Jan isn't much of a stealth agent, but he's excellent at detecting and disarming traps and unpicking locks - in fact, he's almost unchallenged in that field. Give him some decent crossbow ammo and he and his spells can offer useful battlefield support. Give him a powerful short sword and if he gets into a fight there's about a 30% chance he'll live long ehough for you to rescue him, but hey... if your party's too full of wimpy spellcasters and musclebound meatheads, Jan offers a nice counterpoint.
He is also occasionally voted the Funniest NPC in polls, but soetimes loses out to Minsc - Jan's dialogs with other characters, and the little asides he makes midway through quests and conversations - are nothing short of absurdly hilarious.
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