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For those who have traveled in underdark, which of the npc companions are the best. Ran with wyll from lev3-5 but since spike and the gobbos are out of the picture, not sure if he would be a good choice. Although he did mention someone/something called Mizora, but that probably wont be handled till full release.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance

Shadowheart perhaps, once you get to Grymforge, but iirc she doesn’t have as much content as you might hope (perhaps in full release we’ll get more). But I don’t think there’s anything else that makes one companion more relevant than others in the Underdark.

Thanks

the companions with Dark Vision would generally be best.

Does not matter, there is not very much companion-related in the underdark from my experience.

The companions with dark vision are Shadowheart and Astarion. Shadowheart is always in my party and Astarion never. I had no problems with Gale and Wyll in the Underdark, there is a ring which grants some dark vision, you can cast several light spells, many places you fight are also lit a bit. From the companions Wyll in my view is the strongest overall class-wise, it would be a pity to leave him behind just because he is nearly blind.

Not sure I’d agree Wyll is the strongest, but he can be given the Devil’s Sight invocation to allow him to see in the dark as well. Though this would be more useful if it enabled him to see through the Darkness spell and there at least used to be a bug preventing this. I don’t know if this has been fixed.

But yes, companions who can see in the dark are less of a faff to avoid disadvantage for in the Underdark, though I don’t think it’s as dark down there as it used to be and there are plenty of ways to create light so it’s not essential.

I have SH or Gale cast Light on frontline fighter (there's also a ring in Lenore's manor), switch to torch (I like this light effect), have SH/Astarion scout, or periodically cast Dancing lights. Not having Darkvision is more a flavour rather than an inconvenience.

Roleplay-wise, as mentioned the Underdark doesn't have much at the moment in EA.