Do you remember your very first party?

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The first time I played BG2 I didn't know much about DnD and I hadn't played the original BG yet.
Nevertheless I had a blast with the game from the very beginning.

I created a melee protagonist and made a Paladin. Cavalier kit seemed most promising.
My party composition went something like this:

- Cavalier
- Imoen -> Nalia
- Minsc
- Jaheira -> Anomen -> Viconia
- Aerie
- different chars (Korgan, Jan, Mazzy) in the end I sticked to Valygar

Romance was with Aerie.

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thread title is misspelled remeber should be remember
Hopefully a mod can fix this?

 

First time through a game I always like to be tank heavy.

Sparky The Barbarian
Jaheira (Romance)
Minsc
Aerie (Later dismissed for fighting with Jaheira)
Anomen
Keldorn
Yoshimo / Imoen

 

My first playthrough, though I don't remember the PC's name:
Archer
Minsc
Jahiera
Aerie
Yoshimo until ****, then Imoen
Nalia

BTW, I loved my archer!

 

Assassin
Edwin
Korgan
Anomen (CN Anomen, that is)
Jan
Viconia

Had Aerie at the start, I couldn't wait for Anomen to butcher this whiny soppy emo ex-wing elf and I enjoyed every single second of it. I relished in it. I kept raising her and getting her killed again and again and again and again like a sadisticly morbid loop of the violent death of this piece of whiny garbage.

 

Avenger Druid, Aerie, Yoshimo/Imoen, Jaheira, Haer'Dalis/Jan, Cernd

 

Vanilla ranger (yeah,baby!)
Minsc
Jaheira
Anomen
Aerie
Yoshimo/Imoen

Didn't know anything about the game/rules. I exported the ranger from BG1 (got it at the same time as BG2), but can't remember why I didn't take a kit. My ranger had 16 in STR, DEX and CON and I actually thought he was the s***. Good times

 

I can't remember my first BG2 party that well (I remember my first BG1 party more vividly, I was playing a Bard and he went for the usual suspects Imoen, Khalid and Jaheira plus Minsc and Branwen -it's weird since I played BG1 before). Anyway in my first BG2 game the romance was Viconia or Jaheira as I've never been able to keep Aerie for more than a few gaming hours (quite a feat if you ask me). My character's class was probably Ranger/Cleric multiclass (overpowered I know but I didn't get Crom Fayr so it was Flail of the Ages and the venomous morningstar from the sewers). I think I had Valygar in the party as this character was (and still is) my favourite NPC.

Good times.

 

Did you know about him beforehand?
Otherwise it fit perfectly, so you had no problems with Imoen.

I didn't like Yoshimo back then (but nowadays I do, on a sidenote Jaheira is one of my favorites now, while I hated her first time).
As a result I had a ethical dilemma when freeing Imoen.
I was so grown with my party of six by this time that I couldn't depart with anyone though it felt REALLY tough to dismiss Immy.
I never dismissed her again after that first playthrough, though .

 

Just imagine had there been a series of stronghold quests for, say, a Dreadmaster of Bane. That would've been epicness.

 

I don't remember much from my first party, I only know my PC was a plain fighter and that I didn't get all that far with him all in all. It being my first experience with a D&D game, it took me some time to familiarise myself with the whole game mechanics, at which point I strongly felt like restarting with some other build.

I'm pretty sure my second run through - or at least my first complete run through of BG2 (+ ToB) - was with a R/C multi. Soloed him, too, I think because I saw some thread by Earl Grey about soloing and it struck me as a fun thing to try to do.

 

My first party was pretty basic.

Aerie (Romanced)
Keldorn
Minsc & Boo
Imoen

I used Jan shortly, Nalia for awhile, Anomen for a bit, Haer'dalis until he started things with Aerie, Edwin for a long time (I think he started a fight with Minsc or said something bad about Aerie, I don't recall, but he died) and I ended up with Jaheira. She's one of my least favorite characters, but she grew on me like an overprotective sassy sister.

I still have my original save game. I had to go check who I finished with because to my surprise I only remembered Aerie, Keldorn and Minsc!

 

Me (NG Human Sorcerer, using BG1's Edwin portrait)
Imoen/Yoshimo
Minsc
Jaheira
Keldorn
Aerie

I didn't bother to even try other characters. Yeah I really need to revisit that game.

 

I don't recall the exact party, but I had
Me (paladin)
Jaheira
Minsc
Viconia (yeah I know )
Probably Nalia? -> Imoen
??

I do remember playing with six chars. And dumping one in Spellhold to get Imoen back (kind of evil thing to do). I think I romanced Viconia, but I'm unsure. Never played with her since then.

 

Mine was....human fighter using a two-hander.
2. Yoshimo\Imoen.
3. Jaheira
4. Minsc
5. Anomen
6. Edwin...I think.

 

Mmm.. first party, bringing back some memories.
PC - Dwarwen fighter
Korgan
Minsk
Jaheira
Yoshimo
Aerie

Borrowed the game from a friend, didn't spend more then 5 min reading the manual, thinking you learn as you go....

Manage do most quest there are in chap 2 and 3 and go to Brynlaw Island without figuring out you could pause by hitting spacebar !

Needless to say, there wasn't a single healing portion left in Akkhala, every party member had probably been resurrected 10+ times. Friendly Fireballs was probably the reason for more then half of deaths of the party.
.

 

No.

 

Female Elf Ranger, dual-wielding Katanas* (Viconia BG2 Portrait, sexy voice set)
Minsc
Jahiera
Aerie
Valygar
Yoshimo / Imoen

* It wasn't until over a year later, when I bought a strategy guide, that I even knew about Celestial Fury or where to get it. Suffice to say, right around Spellhold, I was praying something better than a +1 Katana was hiding in every chest I came across.

 

PC - Half-Orc Barbarian wielding Dual Axes(Couldn't resist d12 HP/level, as the only D&D PC game to have d12 HPs what the Solamnic Knight in the old Gold-Box games...)
Minsc/Keldorn
Jaheira
Aerie
Jan/Imoen
Nalia

2 Healers and 3 Mages made for a lot magic casting. I really enjoyed it.

 

Damn I envy you.
I lost mine during a Win95 crash and a following format.
Wished I could have used it to finish ToB when it came out.
I tried to recreate it, but it didn't feel the same.