I was originally going to play an evil mage, but I seems like the game is already full of mages I like that jive with an evil party (e.g., Neera, Edwin, the hidden character, Xzar). It also seems like the evil game doesn't really have a obvious useful thief character other than Montaron, but I think I'd rather play with Neera and/or Edwin than feel tied to Xzar. (Only other playthrough I stuck with long-term, I was a Chaotic Good Female fighter-class with Ajantis, Coran, Minsc, Imoen, and Xzar in BG, and Mazzy, Minsc, Anomen, Imoen, and Edwin in BG2.)
So I'm looking at the Thief class and its kits for a planned evil playthrough. Any thoughts on what's good? I'm kind of ignorant because Coran was just "point and shoot" and Imoen was functionally a mage. It seems like Assassin might be the way to go in BGII, but Thief or boring-Swashbuckler might be the way to go for BG. I'm looking at Dorn, maybe Shar-Teel, Viconia, Edwin, and maybe Neera for party-mates.
Any thoughts?
So I'm looking at the Thief class and its kits for a planned evil playthrough. Any thoughts on what's good? I'm kind of ignorant because Coran was just "point and shoot" and Imoen was functionally a mage. It seems like Assassin might be the way to go in BGII, but Thief or boring-Swashbuckler might be the way to go for BG. I'm looking at Dorn, maybe Shar-Teel, Viconia, Edwin, and maybe Neera for party-mates.
Any thoughts?