Question about Jaheira

[JabroniCorleone]

Hi,
I am near the end of act 2 and now the attack starts at moonrise towers. Jaheira wants to keep side with her warriors but I can ask to join me. I choose to join me but what is the best decission here? When I dont take her with me is she still available as a companion or does this dont matter at all? Otherwise if I take her with me are her warriors are going to survive without her?

[AokiYakumo]

Whichever works for you, honestly, although in my personal experience I found bringing Jaheira as a follower through the first half of the Siege of Moonrise helps ensure she stays alive and doesn't get ganked by a Guiding Bolt crit bcause those Adepts upcast that spell to 5th level and a crit is like 16d6 to the face, averaging 56 damage which is enough to nearly one-shot her or take her out through Wild Shape.

[Dizzy Ladybug]

take her with you so you can control her in combat. you can more easily keep her alive that way

[Lani]

Asking her to join you during that fight is a prerequisite step to her joining you as a companion later.
Do this and after the big fight on the top of the tower, you can have her join your party when you have to go down a hole again.

[JabroniCorleone]

Thank you all

[KingOfFriedChicken]

Originally posted by Lani:

Asking her to join you during that fight is a prerequisite step to her joining you as a companion later.
Do this and after the big fight on the top of the tower, you can have her join your party when you have to go down a hole again.

This!
But she doesn't have to join you in the tower, she will tag along after you take her to fight on top of it, you know in case you wanted to bring other companions for story reasons.

[Steffan]

Originally posted by Lani:

Asking her to join you during that fight is a prerequisite step to her joining you as a companion later.
Do this and after the big fight on the top of the tower, you can have her join your party when you have to go down a hole again.

You have at least two other characters with interaction in that "dungeon" so you are not obliged to recruit her right then and there. You can do so after the big fight in the dungeon, too.

I have lost her in my first run because I let the AI command her. In the second run, I had control over her and she even helps you with the fight on the top of the tower. In short, there are no cons of taking control over before the attack on Moonrise.

[Lani]

Originally posted by steffan8:

Originally posted by Lani:

Asking her to join you during that fight is a prerequisite step to her joining you as a companion later.
Do this and after the big fight on the top of the tower, you can have her join your party when you have to go down a hole again.

You have at least two other characters with interaction in that "dungeon" so you are not obliged to recruit her right then and there. You can do so after the big fight in the dungeon, too.

I have lost her in my first run because I let the AI command her. In the second run, I had control over her and she even helps you with the fight on the top of the tower. In short, there are no cons of taking control over before the attack on Moonrise.

Ok, things must've changed then and for the better.
Initially if you didn't recruit her to join on top of the tower, she'd never join which was an awkward and short time window. Glad that's widened then.
You didn't have to actually have her in the party immedistely though. With a full party she'd go to camp.

Having her join you as a temporary party member during the assault prior to that is just Jaheira preservation as she is a bit of a Leroy Jenkins when 'leading' the Harpers there.