With all the possible NPC's in the game I have no idea what characters to keep as party members. For example I have Nalia as a party member because of the Fighters stronghold quest and because I am not sure if I can retain controle of her Castle if I dismiss her form the party. As a mage I think she blows, Immoen was much better.

What characters are actually really worth keeping.

any input would be great.

You can dismiss Nalia and you will still maintain the stronghold I'm almost
certain of this.

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agrippa1,
Be patient people will answer your question friendhttp://www.tgeweb.com/ironworks/cgi-...iles/smile.gif give it a litlle time
as for keeping characters I really don't know alot of people have different
opinions on that as for me I've only kept one NPC for the romance part and
that is Jahara.

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Personally I like Nalia. However, that may just be due to my playing style. I have one pure fighter, one thief, and four spell casters (two of which can double as fighters if the situation calls for it). For this reason I like Nalia because she adds depth to my spell casters. In the first round I can web an area send two fireballs and a doom spell (I believe this is the right name) with my fighter free to pick up anyone that escapes.

Boy I can't wait until I have access to high level spells. Multiple mages casting Time Stop in succession sounds devastating.

It depends just remember that your party needs at least one thief, about 2-3 tanks and 2-3 mages.

My current party :
Me (Assasin/fighter)
Valgyar
Keldorn
Edwin
Aerie
Jaheira



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My party

Vanyel ( Necromancer )
Keldorn
Minsc
Nalia soon to be Imomen
Edwin
Jehria ( spelled wrong )

That's all. I'm keeping Keldon cuz last time I had no Paladin to use that Paladin sword from the Red dragon. Just want to see if it's worth it to use!



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I havent had this party for long, but it will probaly be my party for the rest of the game if it keeps working out as well as it has been.

Me (Necromancer)
Aerie
Minsc
Edwin
Haer'Dalis
Yoshimo

I had a *BIG* post over this in the past, and the repsonse was much more towards Imoen than Nalia so I guess she isn't worth bothering after all.

*SPOILER*....................

When you get Imoen back in the Underdark - she will only be LEVEL 13 AT MAX!!! So if you don't want to trade your powerful LV 17 Nalia with all her spells then DON'T TAKE HER IN THE BEGINNING! Save those spells for Imoenhttp://www.tgeweb.com/ironworks/cgi-...iles/smile.gif

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I never took Nalia into any of my parties. She whined too much and had a face like a bulldog chewing a wasp. I could rectify that now, of course. Maybe she would look good as a moose!

My First party (my new one is a full mage party but a bit hard)

Rikard - Necromancer (actually he's a Ranger/Necromancer but that's not possible in BG)
Valygar
Jan
Edwin
Anomen
Keldorn

I jhave to convess i cheated by making Edwin Cyhaotic neutral

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