I am new to BG 2 but played BG/TOTSC a LOT. I chose a Bard - in the end- just for the roleplaying aspect. Particularly in BG1 the Bard was relatively useless (apart from lore) but seemed a good character for the story. He or she seems a good character to make others join (high charisma) and the opther effects seem like they would keep a group together. In BG2 the bards are much better - I'm now a skald and my new favourite strategy is to use Minsc up front with the bard behind playing away. Lure a monster (currently Trolls) to me and watch Minsc dual wield them into little pieces (whilst being funny in the process).
Sure I could have chosen a class with more mayhem locked inside; the Bard seems a challenge. And at least when isolated and out of spells he's not a total push-over!
Any character is good if you try to make a story around it.
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