Baldur's Gate I & II - Gather your party before venturing forth

I've been living under a rock here's the first BG which was out years ago

I like her as pure thief too. I even return her to pure thief (or rather swashbuckler) status in BG 2 with Shadowkeeper. There are enough capable mages in both games, but only a few good thiefs, especially in BG 2. Nadia is useless as a thief without Shadowkeeper, Yoshimo doesn't last, Jan is OK and that's it. Since the story focuses heavily on Imoen, I want to have her in the group and I more often than not play a magic user of some kind, so she is more useful as a pure thief for me.
I never tried Hexxat, since I don't really play evil (I want Mazzy and Imoen in my group).

Jan and Minsc bicker in their banters, but I've never seen them get into violent conflict.

He also voices Baeloth and Adoy.

Edit: also, this means that if you have Dynaheir or Mazzy (depending on the BG game) you have have BOTH Shepards in your party!

I had Neera in one playthrough that I abandoned in the Underdark. She had one funny action line "So easy, you could almost do it yourself"

My last 20 years of playing BG summed up in a reply on reddit.

Davaeorn does a lengthy breakdown of the weapons in BG1/SoA/ToB. (And some weapons from mods, apparently.)

Ended up getting it, I've only just entered Nashkel Mines, but I'm loving it so far.

I bought the original games on GOG years ago and played a bit of Baldur's Gate 1 using a widescreen mod. I tried but when using the widescreen mod the player disappears so since I kept on losing track of him I stopped playing. Two years ago I bought the Enhanced Editions which come with native widescreen. I played a bit until I did all of the quests in Candlekeep and I was able to see my character all the time.

I am thinking about starting a serious playthrough of both games, since I always heard how good they were. Plus when when I first read a review for Dragon Age: Origins, the reviewer said DAO was a good game but not Baldur's Gate 2. I found that remark astonishing since DAO is one of my favorite rpg's of all time. I have played other D&D games like Neverwinter Nights 1, and my favorite rpg of all time Planescape: Torment, so I know I will enjoy the game if I dedicate myself to it.

I will post my progress here and in the 'What did you do today in any other game out there' thread. So first things first what class should I be? In these types of games for my first playthrough I like to be noble and virtuous, since I feel I get the most out of the game being modest. So Paladin would be my first choice. But is Paladin a good class? In NWN1 I enjoyed being a Sorcerer I brought terror to the Underdark and hell. So which is better Sorcerer or Wizard? I know in these type of games everyone prefers Wizard, but I enjoyed Sorcerer in NWN1. Also what's a good build? If there's anything I despise is making progress then scrapping the game after finding out we made a bad build. So what's a good one?

Thanks for the information. When I played Paladin in NWN1 I stuck to being Lawful Good so I have no problem sticking an alignment. SO I'll try a Paladin then and reroll the attributes to get a good charisma score. What about strength and dexterity are they any good to a Paladin?