the way.... HELP ME WITH MY PARTY PLEASEEEEEE !!! I'm super indecisive and I really just wanna get started with my game as I love Baldur's Gate and really wanna finish it this time around.
The only thing I know for certain is that I definitely want to use a party of NPCs with Charname being a melee fighter of sorts and I would like my party to be well balanced (i.e. Not all mages or fighters or rangers etc). I do typically enjoy being powerful as well, I've no need to prove myself by using gimped characters/classes, I wanna slaughter things ! Again sorry for asking the same question everyoneeee asks and thank you so much in advance for any help!!
I know this is probably one of the top five most frequently asked questions so I do apologize in advance for asking it for the 74793638483rd time.
With that out of the way.... HELP ME WITH MY PARTY PLEASEEEEEE !!! I'm super indecisive and I really just wanna get started with my game as I love Baldur's Gate and really wanna finish it this time around.
The only thing I know for certain is that I definitely want to use a party of NPCs with Charname being a melee fighter of sorts and I would like my party to be well balanced (i.e. Not all mages or fighters or rangers etc). I do typically enjoy being powerful as well, I've no need to prove myself by using gimped characters/classes, I wanna slaughter things ! Again sorry for asking the same question everyoneeee asks and thank you so much in advance for any help!!
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After that, what is your alignment?
Besides those two things I'm really open for whatever, I've basically just been reading about the game non stop for the last three days or so and I'm still undecided. Hence why I'm here asking for help haha.
Frankly, the joy of discovering these kinds of things in game is priceless, and I'd think strongly about completing a play-through without any spoilers or further reading. The other thing is there are so many different party combos, tactics and strategies available that you're likely to get all kinds of different advice, so you still may feel undecided. But with that said, and without going into the theory of different party roles, etc. (trying to keep my post shorter than War and Peace), and since you've said that you want to be a powerhouse, here's one possible powergaming lineup for a good party:
Thief: Imoen (focus on pick locks/find traps, ranged combat) - possibly swapped out with Coran later
Cleric: Branwen at first, swapped out later with Yeslick
Mage: Neera
Secondary mage: Xan
Sniper: Kivan (I can't emphasize the power of ranged enough in BG 1 - Kivan is your guy!)
Evil party:
Thief: Imoen
Cleric: Viconia
Mage: Xzar
Secondary mage: Edwin
Sniper/backstabber: Montaron (he's got sling pips in the EEs but I usually hack him to xbows)
Anyway, these are just examples. Plenty of other combos.
If you definitely 100% want dorn, edwin, and viconia, that's fine. All you have left is a thief and maybe an archer unless you want extra casting of some sort - or a bard since you do have Eldoth as an option.
Kagain or Monteron as Tank may be a good idea if you plan on dual wielding or using 2h swords - because Dorn's HP is rather low, his AC won't be great, and your AC may also not be great, and it's nice to have a tank around for things to attack instead. Or you could just use a second mage for lots of CC (Xzar the whole game or Xzar --- ) Baeloth).
Your rogue options are: Imoen the whole game (or maybe dualled to mage), Safana (can also be dualled to mage), Shar-teel dualled to thief, Monteron the whole game, Tiax, or Skie + Eldoth. You have to wait rather a long time for Tiax or Skie.
If you end up sticking with one of the thieves, and don't want a second mage, a second divine caster would prolly be nice so that you and dorn can stay in combat longer - Faldorn is an often overlooked, but very good option, for an evil party, as is Tiax, or Xzar dualled to cleric, in addition to Viconia.
Okay so at this point I have Charname(Barb), Imoen, Montaron, Viconia, Edwin, and Dorn.
I think I wanna dual Imoen to mage but what's the preferred/optimal level to do so at? Also thinking about dropping Montaron for Shar-Teel and dualing her into a thief at level three as suggested. Just looking for some input on this, is Montaron actually better?
Thanks again for the umpteenth million time! You guys are great!!
My problem is I'm still pretty noob and I just don't know how good/viable this set up is or how good imoen/Shae will be when dualed.
Shar-teel as a rogue that doesn't go for backstabbing seems like a waste to me if you're not going to immediately dual Imoen.
So you've got options.
Get one of either lock/traps to 90-95ish or 100 if you prefer, and then dual Imoen immediately and make Shar-teel pick up the slack for the time being, or wait to dual Imoen until she has 100 in both (level 7) and leave Shar-Teel to hide/move silent or not dual her at all and have her specialize in bows.
You could also just keep Monteron as a tank, put all his thief points in Locks/Traps and dual Imoen immediately, and put Shar-teel on hide/move and be fine too - or again, not dual Shar-teel at all as an option.
It's up to you. You may miss some loot if you have nobody able to lock pick at all, and you may end up spending some extra healing potions or spells if you encounter a nasty trap and have nobody to disarm it, but in general you shouldn't have your game ruined by it until you have some kind of thief that can deal with the problem.
As for Shar-Teel I pretty much just want her to cover for imoens thief skills while she's getting her mage up. I'm not too worried about setting traps or any of that, way mor concerned about pick locks/pockets and finding traps.
I think I'm gonna have Imoen focus on pick locks/pockets and dual her around five or six when both of those are pretty close to 100. I'll have Shar focus on detecting traps and switch her over at level three.
Words can't express how grateful I am for everyones help!!! You guys are top notch!!!
I'm sure I'll be back before long with more silly questions heh. Thanks again!