In my experience Anomen's dexterity is far too low to be a useful fighter. He meanders around -1 AC when Jaheira has -8. My group's usually
Me (chaotic neutral fighter)
Korgan (excellent fighter)
Jaheira (backup fighter, iron skins makes her very effective, insect plague)
Yoshimo /Jan (thief/fighter and thief/mage respectively; I take Jan after Yoshi scarpers)
Viconia (excellent cleric)
Edwin (best mage in the game - no PC mage has the potential to be as good as him because of his amulet)
Some of these characters sorely need to be defended, Jaheira especially. I see a lot of people bagging her and singing praise for Anomen, which I just can't understand. I'll make it easy for those of you who think druids are worthless: Insect Plague simply stops mages from casting spells, and you don't need to pierce magic to use it. It goes straight through all magic defenses. And precious little beats a fighter with stoneskin.
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