Jan is dead, aerie is inaccessable, my party is me (Ranger), Minsc, Jaheira, Nalia, Valygar. Viconia left cos my rep was too high and i didnt do the keep evil characters trick... who should i use? I was thinking about Keldorn, especially cos i hate anomen and he becomes a pyscho (or in my case a dead pyscho....)

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All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,a light from the shadows shall spring;
renewed shall be the blade that was broken,
the crownless shall again be king.

use Keldornian! ud be surprised how good his dispel magic works... at lvl 10 it works like a 20th level mage.

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ok, who would you say out of mazzy and keldorn cos mazzy has paladin like skills and shes ace with her sword and bow... i could do with the extra firepower....

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All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,a light from the shadows shall spring;
renewed shall be the blade that was broken,
the crownless shall again be king.

Anomen eventually shuts up...somewhat anyway. He also gets good if you put Crom Faeyer (or however its spelled) in his hands. A tank with spells is good.Especially in ToB

I would choose Anomen coz his spells are really great at high level,stuff like finger of death,summon animals,and loads of ther stuff. He's probally my best NPC, and his levels go up really fast too.
The crap he chats is annoying, but I put up with it

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Jak
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ok, so anomen it probably is, but do u think i should get rid of any of my other npcs and who should replace them???

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All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,a light from the shadows shall spring;
renewed shall be the blade that was broken,
the crownless shall again be king.

You can raise Jan (just go by a temple). Why is Aerie inaccessible? Did you kill her in the circus? Or did she take massive damage (i.e. blew chuncks http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...miles/wink.gif ) while in your party? Right now you have 3 rangers (a little overkill). You need at least one thief (you can get by w/ Nalia, but be prepared to buy lots of Potions of Master Thievery), 2 mages, and 2 priests. Aerie would work well, since she is both cleric and mage, covering 2 bases. But if she is unaccessible...

Replace either Minsc or Valygar with Anomen. If you use a lot of backstabbing, keep Valygar; otherwise, lose him. Minsc is a better front-line fighter (Valygar is a slightly better archer, but he is better in a backstabbing, non-tank capacity). Ultimately it comes down to your play style as to which you should lose (what kit, if any, is your ranger?). Then you should raise Jan; he is both a good thief and a decent backup mage. If you can't (i.e. he blew chunks, too http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...miles/wink.gif ), then you will just have one mage in your party until you get Imoen back (Edwin will leave like Viconia did if you try to add him). That sucks, because in the tougher fights you can really use 2 mages, but if you have to make due without, then you have no choice. If you are stuck with one mage, just add Anomen (keeping both Valygar and Minsc), and make a choice about replacing either Minsc and/or Valygar (with Keldorn and/or Mazzy) when you come to that bridge...

Hope that helps!

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The thing is that Mazzy, I think, can only cast some of those paladin-like spells on herself. I'm not sure if that's entirely true but I think that's what it was like when I had her.

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That team is thief-challenged man. I guess Valygar is the closest? He's sure the coolest( of the NPC's that is. ).

You can use rangers to do the stealthing, and Valygar can backstab. Nalia is a fair hand at locks & traps, but she's no whiz. Overall, you can manage at a stretch without Jan.

Assuming that you have one of the Rangers doing the concealed work, this leaves you with just 2 heavy fighters. Jaheira can pinch hit though. You need more physical firepower? I'd pick Mazzy. She's fast and tough, and can shoot.

If you need abilities against the Undead, take Anomen. If you prefer wrecking enemy mages, then Keldorn is your man. Overall, I found that Anomen at high levels was a VERY powerful character, and his spells were more effective later in the game against the type of monsters you'll come to face.

Thats because Anomen is DA BOMB..hehe. I'd take Keldorn over Mazzy for one reason...HOLY AVENGER+5! That should be enough of a reason to pick him. However, he can use a crossbow and he does have that nifty lil dispel magic at twice his XP level thing...