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Paladin should have a range, sword and a blunt weapon to be effective. So shall all fighter classes.

Fighter dual to cleric at level 7 gives extra APR and extra point specialization. And in the case of Ranger dual to cleric, she gets druid spell access.

Make a balanced party that can cast various holding spells and summons. Druids are good for this. If you have a wizard then you put webs or haste your summons.

Bard half-elf 12 18 16 17 10 18 (bow, large swords)
Paladin human 18/78 18 18 7 18 18 (great sword, large sword)
multi Fighter/Druid half-elf 18/73 15 18 4 18 15 (large sword, quarter staff)
multi Fighter/Thief halfling 17 19 18 10 10 9 (bow, large sword)
Cleric human 18 18 16 10 18 3 (flail, mace ...

Its good to know people are still playing this game. My thoughts...

A party consisting of all druid, cleric, mage/bard, is better than a party missing one of these. A C/R cannot replace a druid as the druid can shape shift and have better summon/attack spells at higher levels.

I used to play a C ...

mass invisibility
disarm traps
resilient sphere

So it doesn't really matter does it? dc = mc. Picking a dc will make game play much easier as lesser experience is required.

I just wanted to show that a low level dc f/d has little difference compared to multi. Since i had the table in my pc for years, why not post it?

That being said. Starting ...

Did the following comparison some time ago:
All char with 2pp on staff except dc-fd having 4pp
1m means dc has 1m exp but mc has 1m+75000
11,3 means thaco=11, apr=3

dc-rc mc-rc dc-fd mc-fd fmt pal
200000 11,3 11,3 9,2 10,2 11,2 10,2
300000 11,3 10,3 9,2 10,2 10,2 9,2
400000 11,3 10,3 9,2 10,2 10,2 ...

Why not put clubs on druids? Check out Star Metal Cudgel - best used against undead.

Staff is the only 2h weapon that allows F/T to backstab/sneakattack. That's more fun than greatsword.

If you want to cover all the weapon proficiency, then drop the c/m and replace with a f/m or f/ill.

2 clerics is not necessary. Its better to dual the ranger to cleric at level7. You gain a lot of cleric spells at the expense of 1/2 apr.

The following should cover all weapons.
pal - slings, sword ...

I thought Spiritual Hammer is treated as +1 from lvl1-6, +2 from lvl6-12, etc.

Non-Random before the entrance to the vale cave is a dagger, longsword & 1 mace. The rest are random drops.

Only need 2 tanks using +1 weapons. The reason is there are only 2 ring of freedom. I think most will cast web then send their warriors in (on Hof mode).

Druids & clerics can call up clubs ...

I built a similar party for HoF and insane mode from the beginnning, but had a few questions on your reasons for weapon specializations.

Why are two characters specializing in flails and only one in maces? 2 kinds of weapons, morning stars and maces, fall in the mace category. Magical and quality ...

All buff & holding spells work. Orbs, mm, asid arrow, fireball works.

Horror works but it really irritating.

Cant remember much of the rest. I'll have to start another game soon ...

There is only 1 helm and you already have a gnome F/Ill. IMHO replacing the gnome fighter with a dwarf is much better as dwarf has the best saves.

For weapon prof (assuming 8 *) I'd the following:
Fighter - slings*/mace**/Axes*****
R/C - slings/Staff/Hammer/Flail
F/D - slings/dagger/Sword/Clubs
F ...

Are you sure about that?

I'm going to have to rethink my F/M/C character. Rats.

Maybe I'll do this:

(all multiclassed):
C/R Half-Elf
F/Ill Gnome
F/T Gnome
Bard Half-Elf

Still a very powerful group, IMHO.

BTW, I think F/Ill > F/M. The 9th level spells are the only ones Bards don't have access ...

If you want to reach 30/30 in a party of 4. I'd go:
f/c (dwarf - for saves)
f/t (gnome for immunity to haste)
f/d
f9>mage

A multi mage won't get to level 30. does it matter?

I'd play a multi f/d in a party of 4 because all the druid ability is available. Dualing at 9/13 makes a stronger character but I'd not go without a druid in the start/middle of the game.

Also depends how you use the druid. For me, i use her as a slinger and for spell casting almost all the time ...

There is no need to turn cheat=on in this game.

All the cheat you need is:
1. save and reload
2. set the game in normal mode and if it gets too hot then set to easy mode.
3. dalekeeper to make a superman if you wish

I like a f/m/t for a party of 6 if in Hof mode. The thief is adequate. Archer skills are quite good. Mage spells below level 6 are really that's all you need.