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- Companion guide for BG1. In this video we go over how strong companions are as well as take into account their stats, proficiencies, where you get them, and how they perform early and end. I had a lot of issues making this video my ee keeper has crashed 57 times trying to edit files to display equipment and spells so I just have to "talk" about them. My apologies for that. Thanks for watching friends, God bless.
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Tierlist (credits for timestamps to Dagoth Ur)
"S Tier"
20:50 Coran
32:05 Edwin
1:04:59 Kagain
1:08:43 Khalid
1:21:56 Montaron (One of favourite companion)
1:46:42 Viconia
2:01:03 Baeloth
"A Tier"
1:55 Ajantis
9:52 Branwen
15:08 Alora (One of favourite companion)
23:37 Dynaheir
43:47 Feldorn
1:01:43 Jaheira
1:12:43 Kivan
1:33:38 Shar-Teel
1:42:44 Tiax
1:49:40 Xan (One of favourite companion)
1:53:02 Xzar
"B Tier"
55:30 Imoen
1:15:50 Minsc
1:25:19 Quayle
1:29:39 Safana
1:56:43 Yeslick (Far away starting location, if modified he is A Tier)
2:04:39 Dorn
2:11:20 Neera
"C Tier"
37:25 Eldoth
52:03 Garrick
1:37:32 Skie
"Role Play Tier"
2:16:46 Rasaad (The worst character in game)
Can we get a pin on this
preach brother, preach! thanks!
Awesome...this guy can talk ...and talk....and talk...and talk. He needs no friends, he can talk to himself for days on end lol
Thanks for making this list!
As a new player I despised rasaad. Immediately traded him for viconia
Davaeorn, thank you for single-handedly made the BG series way more approachable for an entire generation. I'm in my 20's and love playing older games - Fallout 1, Divine Divinity, and Deus Ex are some of my favorites of all time. Even so, blindly diving into BG1 was overwhelming. All your guides have helped me experience another one of the all-time masterpieces that so many others will never get to enjoy, so just wanted to say I appreciate you my dude
Baldur’s Gate is a classic
Just don't think you have to use the very best companions if you're not playing on the ridiculous difficulty settings that he is. Most shortcomings don't matter as much, and for example Minsc's or Dorn's offensive melee niche is much more useful. So just use whoever you like!
Damn I forgot about divine divinity I'll have to give it a try.
Fallout 2 is great too. Back then truly was the golden age of gaming, or at least of rpgs. Unpolished in just the most memorable way while replayable as hell.
I could listen to Davaeorn talk about baldurs gate every day. Its just the perfect blend of learning and relaxation. Thank you!
You said it, mate!!!
I have sleep problems. Since 5 months I am using this guys awesome voice to fall asleep, it never fails..
Nothing else helped!
Definitely, I hope he posts more videos to TH-cam...absolutely love his videos
Also, don't forget the sassiness! Case in point, class review: monk
Perfect mix of learning and roasting Eldoth
This guide is S tier all the way, 10/10, there isn’t really anything else to say about it, very very strong guide, bar none, can’t say enough good things about it. Finally, I want to impress upon you that you CAN get good information from other guides no matter how dogshit they are. God bless!
The world's your oyster, my dude!
much love my friend
You do you
@@Davaeornlol I think S+ . What a berserker video :D
not really, imoen gets low because he is annoyed for example - not the best argument really. why coran is s tier and yeslick is lowered because he's late yet they are at the same place in the game? no sense
I love how many companions this game has... The better the game technology gets, the less party member options we have nowadays cause they have to animate and voice so much stuff... loved having such a big roster to play around with
They just cheap out honestly. Back in the day game programmers loved their jobs. Now it's all about profit.
@@MrBottlecapBill Except that's literally not true? In bg1 companions don't have nearly as much reactivity as they have in later bioware games (and many other rpgs even from that era tbh) and most of them aren't even involved in the main story. Take bg3 for example (not a bioware game but the most recent big rpg which perfectly illustrates my point), where you have only 5 main companions and 4 additional, but even additional once have major roles in the story, and at same time the story has to account for them dying at any point. That's not cheaping out, that's literally as expensive as it gets.
