EDIT 2: Again, this is for BG1. BG2:EE is not out yet, and in this game, other choices have to be done.
I might league against myself the cult of Inquisitor worshipers, but let's face the facts.
In BG1, with a low level magic settings (and the way the mages are behaving), Inquisitors are currently useless.
I'm quite sure that the Inquisitor cult is composed mostly of people that have played BG2 before BG1 (and therefore do not know as well how BG1 mage encounters work).
Let's do the try with the Cavalier, who is best suited for the BG1 playstyle.
- Immunity to fear :
It is the most dreadful spell that mages age going to cast against you.
When you are under the spell effect, they will throw at you all their magic.
oh boy I don't care, I am immune !
EDIT : If my party members are loosing their save throw, I can cast remove fear on them !
- immunity to charm :
Sirins, some mages are casting Dire charm, charm, ... against you. I don't care !
- Immunity to poison:
Spiders, Wyverns, Ettercap, Poison Arrows from Hobgoblins Elite...
Poison is deadly on these levels, and, again, the Cavalier is immune to them.
- Resistance to fire and acid :
While acid damage is very scare, with the ring of fire protection, you can be immunized to fire damage.
The Cavalier can still use:
- Protection from evil
- lay on hands
On the other hand, the Inquisitor will get :
-Dispel on hit: only to dispel the poor mirror image (nothing that magic projectiles or a good archer can destroy).
- Magic dispelling spells (again, that will only dispel the following spells : protection from normal missiles, mirror image, lesser invulnerability globe).
Nothing that a priest can't do.
So currently, Cavalier kit is far more interesting than the inquisitor kit. This might be different with mods like SCS that are improving the mages AI, but, one a unmoded installation, Inquisitor brings only specific advantages against ennemies that are not at all powerful in this game.
I might league against myself the cult of Inquisitor worshipers, but let's face the facts.
In BG1, with a low level magic settings (and the way the mages are behaving), Inquisitors are currently useless.
I'm quite sure that the Inquisitor cult is composed mostly of people that have played BG2 before BG1 (and therefore do not know as well how BG1 mage encounters work).
Let's do the try with the Cavalier, who is best suited for the BG1 playstyle.
- Immunity to fear :
It is the most dreadful spell that mages age going to cast against you.
When you are under the spell effect, they will throw at you all their magic.
oh boy I don't care, I am immune !
EDIT : If my party members are loosing their save throw, I can cast remove fear on them !
- immunity to charm :
Sirins, some mages are casting Dire charm, charm, ... against you. I don't care !
- Immunity to poison:
Spiders, Wyverns, Ettercap, Poison Arrows from Hobgoblins Elite...
Poison is deadly on these levels, and, again, the Cavalier is immune to them.
- Resistance to fire and acid :
While acid damage is very scare, with the ring of fire protection, you can be immunized to fire damage.
The Cavalier can still use:
- Protection from evil
- lay on hands
On the other hand, the Inquisitor will get :
-Dispel on hit: only to dispel the poor mirror image (nothing that magic projectiles or a good archer can destroy).
- Magic dispelling spells (again, that will only dispel the following spells : protection from normal missiles, mirror image, lesser invulnerability globe).
Nothing that a priest can't do.
So currently, Cavalier kit is far more interesting than the inquisitor kit. This might be different with mods like SCS that are improving the mages AI, but, one a unmoded installation, Inquisitor brings only specific advantages against ennemies that are not at all powerful in this game.