Just my opinion, but I like Minsc better than Mazzy.

Minsc is a better tank, Mazzy is a better archer. Just depends on what you need.


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I sort of like Mazzy too but left her at home as I thought that her ShortSword prof would limit her considering that most good swords seem to be either longswords or two handed. I suppose you could keep her for the long haul and upgraded her other weapon stats over (a long)time.

Are there any better weapons for her apart from the Shortsword of Arvoreen+2 ?

I have the mace of disruption, but how do you get it improved?

By the way, go for Anomen.

There are some better short swords later in the game; however, that should be your last priority with Mazzy. Her strength is not her front line fighting. Her strength is her skill as an archer. As soon as you get her, hand her the Tuigan bow and lots of good arrows, and she will decimate many opponents before they ever get within melee range of you.

IMHO, the only time Mazzy should even use the short sword is one of those encounters where the opponents appear right in the middle of the party (I hate those!), and she is now stuck on the front line. Fight her way apart from the opponents, then switch back to bow. Otherwise, unless you run out of arrows, she should never touch her sword.


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Get the quest to get illithium ore for the artist. However, give him the alloy instead of the real stuff (he gets mad, and you get less xp, but you get to keep the good stuff). Take the good ore to Cromwell with the mace, and he'll upgrade it for you (well worth it!).


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Thanx Nerull. To bad i´ve already done that quest but i´ll sure do it next time.