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What an inimaginative bunch. There are loads of NPCs in BG2, and you're all just picking on the ones that can fit into your party! Just think of the possiblities...
Adalon, the Silver Dragon. If her voice is anything to go by she must be a true beauty.
Phaere, the Drow princess, for any of you who like to be dominated.
Raelis Shai, for those who like a creative companion.
If Bodhi takes your fancy, why not consider some of her cohorts? Valen, Del and Tanova seem to have better dress sense than their swimsuit-favouring mistress.
Lanfear, for those who feel romance is worth dying/killing for.
Vaelasa, Queen of the Dryads, or her charges must be lovely, according to general AD&D mythos.
Catti Brie, Drizzt's friend, for those of you who've read the Icewind Dale trilogy (it is the ID trilogy, right?)
And, lastly, Queen Ellesime. Anyone who Irenicus - the Iceman himself - once had the hots for can't be that bad-looking.
And for those of a female persuasion, well...
Gaelan Bayle, the Dick van Dyke cockney thief of Baldur's Gate.
Solaufein, who might be considered a tragic hero if he wasn't so annoyed all the time.
Saemon Havarian, for those who like the wrong kind of man.
Hendak the gladiator, for those who go for a hunk with a foreign accent.
I must confess that, looking at the situation, the girls out there have a lot less material to work with than the guys. For some reason, all Bodhi's male vampire thralls seem to have the appearance of rotting corpses. I don't know if they simply can't be bothered to make an effort, or whether the female vamps are simply pressured into feeling they have to conform to some Anne Rice stereotype. Likewise with personalities - there seem to be less 'likeable' male characters. Even the female villains in BG2 seem to have a kinky aspect to their personalities. Part of the D&D tradition, or just a lot of lonely programmers living out their fantasies?
Tancred, thoughtful
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