You can't have 20 companions and have them all react to everything in the game, be important to the story, have everything voice acted and have the same graphical fidelity as bg3.
A game like that would have to have a budget of hundreds of millions of dollars, and AAA games are already bloated enough as they are
Fully voice acting games has killed modern rpgs for me
@@d4n5t3p3 Exactly, you only have to compare BG1 and and BG2 to notice this. BG2 has less companion but they have way more content and depth to them and imo makes for a more enjoyable experience. Quality over quantity.
I had a really bad accident a few months ago and watched your videos in the hospital to help distract myself it helped alot thanks for your content pal
The effort you put into your presentations is appreciated and its amazing to realize that even after two decades of playing BG, there is still so much to learn. Well done.
Loved this. Loved every minute. I'm surprised the mod that moves NPCs to more convenient locations didn't move Skie, or rather, allow Eldoth to sneak into Baldur's Gate and retrieve her. But then having said that she's still a budget Imoen, but I personally find her voice lines funny, especially in a party with Xan. Don't forget though that Imoen wasn't an original NPC, they chucked her in at the last minute because all the thieves available were either psychos or late game.
@CRPG Quest Totally, they even wanted to kill her off in Spellhold in BG2, hence Nalia existing. But the fanbase wouldn't let them, annoyingly.
What really? Baldurs gate really wouldn't be the same without imoen
@@shadowlord1418 yeah it's true! Same reason why she isn't in the novel
Well the novels were trashy schlock so that's fine with me lmao
Xan has 16 cha and also I think the highest average combination of int, wis and cha of anyone in the OG game (only equal to the drow guys in later versions, but I think none above him). He could be a master manipulater if he wanted, like he's not good aligned and clearly still got the moon blade approval, when you also consider that he's an actual freaking enchanter and also LAWFUL neutral, he's got the means AND the motivation to keep the party cool and balanced when he wants to. They really made the stats make total sense with his personaily and his abilities with this one, it's a pity they didn't bring it over to the other games, he could've been a freaking awesome character if they had continued what they did with him. (...But those mods though)
12:25 talks about cleric spells he uses
28:28 talks about wizard spell selection
48:26 feldorn druis spells used
I consider an empty slot a better companion than a monk in BG1. All that Rasaad does is leaching XP and carrying stuff.
The one redeaming quality Rasaad has is that his quest gets you a cursed belt of hillgiant strength. So after you get to Baldur's Gate, grab him, do his quest, and kick him out for someone who can wear armor.
Hell yeah some new Dav content
P.S. Tiax is S+ tier companion due to his voicelines alone and him not being in BG2 as a companion is amongst the biggest tragedy in gaming history.
BG2 did disgusting injustice to almost every BG1 companion. Tiax is rotting in spellhold, Xzar is suddenly rude and narcissistic like Edwin, Faldorn is a complete comic book villain, Ajantis has to die without you having a chance to identify him in any way, Jaheira is horny for her niece figure mere days after his husband's death... At least Viconia got a massive improvement in personality.
@@toprak3479 it always rubbed me the wrong way that jaheira is romanceable 💀💀💀 nalia would make so much more sense
@@gingergreenmashups Nalia would make sense too but Mazzy or Haer'Dalis would be absolute bangers.
My boy Khalid on S tier where he deserves to be. Incredible 👌
Rasaad has superior move speed when compared everyone else, so he's better at kiting shit before you have go fast boots or doggo cloak. Unfortunately he also has superior move speed, so he's better at getting himself blown up by running face first into danger.
Definitely going to like every video you put out before I even get a chance to put play because your content is top tier!
I really need to get back into this game.
Whenever I play Baldur's Gate 1 SCS I always go with a more melee heavy party:
Ward - Inquisitor
Jaheira - fighter/druid
Yeslick - fighter/cleric
Branwen - cleric
Dynaheir - mage (Invoker)
Imoen - lvl6 thief / lvl9 mage
I remember fighting against the Ogre Magi with all his level 5 protection against magical weapons and spell shield at the bridge...such a fun battle!
Able to get Greater Malison off on him to set up for Hold Monster is a 10/10 experience when he came so close to killing my PC who was doing a pretty good job holding his own.
But he's so tanky that it took like 2-3 rounds from the entire party just to kill him after hold monster was placed on him. That's how much of a beef tank that ogre magi was lol.
