Caserius Tendook

Ok, I'm a little confused.  What is the fundamental difference between BWP and BWS?

I use BWS to install mods for my BG series of games, it's a community tool that was developed, I got that.

I see BWP by Leonardo, and I try to dig around and see what it is, but I'm not getting it, or I'm just missing it.  I see several different items like BWP Text pack, etc., which looks like things that are included in BWS, so is BWP attached or a part of BWS?  Or was BWP the standard used for BGT and other mods going back to TuTu?  Thanks for helping me sort this out!

For the last several years I have played various iterations of Baldur's Gate I, II, ToB, and then the EE's when they came out. When I played I played it IWD style and put together a party of my own creation and then just added Immy and One other NPC just to add a little flavor.

I didn't realize how much I was cheating myself with storylines that mattered and falling away from the original storylines that came with the game. I just recently got back into the swing of things and picked up SoD, and then did some research on the whole EET project.  Now I'm back at a point where I'm ready to jump off and start all over again. I have a custom installation all done through BWS and I'm ready to go with many many more NPC's added to the originals, but it's been a long time since I did anything with just One PC so my question is what are the best NPC's to pick up and roll with. I'm going to run a Paladin with a KIT, and figured I might run a Mage too, fill up the rest with NPC's.

So who do you all think are the best ones, most fun for role playing, fits best, anybody to keep to the end?