I'm playing a run with SCS installed and I realized that with the repositioned NPCs I could put together a group of all shorties without having to wait forever. So I'm running a Dwarven Defender. I picked up Xzar and Montaron. Xzar is very brave and tanks 4 wild dogs, albeit unsucessfully, leaving Montaron all alone. I head straight to Beregost where I grab Tiax and Kagain then down to Nashkell where I grab Quayle.
So far so good. A fairly solid group that covers all the bases. More thieving than I need but I figure Tiax can specialize in traps and stealth. Game mechanics make it awkward for him to do locks and traps since his thief button is layered behind the special ability button. But here's my quandary: Which shorty fills my last slot. As far as I can remember there's only Yeslick and Alora left and while Yeslick is a stout fellow I imagine someone in this crew would murder him in his sleep before too long. It's a been a decade or more since I've had Alora in a party but I remember her as being good aligned and, anyhow all my thieving slots are filled and then some.
So what should I do? Fill the 5th slot randomly with whoever has a use for me at the time? Go with a 5 man party? (I like to have a full party. Makes me happy.) Or suck it up for the evilish theme and have some random tall person fill the last slot. For balance I wouldn't mind a single class arcane caster. Xzar is dead already so Edwin or Baeloth? Start over and make an NPC?
Hrm. Is it sad that I have more fun thinking about playing BG than I do actually playing the game?
So far so good. A fairly solid group that covers all the bases. More thieving than I need but I figure Tiax can specialize in traps and stealth. Game mechanics make it awkward for him to do locks and traps since his thief button is layered behind the special ability button. But here's my quandary: Which shorty fills my last slot. As far as I can remember there's only Yeslick and Alora left and while Yeslick is a stout fellow I imagine someone in this crew would murder him in his sleep before too long. It's a been a decade or more since I've had Alora in a party but I remember her as being good aligned and, anyhow all my thieving slots are filled and then some.
So what should I do? Fill the 5th slot randomly with whoever has a use for me at the time? Go with a 5 man party? (I like to have a full party. Makes me happy.) Or suck it up for the evilish theme and have some random tall person fill the last slot. For balance I wouldn't mind a single class arcane caster. Xzar is dead already so Edwin or Baeloth? Start over and make an NPC?
Hrm. Is it sad that I have more fun thinking about playing BG than I do actually playing the game?