I love Seb but Poppy is so sweet and the story is so wholesome with her

Seb has the funniest jokes, and hates spiders just as much as I do, but Poppy has such a radiant, joyful smile on her face >!when a dragon burns poachers alive!<, so she wins.

Poppy. Sebastian is a close second, but I wish there was more with Ominis.

Poppy cuz she smol

Sebastian is my favorite. IMO, his story has the most depth, is the best written and has the best rewards than any other of the companion storylines.

I'm surprised Natsai is so low. Between being a transfer student, having studied magic at Uagadou, and having a mother working at the school, there's a lot going for her.

10 Points to the Hufflepuff OP for including Amit even tho unconfirmed. Very on brand.

Poppy, we know the least about her and she seems like a cinnamon roll who can kill you kinda girl which I absolutely love

Yeah this is pretty much what is going on for me.

I don't think Natsai is bad, I'm just interested more in the other three because we already had tons of brave and righteous Gryffindors, while the other houses have been quite neglected when it comes to characters who are very present or important for the plot and the MC(the only important friend from another house that Harry has is Luna)

Yeah, I think people want to see a non-gryffindor shine for once.

Depending on your choices maybe. I don't think there is dark companions and light companions. Each one could go each way in my opinion, depending on what happens.

The bros Sebastian and Ominis they’re my golden trio lol

Mine is garreth wealsey. I can break rules with him and he's good and knows how to have fun.

Ominis actually. I will admit to some bias though as a visually impaired person myself, seeing interesting blind characters always makes me happy

The kid clapping and laughing to himself in front of the house points hourglasses

Poppy, although Ominis is a close second. I love to see characters who love animals a lot like I do. Plus she has such an awesome personality. Her quests were my favorite. I just really love her

#1 Poppy - for trying to save the world, cute, scary when she needs to be.

#2 Sebastian - for trying to do things for the right reason and he's got a pretty charming personality.

#3 Natty - for trying to get something done, even though she goes too far.

#4 Everyone else - even anonymous unnamed NPCs are more interesting than Amit

#5 Amit - not very interesting. not much use in a fight. Can't say I blame him.

I'd appreciate more missions with him. He talks to you throughout and is also pretty handy in a fight, considering Seb literally did fuckall at Crossed Wands and then every other place you go with him 😂

I'll say she's better than Amit because she actually has story missions and ties to Rookwood. While Amit... Gives you a telescope... 👍 great job Amit

1. Poppy - best girl
2. Sebastian
3. Natty and Amit

1. Sebastian
2. Poppy
3. Amit
4. Natty

1). Seb <3

2). Poppy

3). Amit

4). Natsai

1. Poppy, she gets you into cool shit

2. Sebastian, he whines a lot about you for no reason. Bro, I'm literally the only one helping you at this point

3. Amit, he's just there sometimes

4. Natty, she's incredibly boring? I don't hate her, but I just never really want to start her quests either

Ominis is my favorite, though

What made me cry was the part that he had a bittersweet tone when he finally found the lifelong work his wife did that ended in her death. Miriam going after the knowledge of ancient magic and got her killed, ended up with him seeing everything to the end. "If only Miriam could see this" I can feel his regret of not being with her.

I was convinced he would be the bad guy at the end. Part of me still thinks they scrapped it as an ending.

I get sad EVERY time, I swear. So we just pretend he’s alive🫠

I think his fate should have been different depending on your choice for the repository

I sobbed over his fate. Literally cried for ages, send help. It still upsets me

He took back all of my serotonin in the end 😭

Hostile Herbert he was so secret he wasn’t even in the chapter

Hoppy, Idk but I just feel like she would be loyal and wanna help like Kissy

Either Simon or Touille since they are in the Baba Chops boss fight and do not attack us in it, unlike Baba and Poe

NOOO YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO OBEY ME!

the 16 smiling critters:

Poe probably

Sebastian's story is frustrating, as there's no resolution to Ann's problem, which started it all. Natsai's was just so- so, I was expecting more. Poppy's was excellent, as you did resolve a big problem, you get to face and help a dragon, and you get invited for a butterbeer after. So Poppy's was the best.

I like the Sebastian storyline the best but don't really care for Sebastian once he crosses the line. I care about Poppy the most but her storyline is just decent. I don't really care about the storyline with Natty nor the character that much.

I honestly wanted more of a troublemaker storyline with Garreth Weasley.

IDK why they chose to make her just walking exposition and constantly talking about how everything outside Hogwarts is apparently a million times more advanced.

Learning the curses was crazy

Possibly the first time you go to get your wand and you end up fighting a troll, she talks to you from the doors of the castle to when you get your wand and more after that 😅

Let’s not ignore that that adorable pouty puppy-eyed frogwife is absolutely covered in blood.

Where is Boo? Boo keeps Minsc moving and working.

Or is Boo actually the narrator?

Everyone belongs on the top row.

Switch Minthara and Astarion

Imoen and Minsc in BG1. Add Aerie and Keldorn in BG2. With BG1 NPC Project I really like what it adds for Jaheira. Well, Imoen too. But Jaheira enough that she also becomes a favorite.

Minsc is sub-optimal for power-gaming purposes.

On the other hand, “Jump on my sword while you can, Evil, I won’t be so gentle!”

Minsc increases my enjoyment of life. And Boo.

Kagain: Best tank in the game, bar none. With the dex gloves, he has 16/18/20 and the best racial shorty saves. The biggest danger to your main tank is being incapacitated by a spell. At least he gets a small bonus to protect him from those, which no other main tank in BG1 has.

Xan: Enchantment spells really peak in the low levels, which is where you find Xan. His loss of Evocation spells is a non-issue, because you can still cast fireball, cloudkill and magic missile from wands with him. His -2 penalty on all cast enchantment spells is a really big deal. Considering enchantment spells will usually end the fight if they connect, that's huge. He gets a unique sword which hits for +3 and adds some AC. I usually turn off his autoattacks and let him stand there while holding it.

Viconia: Drow are fucking busted. 70%ish base MR means most spells won't affect her. She's also a pure caster cleric and cleric spells are absolutely essential in the early going. You NEED a character with Remove Fear casting that spell before every major fight. Command is up there with Sleep as a game-changer that ends fights before they begin. Hold Person and Silence are both fight-enders too, and divine casters don't need to scribe scrolls. Meaning you don't have to spend any of your time or money to acquire the spells you need for them. They just come with everything.

Baeloth: Another fucking broken Drow. 2nd best caster in the game, if not the best outright. Edwin has more spells but Baeloth has MR as well as the ability to learn Stoneskin as soon as you reach the appropriate level to cast it.

Branwen: Branwen is a different kind of Cleric than Viconia. Her stats are just about good enough that she can stand on the front line with Ashideena+2. You can make her your main tank IF you want to. I've done it many times. She is neutral and rolls with any party and her chaos of battle ability can be very nice. She's just a solid character. No, she can't output good physical damage because her apr and thaco are trash. But she can stand there with high AC and take abuse, or you can put her in the back row and she's still a full divine caster.

Coran: Ridiculously strong character and too OP not to take in Good parties.

Khalid and Jaheira: My favorite of the characters who come as a couple. Jaheira is a solid tank and Khalid can either be a second tank or an archer. He's not as good at archery as Coran, but he's more flexible.

In first place

Edwin

In second place

Edwina (BG2)

Xan is hilarious, has an awesome kit, and has a neat dagger that gives him 50% fire resistance (though it turns off if he switches to a sling)