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Magness · 01-17-2001, 01:20 PM

Draconia,

Personally, I'd suggest that you need a strong mage (either Edwin or Nalia). I don't think that either of the 2 multiclass mages (Aerie and Jan Jansen) will ever be powerful enough to be a party's primary mage late in the game. However, either is a perfectly capable secondary mage. I personally like having 1.5 mages in my party. (I'm defining a multiclass mage/ as a half-mage for accounting purposes.)

Also, since your PC is already thief, I suggest that you replace Yoshimo with another tank. 2 theives in a party is 1 too many.

Tank options are fairly wide. Keldorn is useful because Inquisitor paladins are AWESOME for their powerful Dispel Magic innate ability. This is a very useful ability in BG2.

Mazzy (Lawful Good) and Korgan (Chaotic Evil) are kinda of 2 sides of the same coin. Both are pure fighters. Korgan has 5 points in Axe. Mazzy has 5 points in short bow & 3 points in short sword. Both can be awesome tanks. But that is "all" that they will be ... tanks. I'm not putting down pure tanks. They definitely have thier uses. It's just a matter of knowing exactly what you want/need versus what roles/skills do you want.

I also happen to like Valygar as well. Stalkers can be very useful. Also, since Valygar has 2 points in Katana, he can make good use of the Celestial Fury katana when you eventually get it.

01-17-2001, 01:20 PM	#15
Magness Quintesson Join Date: January 7, 2001 Location: Manchester, NH, USA Posts: 1,025	Draconia, Personally, I'd suggest that you need a strong mage (either Edwin or Nalia). I don't think that either of the 2 multiclass mages (Aerie and Jan Jansen) will ever be powerful enough to be a party's primary mage late in the game. However, either is a perfectly capable secondary mage. I personally like having 1.5 mages in my party. (I'm defining a multiclass mage/ as a half-mage for accounting purposes.) Also, since your PC is already thief, I suggest that you replace Yoshimo with another tank. 2 theives in a party is 1 too many. Tank options are fairly wide. Keldorn is useful because Inquisitor paladins are AWESOME for their powerful Dispel Magic innate ability. This is a very useful ability in BG2. Mazzy (Lawful Good) and Korgan (Chaotic Evil) are kinda of 2 sides of the same coin. Both are pure fighters. Korgan has 5 points in Axe. Mazzy has 5 points in short bow & 3 points in short sword. Both can be awesome tanks. But that is "all" that they will be ... tanks. I'm not putting down pure tanks. They definitely have thier uses. It's just a matter of knowing exactly what you want/need versus what roles/skills do you want. I also happen to like Valygar as well. Stalkers can be very useful. Also, since Valygar has 2 points in Katana, he can make good use of the Celestial Fury katana when you eventually get it.