I'd definitely recommend playing through singleplayer before you go all out with a multiplayer party. BG2 has a lot more NPC interaction and NPC triggered quests than the original. You'll be missing out on a good quarter of the game or so if you go without NPCs. As for Imoen, if you really don't want her to be a thief/mage, which I dislike as well, you can edit her using Shadowkeeper. Careful when using this program, you can easily increase stats and such which has a tendency to ruin the entire game for you.
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