POLL: Most unused NPC?

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Minsc - Total idiot
Valygar - Useless
Cernd - Jaheira is better

 

Cernd, Valygar, Mazzy. They live too far away to dump and pick up conveniently.

 

Valygar useless? He can dual-wield, backstab, hide in the shadows, etc and even gets some mage spells, however he has next to no personality.

Cernd has high wisdom, can shiftshape in to a greater werewolf (high strength, regenerating etc) and just kills anyone that gets in his way.

 

Cernd, Jan and Valygar for me, they are useless, annoying and annoying respectively.

 

Cernd I just couldn't get to like. Jan - sometimes I take for a time, but, hm, not good enough for a mage. Haer'Dalis I've tried and he seems ok (very good HLA song), I wanted to try him to test some of Scythesong's ideas about blades being a kickass class.
Oh, surprisingly, Korgan and Edwin never made it in my list: Korgan I honestly haven't tried, and Edwin's remarks usually lead me to kill him instead of inviting him at the copper coronet. I tend to play good parties more often than not

 

As this is the TOB forum I'm amazed that Haer'dalis is performing so badly. Where is Scythesong Immortal to tell you all that Blades rule!
Seriously his imp bardsong and UAI are the 2 most powerful HLAs in existance.

I voted for Nalia... poorest thief, not a great MU, irritating personality. Better NPC's no matter what your needs are.

 

I agree with Scythe. I cannot imagine not taking Haer'dalis with me. At first I didn't like him but he has proven himself to be very useful.

 

Least used:
Cernd. Boring. Useless, because I pick Jaheira over him.

Imoen: I hate her.

Naila: Hate her almost as much as I hate Imoen. She is whiny and always pisses me off.

Aerie: Too bad to have with me.

Yoshimo: Good thief but Jan is better. And Im still pissed off by his treachery.

Sarevok: My party is usualy full when I get to ToB, and his level is too low.

Mazzy: I dont like her, and I dont use archers too often.

 

Nalia (Personality-less de-effectivized carbon copy of Imoen)
Haer'Dalis (Bards just don't fit in my parties. They're not a fighter class, can't do thief duty, or cast as good as a mage)
Mazzy (Tied with Valygar, but I tend to use him to open the Planar Sphere, so Mazzy gets the vote. She just can't measure up (pun intended?) with the other warriors.)

 

Cernd- I like Jaheira and I don't need him with her around

Edwin- I'm not sure why I've never played with him; I just can't seem to get the whole evil party thing down

Nalia- she's a terrible thief. Why take her when you can take Imoen and/or Jan?

 

Because she's a better wizard than Jan and you can have her longer than Imoen.

 

Haer'Dalis - I just can't see any reason for having bard in party.
Edwin - just one reason: he is evil.
Jan - I need only one thief and that is Imoen(the main reason I like her more is because she is also a mage).
Why so many people don't like Nalia? She is a bad thief, and somethimes can be annoying but I think that she is better mage than Imoen or Aerie.

 

Nalia is a better Mage, just because of the fact that if you pick her up after walking into the Copper Coronet (it's hard to avoid her!) and keep her in your party, she will undoubtedly be of a higher level than Imoen as a Mage, even if you were to run off after Imoen immediately after gathering $15,000.

Imoen has a better personality though, better stats (except in STR and WIS, two stats that don't matter much to a Mage), she fits the storyline much better, and she's not nearly as annoying as Nalia (don't get me started on Nalia's politics! -- lol!).

Imoen catches up close enough in Mage levels, and properly equipped, eliminates the need of a Thief in the party (something Nalia never will -- she's a Mage who can use a bow).

 

Nalia: Annoying, irritating, and when I want a half thief/half mage, I'll have Imoen.

Haer' Dalis: Used him once, didn't like him. That said, I haven't tried him since reading up on Blades, and I'd like to give him another shot.

Anomen: Pretty much the same reasons everyone else has given.

Honorable mention goes to Korgan (just don't like him), Cernd (Guess why), and Mazzy. I'm not really sure why I don't take her. I like her character and her abilities, I just never use her.

Oh, and Aerie. I hate Aerie. Actually, I usually take her and use a cursed scroll of Petrification on her to decorate my stronghold.

 

The only characters that I have never used are Edwin, Haer'Dalis, and Jan. Mazzy and Cernd deserve an honorable mention, though, because I have let them into my party once for a few minutes.

 

Never taken Edwin? I suppose some people are turned off by his initial attitude towards you (that you are useless, etc.). But, after he joins you, he's both hilarious and friendly. He's not even that evil: he manipulates people and speaks down to people, but he's not nearly as evil as Korgan (who I even don't find to be that evil. No one ever says things like "Let's kill a random commoner!")

 

Never taken them and never will: Cernd and Nalia.

Taken butt never will again: Anomen and Valygar

Taken and kicked to hell: Haer'Dalis

Reasoning:

Cernd: boring
Nalia: total brat, hate her
Anomen: annoying
Valygar: don't really know, just dislike him
Haer'Dalis: totally not my style, too weird.

 

Nalia is not very popular, is she? I had no choice but to take her if I wanted a more or less specialist wizard in my party as the other options were:
- Imoen (too missing)
- Jan (too multi-classed)
- Aerie (too multi-classed, too fragile)
- Edwin (too evil, Minsc hates him)
- Haer D'alis (too unreliable at learning scrolls)
- PC (too much of a Kensai / Thief)

Nalia is one of the most powerful characters in my party now, plus she hardly ever says anything any more, once her quests are over. And she looks cool in the Robe of Vecna.

 

Nalia isn't popular, but she should be used more often. Good parties would rather take Edwin into their group than take Nalia (or make their PC a magic user), which I find to be a little funny. As you've said, HB, she does a great job. It always comes back to that attitude...

 

Like I said earlier, she's just annoying. But she's also the most powerful arcane spellcaster for a good aligned party.