hey i was wondering what the best overall party combo would be.. like who should i accept into my party and who should i dump/refuse?

You should find out for yourself but a mixed party is good.
3 spellcasters and 3 tanks works well.
(some spellcasters can be used as tank too (Jaheira, Anomen)

<font color="gold">There arent one party-combe that is 'the best', there are many good. One of these would be:

Protagonist (good-aligned Barbarian)
Mazzy Fentan
Keldorn Firecam
Anomen Delryn
Aerie
Nalia/Imoen

A very good fighting-party, both melee and ranged, plus good spellcasters, and a thief. [img]smile.gif[/img] </font>

Another good one:

Orkel(good-aligned orc fighter)
Minsc
Jaheira
Yoshimo/Imoen
Aerie
Edwin

This is what im playing now [img]smile.gif[/img] . It's good because you have 3 tanks, 1 thief and 3-4 spellcasters...

Whatever you do, dont you ever forget Minsc and boo, i love them and Minsc competes for the best or 2nd best tank in the game. The rest :-
A character of your choice
Nalia
Anomen(if you get his quests right)
Keldorn(cause of the holy avenger)
Cernd ?
No specific last character but Valgayar seems good

Minsc is a very good tank but he hasn't been doing well in my group lately...Of course that's because i've been comparing him to my main character [img]smile.gif[/img] .

[ 07-17-2002, 04:02 PM: Message edited by: Dragonbreath ]

I just started playing (Chapter 2) but I think I have a great combination....

Kensai Fighter (level 9)/Mage Level 10
Korgan
Minsc
Keldorn
Yoshimo
Viconia

So far, I am kicking ass. What do you guys think of this party?

IMO opinion you probably have too many tanks. If I was you I'd drop either Minsc or Keldorn.
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Keldorn will try and kill Viconia if there both in your group for too long so I'd drop Keldorn. You could probably do with another mage or maybe a druid. So you should pick up either Jaheria or Cernd or Nalia.
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Aerie isn't an option because she will leave the group if Korgans in it.

Again, there is NO SUCH THING as a "best" party. Best for your style, I don't know, you tell me.

One example, in my Neutral game, it was
Me (CN Elven Fighter/Mage)
Jaheira
Anomen
Haer'Dalis
Jan
Aerie

Note that we're all full-time spellcasters.

That would be 7 characters with Minsc [img]tongue.gif[/img] ...