1:55 Ajantis
9:52 Branwen
15:08 Alora
20:50 Coran
23:37 Dynaheir
32:05 Edwin
37:25 Eldoth
43:47 Feldorn
52:03 Garrick
55:30 Imoen
1:01:43 Jaheira
1:04:59 Kagain
1:08:43 Khalid
1:12:43 Kivan
1:15:50 Minsc
1:21:56 Montaron
1:25:19 Quayle
1:29:39 Safana
1:33:38 Shar-Teel
1:37:32 Skie
1:42:44 Tiax
1:46:42 Viconia
1:49:40 Xan
1:53:02 Xzar
1:56:43 Yeslick
2:01:03 Baeloth
2:04:39 Dorn
2:11:20 Neera
2:16:46 Rasaad
I was waiting for this video & this comment
Thanks! Would love it if you'd include the rating as well. I've watched the whole video but when I forget I could quickly check here :-)
Good work.
This guy is all heart!
1:33:38 Don't you mean Safana? lol
Loved your video.
Basically best party:
Kagain because of 20 constitution. Coran because of his 20 dexterity. Baeloth as the best sorcerer in the game (his ring).
Montaron as the best backstabber/thief in the game. And Viconia as the best healer, cleric in the game.
Worst party:
Skie (all thief skills are random). Garick (despite finishing the game with him) his lack of constitution and late game contribution is nothing). Eldoth (he is nothing compared to Coran). Quale (nothing special about him either) and Rasaad (nothing particular useful about him).
It's like they want you to play an all evil party
Bards are actually fairly good in EE. Song gives +1 luck and has unlimited use. +1 luck in low BG1’s levels is actually quite huge, it gives +1 to attack and dmg rolls of other 5 party members. I did some math, and dmg output from this varies from middle to top physical dmg dealers in the game (obviously it depends on other party members/target enemy). On top of that you get incoming dmg reduction and immunity to fear. AND you can use wands just like a wizard. Definitely not tier C chars.
Just did a run through with garrick for most of the game just because I've only done 1 run through bg1 and bgee and I took mostly new characters like down and Neera. So I wanted to try new characters for this run and garrick while most of the time I was saying to myself why do I have him and eventually traded gim for yeslick. I miss alot of what he did.
The fear negation was so important.
Having 2 wand casters was also op
Giving him the army scythe he did decent ranged damage and 2 apr
THE LORE. OMG THE LORE. having him just auto identify almost everything was huge, I never realized lore even existed on my first playthrough.
Not to mention having someone who can cast sleep when dynahier can't, and I can use his spell slots to buff the party before a fight and then throw armor on him and go in.
I was sad to let him drown in the cloakwood mines for yeslixk :^(
I can never bring myself to play through the baldurs gate games (though ive got early access BG3, hopin it turns out well), but I've watched most every one of your vids multiple times over. You explaining the game is prob more enjoyable than me actually playing it
I wish I could get this kind of rundown on something like Kingmaker or Wrath of the Righteous. Loved it.
My man, every video drop warrants a new playthru from me! Keep at it dude, love it
I ALWAYS thought Ajantis was the blonde portrait with shiny platemail, since my dad used his portrait for the PC. Kinda makes sense.
It was pretty mindblowing to learn the truth (for me it is still headcanon). Anyone else with this experience?
I used to think that Anomen's picture was Ajantis in BG2 because I used to always use Anomen's picture for my main character. I was shocked back in the day when I bought a guide book and saw Anomen's portrait.
I love how you still keep making those videos. 20+ years old game and all but community is still alive.
46:01 is one of the many reasons I appreciate these videos. Info drops like this are what im looking for when i go to youtube for a game.
Amazing vid once again. I consider myself knowledgeable in terms of Baldur's Gate and AD&D but I am always humbled when I watch your vids.
10/10, can't say enough good things about it. S+ tier video.
I know you put in that this is stats based rating, but your hating on Minsc still hurt. Good list though, and describing the differences between EE and original is great, although I'd never pick up the EEs or BG3, so its cool you spoke about different ratings for each. I'll have to watch the BG2 companion list with him and Jan Jansen.
