[Cerek the Barbaric]

Personally, I can't imagine going through BG WITHOUT Dynaheir!!!

Being a specialist means she gets more spells than regular mages...and since she's an invoker.....that means she gets MORE Magic Missiles, Fireballs, Lightning Bolts, and all those other handy-dandy high damage spells.

On my first trip through, I DID take Garrick until I found Dynaheir. His spellcasting wasn't great, but it did make a nice addition to some battles. Xan was just toooooo weak for me and I just despise Edwin on general principle. Also, I never was a big fan of "enchantment" type spells. I'd rather BLAST my enemies than control them. So I don't have any use for Edwin, other than killing him for some quick xp.

The one major benefit I found with Garrick was his Lore ability. OK, so he can't Identify everything, but it sure saved some gp to have him ID the more mundane items. Still, you need a pure mage, especially as the encounters become more difficult and - as I already said - NOBODY tops Dynaheir IMO.

[ 09-19-2002, 03:43 AM: Message edited by: Cerek the Barbaric ]