Yeah, but since Baldur's Gate caps you at a low level, you don't really get to enjoy those benefits. And I remember that before the Tales of the Sword Coast patch Sarevok had like 100% Magic Resistance or something which meant that your mage couldn't even attack in the last battle (though really, overwhelming with summons is a far better strategy).



I usually played with Imoen, Jaheira, Khalid, Minsc and Dynaheir, which appears to be the cannon party though I had no idea at the time. I don't remember any quest for Dynaheir though (aside from being rescued in the first place, which is more properly Minsc's quest). I've tried to play an EVIL party, but I really can't do it. There's no point if you're going for the "evil but pretends to be good" route and I can't bring myself to actually be evil .



Nah, there is an archaeologist you can stumble upon in the same area you find Commander Brage. He's excavating an old temple, and if you help him all his workers become possessed and try to kill you. If you try to leave with the artefact within, some sort of servant of the forgotten god appears and mauls you. And the artefact is useless (literally useless, you can't even sell it), unless you want that cursed vampiric sword.



I got annoyed from the very first wilderness area outside Candlekeep. You explore that entire thing and all you'll find is a black bear and two wolves. There's a couple of people on the road (including Xzar and Montaron) but aside from the allies they don't actually have any quests to give. Oh, and there's one guy who says he'll commit suicide but won't. A lot of time to explore that area and nothing to show for it.



Hah! I don't think I've ever done that either, thankfully. Probably because any such attempt would start with "We set out for [destination]" and whoever is DM would reply "And where is that?" so we'd realise our mistake early enough .