i just got anomen in my party for the first time is he worth having if not what should i have instead?

Well, that depends on the rest of your party. Looking purely at his abilities, he's not all that bad. Looking at other things... well, there's a reason we have an anti-anomen society somewhere around here...

Anomen is pretty good in a tangle and can biff the bad guys with the best of them, i'm using him at the moment and this is my first time through - the Fighter/Cleric combination is great - beef him up and send him in!

Although i find his Dexterity is a let down, good thing theres plenty of Dexterity Potions!

Hmmm...my location is a bit too similar to yours Mr.Legolas! i shall have it changed ASAP!

Off topic: Could've been worse [img]smile.gif[/img] I've seen people with the exact same location 0_0. Dreadful, isn't it ;)
I'd just keep it as it is.

If you're playing a female, there's the romance plotline. To be honest, I like his... grating... personality. It makes me laugh.

O yeah take him along if it's your first time w/ him for sure. At least just to see what he's like. (i never met an NPC in BG2 I didn't like)

I always liked him - maybe Viconia is better clerically, but as she is evil she tends to control undead, which is great, but at high level Anomen will EXPLODE undead - highly satisfying to watch :D . Talks a lot, but that's just, you know, "righteousness" - just a phase...

*Seems* like a better fighter than Jaheira even though he's already dualled early... definitely find him the Gauntlets of Dexterity to make him real spiffy... in Chapter 6 you'll probably want to present His Bleeding Lordship with Crom Faeyr and he'll take over the tank-mode operations...

I tend to keep Anomen until he completes his quest, then leave him as a fill in when I need one. After all, you can't keep em all!

<font color="gold">Why keep him until the quest, and then dump him? It is after the quest he really takes off as a good cleric, as well as he is much better to have in the party. That is, if he passes the test. [img]smile.gif[/img] </font>

Like sir exxon said, he gets usefull after you beat his test, if you take the good path. I usually keep him anyway, he can stand his own in battle and can be a good healer too. its good to have a healer in battle with lower AC than other healers (aerie for example) so he can heal tanks without being disrupted.