Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - General Which party members will you bring along on your first playthrough? (Includes datamined companions)

As the game currently stands, I will not be bringing along the companions I find the most interesting (Lae'zel and Karlach) because they are better as melee fighters and I both dislike melee combat and find it pointless so far.

I will most likely have Astarion and Gale and either two custom characters (ranger and sorcerer) or maybe Shadowheart instead of the sorcerer, but I don't really want to use her because it feels like she is "expected" to be in our group.

Don't really plan on playing an origin character, but if I got really bored I would try any of the ones I could play ranged, except for Gale because I do not understand romantic obsession and could never properly roleplay someone with this issue, and Minsc because I find him annoying. Wyll I would only try if there were options to play without the overly inflated ego.