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Originally posted by Pirengle the BNM:
What I want to avoid: Pit of the Faithless/Firkraag dungeon/Planar Prison, and somebody gets a call home to go deal with something.[qb]
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By that, do you mean "I don't want to be right in the middle of something when a Messenger comes up and steals one of my party members?" Don't worry, because that can't happen: Messenger-type events can only occur in Outdoor areas, not in the middle of major quests. (It'd be rather odd for Sir Ryan Trawl to pay a quick visit to the Lair of the Unseeing Eye just to deliver a message!)
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[qb]I haven't done any of the thief quests for Aran Linvail. Should I do these first, and all the minor quests in Athkatla, to try and be in the neighborhood when people get called to estates or whatever?
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That depends on where you want Imoen to be, in relation to Nalia. If you haul ass and grab some gold as fast as you can, you can make a rush to Chapter 4 and get Imoen back when she's only half a Mage level behind Nalia. It sounds like you're already past that point, so you may be stuck with an Imoen that falls far behind as a Mage. Go ahead and play as much in Chapters 1-3 as you like, but remember that if you're doing Yoshimo->Imoen, every point of EXP that Yoshimo gets is a point stolen from Imoen.
Alternatively, you can take advantage of the fact that the NPC quests are mostly based on
time: Instead of doing quests, you can just
1) Rest
2) Go outside and walk around a bit to see if a Messenger pops up
3) Repeat
until the NPC quests are over & done with, and then go to Spellhold. Rather against roleplay for a Paladin who wants to go rescue her childhood buddy, but doable.