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Old 04-22-2003, 10:25 AM   #11
Klutz
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Join Date: November 9, 2002
Location: Houston, TX
Age: 52
Posts: 240
You've mentioned that you have a PC Sorcerer, Aerie, and of course Anomen and Keldorn in your party, and that you booted Jaheira and don't want her back. Anyone else currently in your party?

Without going into detail, whether you decide to ditch Keldorn or Anomen, based on your stated preferences so far and what we know of your party, Minsc would be the best fit as a replacement.

*Spoilers* (NPC relationship conflicts and details about NPC's abilities only)
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Keldorn, as an Inquisitor kit Paladin, has the abilities to cast True Sight and a super-power Dispel Magic, which are both extremely handy but not irreplacable. (Both Anomen and Aerie can cast True Sight and Dispel Magic, although the Dispel Magic won't be as effective as Keldorn's.) If you want to keep your party good/neutral, Minsc would be a good replacement for Keldorn. The evil option is Korgan, but he will get into a conflict with Aerie. Valygar (the Umar Hills ranger you mentioned) would also, but Valygar as a Stalker can't wear heavy armor, so if you were counting on having two plate-mail tanks in your party, be aware that Valygar can't quite fill that role the way Minsc can. He's still an awesome and very useful PC.

Anomen is kinda unique among PC's in that he can both get Cleric abilities to high level and still perform ably as a Fighter. He'd be tougher to replace. The closest actual replacement would be Jaheira. I know you've already ruled her out, but if you do decide to ditch Anomen I'd at least give her a second thought... getting rid of her curse isn't that hard if you can deal with her personality. Cernd, as you mentioned, replaces most of the Cleric capability but at the cost of frontline power. (Shapeshifted he can do some damage though.) Viconia will get into a conflict with Keldorn, so she won't work either. If you chose to replace Anomen, instead of going for a less capable cleric I'd just lean more heavily on Aerie for Cleric spells in your party and go with another front-line fighter.
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