[Faceman]

I bought SoA when it first appeared and have walked through the game
a lot of times. But I only recently made an honest approach to playing Thief (dual Fighter/Thief actually). IT ROCKS!!!
However, I find the NPCs rather pleasing. Except for Edwin all the mages are dual-class (I don't really use Jan as a mage) which makes them able to wear Elven Chain, still being a straight mage. Mazzy is a great archer (her Short Bow skills make her, what I call MachinegunMazzy), Korgan is great but specialized in the wrong weapon class (just no nice axes around), Minsc mkaes a nice tank too. Anomen and Viconia are great clerics (depending on your alignment, who can be improved with the right weapon (Yes I'm talking Crom Faeyr).
Biggest dissapointment for me is Keldorn, because I think Inquisitors are just Paladins without Paladin abilities (no Healing, no Spells, no turning undead).