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SixOfSpades · 11-13-2002, 12:32 PM

Since the NPCs have their EXP set to match your level (the first time you recruit them, anyway), I find that a great strategy is simply not to recruit any Mages for the first half of the game. You're not going to be fighting any enemies that are so tough you need Wizard spells, so I might as well do without them until I'm Level 5 or 6, and then go and get a Level 5 Edwin, Dynaheir, or Xan without the trouble of having dragged them along in my party.

Priests are of similar value, although to a lesser extent; a low-level Cleric or Druid is going to save you only a handful of Healing Potions per day, plus Clerics can cast Chant. That's about all they're good for, plus they don't actually suck on the battlefield. When Clerics actually get useful, though, is Level 5. Oh, that yummy Animate Dead. And Dispel Magic. Good stuff.

Transmuters are barred from the Abjuration and Necromancy schools.

11-13-2002, 12:32 PM	#9
SixOfSpades Dracolisk Join Date: September 16, 2001 Location: Bellingham, WA, USA Age: 48 Posts: 6,901	Since the NPCs have their EXP set to match your level (the first time you recruit them, anyway), I find that a great strategy is simply not to recruit any Mages for the first half of the game. You're not going to be fighting any enemies that are so tough you need Wizard spells, so I might as well do without them until I'm Level 5 or 6, and then go and get a Level 5 Edwin, Dynaheir, or Xan without the trouble of having dragged them along in my party. Priests are of similar value, although to a lesser extent; a low-level Cleric or Druid is going to save you only a handful of Healing Potions per day, plus Clerics can cast Chant. That's about all they're good for, plus they don't actually suck on the battlefield. When Clerics actually get useful, though, is Level 5. Oh, that yummy Animate Dead. And Dispel Magic. Good stuff. Transmuters are barred from the Abjuration and Necromancy schools. __________________ Volothamp's Comeuppance Everything you ever needed to know about the entire Baldur's Gate series......except spoilers.