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Originally posted by Lord:
What creatures are considered Faeries???
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As far as I can tell, just Nymphs, Dryads, and that lot. There was a Hamadryad and four Sirines (more if you had ToSC) in BG1 that you could fight, and in BG2 there's....the Dryads in Irenicus's dungeon, and the Faerie Queen (and the Sirines she summons), and maybe a Nymph or two in ToB. So we're talkin'
serious combat gains, here.
The creatures that you choose as your Racial Enemy do not recieve any bonuses against you, you simply take a Reaction penalty in your conversations with them (which I doubt is even implemented in the game). For example, if you chose Dragons, you would recieve a -4 THAC0 bonus to hit the Dragon, but also a -4 penalty to your ability to be polite and nice to the Dragon.
For Valygar, either Golem or Lich would make sense as his Racial Enemy. Perhaps he chose Golem before he found out that he would need Lich.
For Minsc, having him choose Vampire (and have proficiency in Mace) is an obvious nod from the powergamers at BioWare to keep Minsc in your team as you side against Bodhi. Sad, really. I've Shadowkeepered him back to his BG1 version, with Racial Enemy: Gnoll and points in 2-Handed Sword, Long Bow, and Axe.