Okay, I've decided, and despite what I said earlier about not playing a melee character I'm going with a paladin for my pre-BG3 warm-up run through BG1/2. That's partly in tribute to the fact that the very first BG1 run I ever did, back in 1998 (or 1999?) was a paladin, and though I created a variation on the same character for my first BG2 run as well I don't think I've played a paladin since. I also quite like the tension between a character who wants to be noble and good and the darker urgings of their Bhaalspawn nature, and the fact that a paladin can play into the almost mock-heroic tone of BG1 in particular.
But let's see how I get on. I see that I actually have four other in-progress BG1 runs at various stages that I haven't finished yet, plus one more that I'd actually got as far as BG2 with, so my paladin may yet fall by the wayside. If so, maybe I'll finish one of those other runs instead .
(I also feel that a paladin can't abandon their childhood friend, so it also looks as though I'm going to be stuck with the "canon" party this run-through too! Oh well. I'll maybe treat myself to a playthrough with both Tiax and Xan next time.)
"You may call it 'nonsense' if you like, but I've heard nonsense, compared with which that would be as sensible as a dictionary!"
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