Another basic rule: Try not to mix up contradicting alignements too much. Like minsc & edwin don`t get along too good
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Just try to get some decent melee fighters (don`t know what you play yourself so that might influence who and what you need), someone for healing, some with thiefskills, and preferably 2 persons with mage-skills. Although you don`t fancy mages a lot, you defenitely need them, once they get on higher lvl you can`t imagine how you would survive without them. So i`d advice at least one mage or sorcerer and someone that could backup (thief/mage, bard or cleric/mage for example) can come in handy.
Every NPC has it`s strong points, and most of them have their own quests as well. They all interact different. So it`s really worth just trying to form a balanced party and see how it works out. And then play the game again. And again. And again.