Boo is S tier if it helps m8 thanks for watching and commenting
Love the list, would like to throw in some input on how I utilize my thieves, because I believe some of their value can be changed by swapping them in and out for BG1 Thief skill builds.
With EET installed, using the same ruleset for No Reload, I have a long term, 4D Chess BigBrain strat for how I build my group and characters. In BG1 I utilize Safana, Imoen and Coran specifically unless something goes horribly awry or CHARNAME is some form of Thief. For Imoen, I give her Set Snare high enough to cap with the Dex book If not otherwise being utilized, Lum +1 Dexterify, and Mercykiller Ring (3 levels with some spare points). I'll also cap Detect Illusion (4 levels) and fill in Find Trap (2 levels), leaving Open Lock for rings to and the odd Knock to shore up. For some weird reason, dual classing Thieves does NOT stop their baseline traps from scaling, so she gets her Big Dick traps still lategame.
Since Imoen is going to be gimped for most of the playthrough, I snatch Safana early on and she's my Lock/Trap monkey until I get to the Cloakwood and pick up Coran. I do give Safana enough Detect Illusions to cap with Zaviak's goggles for the Shadow Aspect. Coran will have enough points to dedicate to the jobs, while of course, being a combat monster until he takes off after Korlasz' Tomb.
Moving into BG2 is pretty flexible, so I'll usually just nab Hexxat for her bag and boot her while keeping Yoshimo until Imoen is back. My plan does change lategame when I can resummon Hexxat, and slap a few levels on her and turn her into an Alchemy monkey to swap in/out. I'm really looking for a mountain of Superior Healing/Regeneration/Speed Potions, but the bonus Perceptions can be used by Imoen for any oddball Backstab, Lockpick or Pickpocketing she needs to do.
I love your channel dude. Youre a passionate dude love to see it.
Can't wait for the "Baldur's Gate" 3 Companion Guide
The tier list would strongly depends on the types of sexual deviations you possess
This is what youtube was made for. Bravo
Hey babe wake up, Davaeorn dropped another baldurs gate sermon
Back when I was playing the original version of Baldur's Gate 1, I liked to have Imoen max out find traps, then dual to an illusionist, then I'd recruit Coran for open locks (and being a fantastic archer).
watching this again ahead of my new trilogy run through. I also love Neera's gymbag. Why haven't I liked this video?
Helpful guide! Halfway through the video so far and I noticed both Jaheira and Minsc both are listed with their BG2 Stats, not their BG1 stats.
Baldurs Gate 1 NPCs were so goofy
Ton of characters, too many thieves, and way too many you find super late
I just started with BG 1, still struggling, I just learned from the video that the companions will have stats based on the main char level.. it chages a lot. Thanks for the overview :)
their stat rolls for str con etc will be the same but their chance to hit and proficiencies and HP will change with levels, good luck friend!
I have to say, every time I play with KIVAN, I always use him as a ranger specialist. that dude is almost always the best archer in my party. He always has the most kills in the party and he seems to hit every time he shoots. I would give him another shot solely as the archer. He gives Coran a serious run for his money.
Hope your doing well got worried a min with no stream for a few days but vids are just as good :"}. May Cthulhu bless you with his tentacle appendages ~{*.*}~
Davaeorn is spot on 95% of the time and his videos are more thorough and accurate then any other guide I have seen. Occasionally I do disagree such as the case here when he talks about the specialist mage bonus being unnoticeable and therefore unimportant. This statement provokes the nerd in me who uses math to better understand the world so let me try and clarify why this bonus is actually quite strong.
Lets compare this +2 saving bonus to a double cast of web. Most people understand that one web is good but casting two is better. Intuitively it makes sense but what is happening? Well using basic statistics the chance of a mob getting held is cc chance = c = d20 - saving throw ). The chance of failing the first web is (1 - c) and the chance of the second web is still c. It follows then that for two webs in one round (total cc chance = t = c + (1 - c) * c). To optimize this value we use the constraint of all probably that (1 = c + 1-c). Like the area of a square with a set circumference the maximum value of c * 1-c is at it highest when c = 1-c = .50 , and the smallest is can be within the discrete d20 dice roll is c = 1 such that 1 * 1-0 = 0. So at best, by casting two webs, you are increasing your odds of success by .5 * .5 *100 = 25% and if we assume randomness, the average increase of success will be half that for 12.5%. This is relatively close to the 10% bonus of a specialist mage.
