Thanks for the welcomings.
I posted a the first message in a bit of hurry (and I still missed the bus [img]smile.gif[/img] ). I have actually found almostt all NPCs mentioned in the manual. Most of them are still in 'reserve'. Only Jan is still totall unmet. I plan to mix the party members to get as many quests as possible in the 3rd chapter. This is of course leaves some NPCs with less experience as others, so the point of my question was really who I should stick with to get the best party, the most quests and preferably the best NPC converstions at the same time. A diabolic mathematical equation, it seems

. Perhaps I should tell that I'm thinking of having 3 melee fighters, one thief and two magicians, and I'm playng neutral good.
The problem with Jaheira with me is that she seems to leave for good if I remove her from the party after her renounce of the Harpers, which makes the NPC mixing even harder.