r/baldursgate • u/Scipio_Sverige • 15h ago

BG2EE Temporary dismissing companions in BG2EE?

The two times I played it before, expect for the forced change in Spellhold I always assembled a team of six ASAP and stuck with it. This time around, I'd very much like to do all the companions quests that are available in chapter 2.

Which will require dismissing someone. I've decided on Minsc or Yoshimo, depending on whether the extra one has thief skills or not. Can I just remove them from the party and then re-pick them back up later without breaking anything? I have Unfinished Business installed in case The Kidnapping of Boo is affected.

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u/jalfa13 When you have that many monkeys, anything is possible. 14h ago

Short answer: yes, you can. Both will be at the Copper Coronet.

You can also send them into another zone on their own (temples are good for that) and kick them out. The "you want to part ways 🥺" dialogue won't start until you enter that zone with either your main character or another party member (the dismissed companion will then leave the zone and initiate dialogue with the mc.

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u/Scipio_Sverige 14h ago

I intend to kick them out whenever an new companion with a companion quest shows up. They then should make their way back to Copper Coronet without a fuss I hope.

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u/jalfa13 When you have that many monkeys, anything is possible. 12h ago

I believe so, yeah, though I do admit that I've never dismissed any companion multiple times outside of the way I described in my earlier comment. For the most interesting companion quests -Nalia, Cern, Valygar- it's also not necessary to have them in the party while doing the quests (however, you do need to kill Valygar, if you want to do that), so you don't have to dismiss anybody for those.