The two least impressive party members.
It's amazing how useless Ignus is, and how easy Vhailor is to kill.
Nordrom is actually a better party member than either of them.
Er, I meant how easy it is for the enemies to kill Vhailor. I've heard that if you face him in the Fortress of Regrests he's extremely hard to kill.
shareHe's not that hard to kill, but he's not worth the whole "sneaking-round-the-portal-and-leaving-a-useful-member-behind" thing.
shareHe is if that "useful party member" is Ignus. >:)
That really sucked, because the official strategy guide says that Ignus is extremely useful in Ravel's maze, since his fire spells can burn through all the briar-thorn enemies. But he was just as useless as he was in Sigil.
The big problem with Vhailor is his high armor class, since there is no armor in the game you couldn't bring it down to manageable levels.
And IIRC, wasn't he the only character, besides Morte, who couldn't use tattos? (I assume that's true since he doesn't have a body)
It certainly didn't help that you got him right before Curst, which was horribly imbalanced in terms of challenge.
What is really cool about Vhailor, though, is that if you're Lawful Good and have a great deal of intelligence/wisdom, there's a conversation branch where you can gain a permanent +3 to your strength! That's almost worth losing a party member.
Just leave Ignus in Sigil and go to Curst with a free slot. If you've trained your party up really, really well, they can do fine without Ignus, so just leave him in the tavern.
OR
(And this is just a theory, never tried myself), leave Ignus and Nordom (If you go through the maze to get him) in the Modron Cube in the control room, since it is the only part that doesn't change. Get Vhailor and then when you get to Sigil, let Ignus and Nordom out and choose which you want to take with you.
By the way, not only do you get a permanent +3 to strength, but you also get +3 to damage done as well. So no matter what, your attacks will always do 3 more damage than they normally would.
Annah.
Unbelivably *beep*
Just for the record, you can only use the Modron Cube in Sigil and related places. That is, starting from Raven's Maze, using it will bring up a failure to launch the maze. You can only start using it again when you get back to Sigil after the Trias events. Which means your theory is unfortunately incorrect.
shareWell it was just a thought. In that case the best thing to do is just leave gaining Nordom till after you come back from Curst and leave Ignus in the Burning Man bar. That's what I would suggest. Just take Morte, Dak'kon, Annah and Fall-From-Grace. I would suggest getting the benefits that Ignus gives you first (the fire resistence and fire spells), You only lose a small amount of HP for getting them and you can regain that amount easily by the end of the game.
shareIgnus and Vhailor? 'least impressive'? Dear God. It seems obvious to me that Nordom is the least impressive character! Of course he is quite powerful! but both Ignus and Vhailor have WAY more interesting backstories! they are interesting, they are tormented, they are forces of not understanded power! And though I like the stories of the other characters more, I can't agree that Nordom is more impressive than these two. I'd say that Fall-From-Grace is less impresive, for her story seems incomplete, though it surely had lots of potential.
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