first I played the game trough with this party :
Me (half elf kensai)
Imoen (when she dropped I just let a space open (used that space for persons with a quest)
minsc (he's sooo funny)
Jaheira (a bitch but hey ... she's good)
Aerie (wot a babe (my preferred romance
(gotten only halfway trough the romance though, then I beat irenicus his ass
Korgan (carsomyr+5 .. need more explanation ??)
and now I go solo as kensai mage (still only in chapter 2 but i'm lvl 12 kensai lvl 21 mage (no exp cap)
my third time i'll go as duo with aerie so probably kensai/thief...
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