POLL: The Best NPCs

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Who are the five best NPCs?

Edwin
Alora
Ajantis
Xan
Shar-Teel are my favorites!

 

Alora ??
Xan ??

How can you like THOSE two ?

You only get Alora at the end (almost), so all her skills are already set, you can't choose them yourself. And Xan is just a wimp. You'll have to be very lucky to get him to 20HP at the end of the game. Get Dynaheir instead.
I agree on Ajantis though, he's just awesome.

My personal favorite still remains Coran though : give him boots o' speed and gaunts of Ogre Power and he's a VERY mean assassin. (I used him to kill the 4 dwarven warders in DT on his lonesome !!!).

 

I agree Xan is crappy but I keep him because of his awesome moonblade. However I still like Alora!

 

Although Alora isn't the MOST annoying character in the game, (That Title goes to Quayle ), she is still a pain. With Imoen you simply don't need anyone else. Of all the NPC's Safana is the most obscure. I never met her in the game untill I saw her on an NPC list. Xan is terrible as well, seeing that he can't cast invocation spells (I like my magic missle) and has a sword. Unless a mage is a Fighter Mage, swords are stupid for Mages. Finaly the last character I'm going to trash is Khalid. Strength 15 on a fighter says everything, and that whinny voice of his....

 

Imoen is the most annoying although she is a good character. Give Khalid a Composite bow and he rocks so he really doesn't need strength. Alora you get two 2\3 of the way through so you can somewhat choose her skills, and even if you don't have complete control as with Imoen she's still an awesome thief and certainly a good fighter for her class. Xan I got up to nearly 40 hp and since you get him in the middle of the game he is good to keep. I've seen him inflict 30 points of damage which for a mage is just great! Not the least bit of exageration here either!!!!

 

Xan has an absolutely awesome moonblade. Why the hell can't I find one for me anywhere?
Other than him, the best NPC is Kivan. He is so good with a composite bow and cloak of the wolf.
Worst? Kahlid or Garrick. They are complete fools.

 

You cannot find a moonblade for you, because you're the offspring of Bhaal, not of a noble Elf family from Evermeet. Drawing a moonblade would kill you.

 

I can't believe you don't like Khalid!

 

Kivan is the man, a better replacement shoud Khalid die. Khalid cant fight well w/ a melee weapon early on in the game.... although he his good as an archer.

 

How could anyone like Khalid? Khalid is such a whinner, why bother with a fighter who only has strenght 15. Since you can only spend 3 weapons points on missle weapons, Minsc makes a much better Composite Bow guy. The best missle shooter is however Coran, how can you go wrong with dexterity 20? Although Xan's moonblade is good, it is really useless because it is stupid to have a mage engage in hand-to-hand combat. I just don't care for mages who can't cast Invocation spells.

[This message has been edited by Gunthar (edited July 24, 2000).]

 

as much as i like Kivan, Edwin is no doubt the best NPC in the game. he has an 18 INT and gets +2 HP per level, plus he's a conjurer, (too bad, cant cast I.D.). his DEX is low, but no problem there; gautlents of DEX.
Coran is also very good, too bad so many points are spent on steath by the time you get to him.
Xan sucks, plus he's a whinner too.

 

What many of you are failing to notice is that Khalid has very high hp and you get him in the beginning so you can choose his skills. As for strength, can anyone say gauntlets of ogre power? Therefor Khalid kicks a**!!!!!

 

you cant the gautlents til you get to BG(unless you cheat ofcourse)
you can do the same w/Kivan, you get him early on...only problem is he has a low CON,
a 14 i think, but you can get the manual that raises CON by 1 in the cave w/ the Flesh Golems. He has a much better STR than Khalid.

 

Easy!
Viconia, for the Drow thang

Imoen, for that good ol' mage/thief thing and she's great!!

Minsc, 'cos anyone who goes on about the famous spelljamming giant space hamsters is COOL!!

Branwen, for being a Psycho cleric

and last but not least, Safana, to be a pure thief

 

Imoen is a bad mage!!!!! Safana and Alora are better thieves!!!!! Khalid, Kivan, and Coran are all better long and short range fighters!!!!! Although Imoen is good she's not the best in any field except annoyance!!!!

 

why do you find Imoen such a bad thief ??
She has 18 dex, which is excellent, and you get her at the very begin !!
Both Coran and Alora, and Safana, always have stealth and open locks maxed out, never find traps...

 

Yeah, but Garrick is FA Carling premiership RUBBISH

 

Perhaps imoen is useful for finding traps!!! However in every other instance I've never found her useful!!!!

[This message has been edited by The Fat Egg (edited July 24, 2000).]

 

I bet that anyone who thinks Khald is a good fighter and an annoying whining fool thinks Shirley Manson isn't attractive...

 

Best five for me:

Imoen (dual class her to a mage)
Jaheira (good fighter plus healing power)
Viconia (cleric & not as annoying as Branwen)
Coran (great archer)

And last but not least - Garrick. GASP, GASP, GASP (From reading other posts I know most of you disagree with this one) He's great for casting backup mage spells and using mage wands. I don't know about you but I had numerous wands of monster summoning and fire by the end of the game and Garrick uses them just as good as a mage. Plus he can sing to help the rest of your party on the minor battles.