POLL: POLL: Best NPC

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As reply to Earl Grey´s bad mushroom thing
I voted for Minsc (and BOO!!, Ass, you forgot BOO)

In Holland we don´t eat them, we make tea of or just smoke it(?!?)

 

I voted for Minsc
Kivan is great too, but Minsc has Boo

 

@RiverWynd
Read the topic again, it says:

It's pretty clear that this topic is intended to be about the most powerful NPC.

Many people either misunderstood the topic or they - mistakenly - actually believe Minsc to be the most powerful NPC. This is a good example of how a poll can be good for getting a general opinion while failing to produce the truth.
To get the best information about the the sun you ask an astronomer, not person trying to get a tan.

[ September 08, 2002, 19:36: Message edited by: Earl Grey ]

 

I ment that I like both, Minsc and Kivan and I couldn't make my choice, so I voted for Minsc because of Boo

 

I suppose I shall vote for that most beautiful of dark elves, Viconia the Cleric of Shar.

(I will make no comment on the fact that Minsc is one of the funniest fighters, but he truly sucks in the actual gameplay.)

[ September 09, 2002, 18:35: Message edited by: Slith ]

 

What about those NPCs from the group combat training area, they seem pretty impressive. The thief (Deder) has insane stealth, the Invoker mage (Mordaine) with the Ring of Wizardry is a force to be reckoned with, and the Dwarven fighter (Arkanis) has 39 HP at level 2! And since you get them in Candlekeep, you can build them any way you want...

Has anyone played through the whole game with them?

 

I wonder what happens when you meet Deder and Arkanis

Spoiler!!

In the Candlekeep tombs, while they are still in you´re party

(Now that, my friends, is a multiplication bug!!)

[ September 11, 2002, 16:29: Message edited by: Morgoth ]

 

The best NPC, eh? I'm just going to have to say Kagain because of his Constitution of 20. Reason? You never need to heal him throughout the whole game. All you need to do is rest once and he's completely healed. His strenght isn't great, but once you get to Baldur's Gate you can get the Gaunlets of Ogre Power and he's set. The only time the enemies get hard is after Baldur's Gate(the city).

 

ok, I tested ALL NPCs now...I guess that I like Edwin the most and that Minsc truly sucks
I found myself a great neutral party (you'll say that it's weird because of the alignments, but I like it):
Me: Dwarven true neutral fighter
Ajantis-lawful good
Imoen-neutral good
Kivan-chaotic good
Edwin-lawful evil
Viconia-neutral evil

 

Im playing with a neatrual party as well. This is my party:

Me: Figther(6) dual to druid(10) (As good as any figther and with druidspells)
Shar Teel(8) (The good thing about the low con is that she can where claw of Kazgaroth and she is way better than Kivan)
Kagian(8) (Now he's got a con of 21 and regenerates fast)
Yeslick(7/7)(I use him as a handtohand figther with cleric spells)
Conan(7/8)(Picklocks 105%, Pickpocket 93% and stealth 127%, conan is a better archer than Kivan and he's a thief as well)
Imoen: thief 5 dual to Enchanter 9 (Traps 100% and have many hitpoints for a mage.)

I can't think of a better party (everyone have lot's of hitpoint and it's very allround)

 

I like Minsc (and boo) I picked him not because he is funny, its the fact that he serves my party well. I am a magic user most of the time and minsc makes a good tank for my style of combat. His ability to go berserk makes him a good last resort when I am out of spells and on defense.

 

Coran is simply the best NPC, he has the best archer's stats , a charming personality and a very nice voice, and while wearing Drizzt's armor he can still use thief's abilities (which develop very quickly, so we don't have to worry about his low find traps stats in the begining).
Too bad, we can't have him in the party in BG2, (and maybe missile proficiency is not that important in BG2), but anyway in BG1 Coran rules!

 

I like Imoen, Kivan and Khalid best.

Who's voting Minsc? Mad!

 

Well obviously people vote Minsc because he has the most story and personality behind him. He talks to a hamster becuase he thinks it's a magic talking miniature giant space hamster for God's sake. If that isn't CHARACTER I don't know what is. If you were going to force the topic into most useful NPC Minsc would never get as many votes, but they would still be up there because of the Boo factor. I didn't like the fact that you had to play with him and Dynaheir or else you would be dancing around the way the game was made (cheating.) Personally I don't think any of the NPC's in the game were good enough to warrant a "best" vote. So I'll stick to my class of choice and say Ajantis(i'm not acctually voting though).