Anomen (Lawful Good) or Keldorn?

[DigitalBlizzNX]

Topic. Party wise I'm going my character (Conjurer), Minsc, Jaheira, Imoen, Aerie and I want one of these guys to help in the frontliner department.

[fauxpas]

Whichever one you like better personality wise.

[Cerberus Shepard]

imo keldorn cause anomen is really really annoying....and dies faster than a lvl 1 mage
the only good thing you can do with anomen is turn him to a darker path iirc

[DigitalBlizzNX]

I was thinking of having Anomen dual-wielding flalils with the FoA and the Defender of Easthaven as his offhand with two-weapon style. Sure a +3 shield (if it exists) gives you a lot of AC so you're harder to hit but the straight damage reduction would also do wonders and two weapons are solid. I'm not sure if you can have him slot points anywhere you want however.

[CaimDark]

If you're simply looking for a frontliner, Keldorn is definitely better and a better fit for your party. You already have Aerie and Jaheira, you don't really need yet another healer/divine caster. Plus, Keldorn's instant true seeing and super-powered dispel magic make him invaluable against spellcasters. And since you're not a Paladin, only Keldorn will be able to use the awesome Holy Avenger.

[DigitalBlizzNX]

Thank you everyone for the advice. I'll go with Keldorn. Also, his voice over is better. Anomen's voice just kind of strikes me as... extremely struck up and full of himself.

[CaimDark]

Originally posted by DigitalBlizzNX:

Anomen's voice just kind of strikes me as... extremely struck up and full of himself.

That's because he is!

[D'amarr from Darshiva]

Originally posted by DigitalBlizzNX:

I'm not sure if you can have him slot points anywhere you want however.

Anomen's first class is Fighter. And his Cleric part is about much more than healing. He is a very solid frontliner and damage dealer.

If you cannot stand his voice, oh well, are you sure you're a role-player?

[DigitalBlizzNX]

Originally posted by D'amarr from Darshiva:

Originally posted by DigitalBlizzNX:

I'm not sure if you can have him slot points anywhere you want however.

Anomen's first class is Fighter. And his Cleric part is about much more than healing. He is a very solid frontliner and damage dealer.

If you cannot stand his voice, oh well, are you sure you're a role-player?

With that remark I was talking about his proficiencies regarding his Fighter class. I'm still working on Baldur's Gate 1 so I don't know exactly if I can select them for him.

[Armanz]

Considering your party setup I'd go with Keldon because you already have half a druid and half a cleric.
For the rest everything has been said already.

[D'amarr from Darshiva]

Originally posted by DigitalBlizzNX:

With that remark I was talking about his proficiencies regarding his Fighter class. I'm still working on Baldur's Gate 1 so I don't know exactly if I can select them for him.

If you mean you want to change history, no, you cannot reskill him from level 1 upwards and change his default skills (such as the two pips in Spears), but you can recruit him early and throughout the game you will get enough pips to spend on skills.

[anferFFmax]

Originally posted by DigitalBlizzNX:

Topic. Party wise I'm going my character (Conjurer), Minsc, Jaheira, Imoen, Aerie and I want one of these guys to help in the frontliner department.

I would chose Anomen instead of Aerie and use him as the party's Cleric instead of a frontliner. Use Nalia till you can get Imoen. And then add Keldorn as the frontliner, with Minsc as the second wacker. Jaheira would assist with priest spell casting as well as lending a hand in the fighting. Your party would still suffer from a deficient thief, which is Nalia. Nalie is a great mage but a supar Thief. So I would go get those guys and then do the main quest right away to get Imoen as soon as possible.

[anferFFmax]

Originally posted by Cereberus Shepard:

imo keldorn cause anomen is really really annoying....and dies faster than a lvl 1 mage
the only good thing you can do with anomen is turn him to a darker path iirc

The "annoying" thing is subjective. The whole "dies faster than a lvl 1 mage" is wholy inacurate, and totally dishonest. Even exagerations made to add a sense of humor to a remark must have some level of truth to it. This doesn't have ANY truth in it at all. Anomen is capable of wearing the best armor and gear in the game, and he's tougher than any pure Cleric thanks to his Fighter class. Stop misinforming new comers. And learn how to play BG2 before advising people.

[Vitor McCury]

Originally posted by anfermin:

Originally posted by Cereberus Shepard:

imo keldorn cause anomen is really really annoying....and dies faster than a lvl 1 mage
the only good thing you can do with anomen is turn him to a darker path iirc

The "annoying" thing is subjective. The whole "dies faster than a lvl 1 mage" is wholy inacurate, and totally dishonest. Even exagerations made to add a sense of humor to a remark must have some level of truth to it. This doesn't have ANY truth in it at all. Anomen is capable of wearing the best armor and gear in the game, and he's tougher than any pure Cleric thanks to his Fighter class. Stop misinforming new comers. And learn how to play BG2 before advising people.

I agree "the annoying thing" is subjective. In my opinion he's extremelly anoying but if he looses he's chance with the Order he turns into a dungerous member. I only hire Anomen in a good party if my PC is not a divine caster.

[anferFFmax]

Originally posted by Vitor McCury:

Originally posted by anfermin:

The "annoying" thing is subjective. The whole "dies faster than a lvl 1 mage" is wholy inacurate, and totally dishonest. Even exagerations made to add a sense of humor to a remark must have some level of truth to it. This doesn't have ANY truth in it at all. Anomen is capable of wearing the best armor and gear in the game, and he's tougher than any pure Cleric thanks to his Fighter class. Stop misinforming new comers. And learn how to play BG2 before advising people.

I agree "the annoying thing" is subjective. In my opinion he's extremelly anoying but if he looses he's chance with the Order he turns into a dungerous member. I only hire Anomen in a good party if my PC is not a divine caster.

This adds to his versatility. Basically, he's a companion whose alignment you can control. This means you can use him in both Evil and Good parties. Which is pretty amazing to say the least. You can turn Viconia into a neutral, but you have to wait till ToB to do that. With Anomen you can do it very quickly. Good point there mate. That guy I was replaying to had not idea what he was talking about.

[Pato]

Keldorn, if only because Anomen is up there with Haer Dalis (sp? The bard) in my list of most hated chatacters