Another accurate way to test this for yourself in game is to compare stinking cloud to web on a target where death saving throw = spell saving throw since web has an innate -2 bonus. The 10% should be very noticeable and prompt you to always use web over stinking cloud when enemy saving throws are unknown. In terms of game play this means: Dynaheir is in effect casting two webs/stinking clouds with a single cast; Edwin is doing the same with glitterdust; and Xan with his sleep, charm, domination, dire charm, chaos spells. Xan is very underrated in bg1 where spell saving throws are very low and enemies susceptible to save or suck of enchantment which literally falls off after spell level 5. Whereas Dynaheir, while not having access to sleep spell sucks for the first half, her web will trivialize almost every fight in the game. Sure Edwin gets an extra spell for each spell level but I rather use the other two specialist mages whose spells have double the potency (or Baeloth for ease of use and constancy). However, in bg2 this argument does not hold as those extra spell slots are a lot more valuable.
Tks man. I will enjoy this new work for sure now even more that I get BG1 again cause I will play bg:sod for the first time.
As usual, golden quality content love to watch and apply in the gameplays!
Not sure why I watched the video when I play solo, since I absolutely hate handling 6 people who often I don't even like and are leeching my exp, but it was entertaining.
Bards gain levels on the thief xp table, which means that party members will be higher level when you recruit them typically. That's obviously a double-edged sword, but it was part of the draw for the class originally as the MC. Of course, you got a similar effect just by being multi-class, so...
The best thing about this video is that I hadn't even expected you to do a BG1 companion guide. Thanks.
Thanks for the video Dav, looking forward to the Insight. Thumb up pressed.
I haven't played BG1 for a long time. This video inspired me to run through it again and try some different companions.
But ... Dynaheir, as an Invoker, can't cast Sleep (essential for Mage, imho), or any other Enchantment spell. Or is there a way around this that I've missed?
Loved your guide, D! You're totally right - you can take any companion, make any type of class, and as long as you play with some measure of intelligence, you can succeed and thoroughly enjoy the game (although I suffer from terminal restartitus). Thanks for all the hard work!!
I personally recommend to play with both Dynaheir and Xan in the party. They both cover each other's opposes schools of magic. Xan can cast all the enchantment spells and Dyn can zap with all the evocation spells. They really are a decent tandem.
Foreskin saved. 10/10 no cap fr fr
I needed this one because the biggest barrier to me in bg1 is none of the companions stand out much to me and its kind of a giant timesink to try them all out. At least hearing about their strengths can help me a ton.
I don't have that issue in bg2, somehow the companions felt like they had more personality
Over under how many times I will listen to this - 4.5
Yo Davaeorn! How about an Icewind dale play through? You could custom the ultimate 6 man party (or you could even do the Black Pits from either BG1 or BG2). I’m sure a lot of people would love to see you take on these dlc/game
Xan is S-tier because enchantment is so strong at low levels, you get him early (for free) and his loss of evocation is irrelevant thanks to Evocation wands.
Branwen is S because she's so easy to get, she's a pure cleric in terms of slots and her stats are decent enough for melee combat. She starts with warhammers and there's an early +2 warhammer that will last her the entire game. I usually make her my main tank. She can't hit for shit but it doesn't matter. For a Neutral character (slots into any party,) she's very useful. She's not Kagain, but she's also a divine caster.
Quayle is bottom tier imo because you get him so late and his stats are complete trash. Low-level caster multis are not good. You get very few slots and most of those are low-level spells, when what you really want are a few higher level spells like Stoneskin.
Kivan is S tier, the same as Coran imo. Kivan's stats aren't as good, but he's way, way easier to get and way faster. His companion quest is totally doable under the time limit, especially considering how powerful an archer he is and how much dps he adds to the party. Getting Coran requires being able to survive Cloakwood ambushes, which is kind of already a big shit test on your party composition. So if you can get to Coran, you probably don't *need* him.
