As for Aerie, she's just ok IMO, being multi-classed, she'll level up way to slow. And considering I'm going to have Anomen (a better cleric than most), and be a cleric myself, I'd be better off with jan so I can fill the magic, and thief slot all in one.
As for Edwin, if you're working under the BG2 xp cap, 9th level spells won't do a lick of good because he can't cast them. If under the ToB cap, it doesn't matter, my mage will be just as high of a level as he is and have cleric spells to back it up. But really, and this is a cheap ass tactic, all it would come down to is whoever gets off their time stop first...
Furthermore, on a team scope, Imoen would be my mage, once I get her back, and I would drop Jan. This way I can have two full mages, a full cleric, and a half cleric, a half (though really competent) thief, all fitting into three character slots, which gives me one slot for a tank, one for a sniper, and one for whomever I feel like taking along at the time.
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