Keldorn: A
Once he gets Carsomyr he is godlike; Free Action (with his Firecam armor) is unfair if you have Webs - lots of True Sights & hi-lvl Dispels; he has so many Detect Evils I used them all the time for pre-recon & as a viable excuse to kill 'neutrals' who would otherwise become enemies only when spoken to [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img] The voice set has a lot of character to it - good acting job
Mazzy: A-
Acquire an arrow-generating shortbow like Tansheron's or Gesen's and she can deal heavy ranged damage every battle; I always thought she had the most attractive voice as well even though it came from a halfling
Haer'dalis: B-
Never was able to use his combat abilities with any great effect, even with the Spins, and always seemed to get hurt more than the rest of us; yah yah, it'd probably would help a lot if you get him Tensor's, but you have to wait for him to level up to that point; functioned more as a backup mage in my party - not really into struggling actors anyway, still he definitely wasn't useless
Jan: A
Anecdotes are great reading, great trap finder/setter, lockpicker, and excellent secondary mage
Viconia: A
Outstanding cleric, OMG she's sexy as hell, the only slight disadvantage (apart from personality problems with Keldorn) is a tad weaker thac0 than Anomen, however she has 19 Dex and can rock from distance with a good sling, once you bump up her strength with an item; also I prefer to explode undead rather than control them
Cernd: B-
Not very strong, but he has the most druid spells, and can conjure what Jaheira cannot - earth elementals - if you're into them; hell, just use him for the role if your party is called "Greenpeace" or "PETA", ie Minsc / Val / Jah / Cernd
Edwin A
If you want power magick, then Edwin is the one; with Staff of Magi & Vecna Robe he is scary; so what if he can't cast Identify - Edwin would rather blow up things than ID objects anyway. I thought his quest was the funniest, and his comments rival Minsc & Jan for hilarity; drawback is he and Minsc don't see eye-to-eye
I guess I found something interesting in every NPC, even if they're not powerful, they can all still be interesting & worthwhile to try