Monty is S tier because all Fighter/Thief companions are S tier imo. Like Kivan, you get him super early. He'll never be the same kind of ranged dps role as Kivan, but he's still an awesome fighter/thief who works in a flex melee role. Kicks the shit out of any pure thief in BG1.
Minsc is bottom tier, absolute shit imo. Comes with a pair, so reduces your party customization options. Has mediocre stats and a completely worthless berserk ability that will 100% murder the fuck out of your party.
Ajantis is pretty cool. Imo he's the superior alternative to Minsc, because he's always going to have Protection from Evil up thanks to the amount of casts he gets. He serves the same role as Minsc but he has more utility thanks to paladin skills. A tier in my book.
Khalid and Jaheira are... Ok. Khalid is an A-tier archer. Jaheira is like a B-tier main tank. Not amazing, pretty mediocre stats, but she gets druid spells and she can still serve as the main tank if you stack her with all the tanking gear. I'd take Jaheira over Minsc as my tank any day. IMO, Khalid is best used as an archer, because Jaheira in the back line is shit. Slings suck at low levels. Khalid can use a +3 longbow with acid arrows and that's way fucking better than Jaheira's slinging.
This is all just my opinions of course.
I never understood why you want to move Viconia via a mod. Her original spot is perfectly easy to reach at the start of the game
It's usually because of other companions, because companion move mods are usually for majority of companions.
16:30 the Rabbit's Foot in original Baldur's Gate gave +2 Luck but it didn't say anything in the description (like Edwin's Amulet did). The way luck works is it adds 2 to basically all rolls, including the "hidden" 1d8 you get when rolling thief skills. This in theory is supposed to add 5% to your thieving skills, but it doesn't actually show up. Looks like BeamDog took this literally and added the 5% manually, as well as buffing her AC.
Branwen having 9 int-it actually is somewhat relevant, since it allows her to use wands and scrolls without needing to be buffed with potions like yeslick does. Wand of the heavens is quite nice for single target fire damage, and she can also use wand of fear if you want her to. Various cleric scrolls, or the generic protection scrolls, are things she can use with 9 int, but yeslick can't since he has 7 at base. Viconia is still definitely the best cleric in the game, but branwen does have her uses
Absolutely love watching and listening to the commentary and analysis of the PCs in BG1.
Great content sir. I feel sorry for Skie, poor girl just doesn't have anything special for all the shit you have to go through for her and she just feels like Diet Imoen. I've still taken her before and ditched Eldoth out in the middle of nowhere, and she got the finishing hit on Drizzt for her second kill. So good for her
Havent watched it yet, but I am reasonably sure the conclusion will be Rasaad is OP.
I thought sleep was enchantment, so presumably, Dynaheir cannot use it?
Blessed be thou, Dav.
I just started playing this game and it took me an hour or so to fight through the knoll camp and find her. I kept running into enemies and they respawm when you sleep. I finally found her and found she REQUIRES minsc is with her. I wish everyone went back to the friendly arm in for easy recruiting.
Idk how long this game is, as you say early but after about 8 hours of play I got dianohare. (Minscs paired companion)
I Appreciate all of the hard work and time you have put into these guides, Albeit you didn't do it for me I have benefited from your guides and so I say thank you!
Always a pleasure to see your lovely face! Thanks again.
Wow, madman actually did it.
Pleased start doing the Pathfinder Games also!
WotR ist the best crpg since BG trilogy. Imo it ist even better and im a huge Fan of BG/NWN/IWD from day1
I was wondering where the hell you went. I love niche stuff like this that covers all the things i missed or didn't think about or didn't puzzle out for myself when i played through games like BG/BG2 and you've got hours upon hours of it. I was starting to wonder if you'd ever post another video just the other day and here you are.
Take this like.
Wait, the unique wish adventure in bg2, dont you find out that boo is really giant space hamster which all makes it worth it? And obviously you need boo in the party… i mean party without boo is like football team without a brazilian.
1:26:58 is defintely the highlight of the video. I will take Quayle for a time on my next playthrough just to hear this myself.
I came to argue with my own opinions about your video, and rekindle the discussion on Fighter/Illusionist.
Glad you back on the Tube my man. Now I have a reason to stay on here.
