mos_anted

IMO, you are nerfing the NPC's too much, to the point of making several of them almost unusable (Jan with 13 DEX? Keldorn with 14 STR?), especially with the way 2e AD&D handles stats and stat modifiers. BG2 NPC's, unlike several BG1 NPC's are pretty balanced for the kind of game that SoA/ToB is, and I don't think they warrant any "fixes" much less nerfs. Where we discussing a PnP campaign, I might be inclined to agree with you, but that is not the case. You also seem to be making wrong assumptions regarding dual-classing and attributes. AD&D dual classing is not the same as 3e multi classing; you should not add both classes' levels to determine who is more experienced (ie Imoens starting levels (thief>mage 7/8 ) don't mean she's level 15), you should compare XP totals instead. As for attributes, you seem to assume that training determines/modifies your attributes. That is not so. Attributes refer to your "default" or natural abilities. A high DEX, for example, does not mean he/she is a trained athlete or dancer, just that the char is naturally nimble/good hand-eye coordination etc. I'll take as an example Nalia's stats:
STR - 14 just means her strength is a bit above average, and if you want to argue physical fitness, remember she regularly sneaks out of the keep, so she does get some physical activity.
DEX - 18 you don't have to be a master scout ot have a 18 DEX, just means she's naturally nimble/agile
CON - 16 being noble has nothing to do regarding CON, it just means she's a rather healthy individual.
INT - 17 she is pretty intelligent, enough to be an effective wizard. The fact that she's rather naive has more to do with WIS than INT.
WIS - 9 She's naive and a bit clueless, WIS doesn't have anything to do with her being kind-hearted; that would be something relating to her Alignment.
CHA - 13 Tiny bit above average here, perhap's she's "cute" or in general has a nice personality, doesn't seem to have the strength of personality/personal magnetism to have higher CHA.

The fact that Anomen is an anomaly regarding dual-classing rules doesn not mean other NPC's should also blatantly ignore them (while I too agree 2e's dual/multi classing rules are idiotic, I don't think it's the topic of the discussion, and I think a lot of players are ok using (and abusing) the existing rules as is).
In the case of Imoen, I believe that the developers intended since the beginning for her to dual to mage otherwise why give her a 17 INT? My take is that for BG2 , they made what a lot of players did canon and kept her as a dualled thief>mage (though I personally dual her at lvl 6). That does not mean she learned wizardy while being Irenicus' prisoner, rather that she dualed sometime during her adventures in the Sword Coast, and was already a mage when she was captured.

Please ignore. Issue solved. (Don't know how to delete posts)