11:18 That's actually not accurate, because (in the original game at least) spiritual hammer does not work as described. It has a +4 bonus to hit and deals 1D4+2 damage (regardless of caster level). Doesn't benefit from strength bonuses though.
It's also worth noting that Branwen's 16 wisdom is higher then Viconia's (it's only 15, 18 is what she has in Shadows of Amn).
I don't hear any audio a few minutes after release, is TH-cam still processing or is it a video problem? eta now I hear audio I guess it was a yt glitch
My Party is most of the time: Minsc, Viconia, Jaheira, Edwin, Coran and my selfmade Gnome (cleric/thief) . As a child I played it so much I have all the books many times. Every stat is 25. With a gnome, who is cleric and thief I have the most freedom. But I agree. In English some characters are annoying. In German everything is a little different . And the older I get the more I realise some characters and their personalities are more complex. Sometimes I am using this depressive magic dude who got to less Vitamin D. And Imoen depending on my thief abilities.
Glad to hear the love for Alora. Not totally OP and great fun to play. Soloed the vanilla game with her once.
One reason for taking Safana could be dual classing her to mage after giving her tome of int and taking her in SoD. She then makes a very decent thief/mage companion for late BG 1 / all of SoD - with the latter being the whole purpose of dual classing.
Perhaps this has already been answered somewhere, but will there be a guide for the Siege of Dragonspear companions? I think some more SoD content would make for a fun addition.
I've had a handful of people ask so ill do one at some point for sure.
I guess the short version is get Corwin because she's busted, but try to ignore her lines because she is terribly written and extremely annoying. Also, don't play full-on evil, or you won't have a thief to disarm traps.
Ajantis is great since you can get him so early-even before Khalid and Jaheira. Just go north before going within the Friendly Arm Inn gate, get the ring you need for a quest on the way up that path, grab Ajay, then head back to the FAI proper.
Davaeorn! You're better than Gandalf since you don't keep your secrets :D So glad to see you keep doing what you love. Gonna watch the hell outta this one!
This is awesome! Can you do a party build suggestion video if you haven't already?
Thanks man you always deliver!!!
Int doesn't affect much in gameplay. Only difference I can find is in BGII where Solaufein asks you what you know about Illithids. If you have high enough Int score, you will refer them as Illithids, that is their proper name, instead of Mind Flayers, which Solaufein will commend you on.
This dialogue makes no sense and it's seemingly added as "see, we have stat checks". You're a mature drow (posing as, anyway), the chance that the name "Illithid" didn't come up before in your life is non-existent.
Would it even be *possible* to not know about them if you live in the Underdark? Do all drows live in their mom's basements not interacting with anything? What are they talking about with each other, what is their small talk about?
@@dive_bomb3r The Drow has their own name for Illithids, if I'm not mistaken. Like how they say Eye Tyrants instead of Beholders. But yeah, sounds a bit condencending of Solaufein to ask you about it. It's similar to knowing animal names in your own language and not in English. Of course, I don't know ALL animal names in English, but Illithids are high on the list for Drows that value survival and self-preservation.
On my fourth playthrough of the full series now, and just finished Dragonspear, but when I was on Baldur's Gate I made an active effort to play totally different than I ever had before, in no small part because I wanted to use Alora and have her be as viable as possible. I basically ignored every area of the game not strictly required to actually get to Baldur's Gate, so then once I got to Chapter Five and finalized my party composition I only then finally did, like, the Tales of the Sword Coast content, Firewine Bridge, Ulcaster, all the miscellaneous areas, even Beregost stuff, et cetera. It hardly undoes how late in the game you have to get Alora (or Tiax or Quayle) but it definitely was both better for keeping levels balanced AND way fun after three playthroughs basically following the same routes. Edit: Oh and I used Xzar and dutifully dual-classed him into a cleric at level 5 because I love animate dead and wsa delighted by the idea of him being able to cast it with two classes, and of course the cleric necromancy spells getting more powerful, though yes I imagine a pure necromancer is more powerful overall
Thanks for making this content Dav : ) I love these videos.
I love Baeloth, I always use him in any of my playthrough.
Back in old BG1 bards where good for
DispeL since they have faster level progression then wizards
I’m pretty sure Dynaheir can’t use sleep, unless I’m mistaken. Awesome video by the way.
heh. listening to some of the things that used to be a thing in the OG BG1 i realize why 12yo me sucked so hard at it. no pause in inventory. morale breaking all the time. 20 arrows. no containers. etc etc
Man I can not wait for your videos. Automatic like.
In my games clerics and druids are melee classes. They are quite powerful melee fighters if you do the things right.
Cleric:
1. Someone casts strength spell targeted to cleric or cast Holy power.
2. Cast DUHM
3. Cast any weapon spell (Shillelagh, Spiritual Hammer or Flame Blade)
4. Put your main hand weapon to your off hand.
This strategy works, because spell weapons do not apply dual wielding penalties. It's maybe an exploit.
Now you have a cleric with 2 apr before haste, huge strength (19 or 20) and with a decent thac0. The difference between a pure fighter and a melee cleric is only 1/2 apr (or in later stages 1 apr). but cleric's strength is higher, which means higher damage per swing.
Druid:
If you have not the Icewind dale spells, the strategy is the same as clerics (without DUHM, naturally).
Otherwise:
1. Cast Beast Claw.
2. Put your main hand weapon to your off hand.
The Beast Claw spell gives you 2 apr and 18/72 strength! With an off hand weapon your apr is 3 before haste, which is the same as pure fighters with dual wielding have in later stages but without the dual wielding penalties. I'm not sure about this but fighter druids should get this even higher (3,5).
Note that this does not mean that cleric or druids are better in melee than fighters. The problem is that you need to cast these short duration spells again and again and it can become tedious. This means only, that they do more damage by this method than using for example slings and it's helpful in certain fights.
Your minsc rant hurt my inner child. 😢
I understand why you dont like him, but bro. 😂 I love him.😂
Boo go for the eyes!
Great Video!😂
Baldur's Gate is better if you play the original with a widescreen mod instead of the Enhanced Edition
Yep, i didnt enjoy tutu either but here we are
Imoen go to level 7, you get Coran before then, then turn her mage - you won't get to dual class BUT you have a good enough thief for the game you are facing then a back up mage. Kagain also regenerates between fights and rests too (that 20 Con). Khalid I have seen with both 12 Int and 15 Int dunno why BUT he could have been a great fighter/mage. Opportunity missed. Kivan should have been modded as an archer type ranger. Minsc I always struggled to keep alive in the original game (15 dex/con) and yes, I never used his berserker ability. Montaron also was good for darts (of stunning/wounding). Quayle is crap BUT in pen and paper D&D my first really high level character was a cleric/M.U. and so I have a soft spot for them. The buckler that gives +1 Con (from the Friendly Arm Inn) is significant for a number of characters and also the +1 dex buckler from Durlag's Keep to a lesser degree. Rasaad, yeah, a dodgy slinger who runs ahead of the party and thus walks into encounters. Yay. Gimme the quest belt.
You've been making a lot of awesome Baldur's Gate videos, and I hate to ask you for more since it's a lot of work, but all you can say is "no," right.
Your tier list videos are very informative and amazing, but have you considered making a video to teach players about the game mechanics so they can really understand character building and combat on their own to make the right decisions? I'm pretty sure most people know the basics (lower AC/Thac0/saving throws are good), but then when it comes to deeper mechanics I'm definitely lost.
For example, while a player can just pick things that are S/A tier, some of us may want to roleplay more and take something lower tier for this purpose. With that said, it wouldn't be a fun experience picking a C-tier or RP-tier weapon and get constantly destroyed because we don't really understand the mechanics that much.
With all that said, obviously you don't have to do a damn thing, lol, and you put out plenty of great content already!
Jaheira has 14 Dex in the base game and it is increased to 17 in BG2 or if you mod it in.
These Vids are awesome My dude
You’re back!!! Hope you’re good
You forgot to mention that Imoen and Jaheira in BG1 are total babes.
you are a godsend for the baldur's gate community good sir. glad to see this video
57:30 -- Quick sidenote about dual-classing into specialist mages in vanilla BG1. All you need is the minimum extra stat of the specialist mage, not the 17 requirement that dual-classes usually request. So you could actually dual-class Imoen to Conjurer without the Tome. You can also dual-class Safana to an Enchanter with the Int Tome (how appropriate).