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Nah, I would take 10 characters if the engine allowed it. Its just more fun, and I can handle leveling up slowly. I'm a Fighter(6)/Cleric(6) now headed into cloakwood and playing on the hardest difficulty with no problems whatsoever.

Please distinguish between choosing a good party of 5-6, and ...

I'm using the awesome bg1tutu mod and playing thorugh the game again with what is rapidly becomming my favorite party of all time:

Hagbok Forgeslayer: Dwarf Fighter/Cleric
STR 18/67 DEX 17 CON 19 INT 3 WIS 18 CHA 16

Whatever your opinion of min/maxing, you cannot dispute the fact that this guy ...

yes it is more difficult... you probably want to do uper dorn's and wyrm's tooth and maybe even some of lower dorn's before going off to HOW

From what I gather, the rough order of doing things is

<complete most of IWD>

<before IWD ends, go to HOW>

<complete most of HOW>

<before HOW ends, go to TotLM>

<complete ALL of TotlM>

<complete ALL of HOW>

<complete ALL of IWD>

So you should be fine... just remember to finish IWD last.

Originally posted by corsair
I let the mercs live cause the're fun to fight with against bad guys.

Yeah but then kill them when u're done

F Human Paladin lawful good - "Pal'dia"
STR 18/00 DEX 12 CON 18 INT 3 WIS 13 CHA 18
Longsword/Bastard Swords/Axes + Shield

M Dwarf Fighter chaotic evil - "Meister'dwar"
STR 18/00 DEX 17 CON 19 INT 11 WIS 10 CHA 3
Halberds / Great Swords

F Half Elf Cleric/Ranger chaotic good - "Cler'anger"
STR 18 ...

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If you are concerned about roleplaying, my advice would be to improvise.

Think of 6 different roles you want your characters to play, and just make them.

For example my first time through the game, without consulting any charts or guides, I choose:

Aasimar Fighter(4)/Paladin(x)
Shield Dwarf ...

Well, its been linked to elsewhere, but if you haven't seen the FAQ yet, try this link:

http://db.gamefaqs.com/computer/doswin/file/icewind_dale_ii_upp.txt

It really is useful information.

My personal recommendation is to give your Sorcerers 1 level of Paladin at the very beginning. I know the ...

Originally posted by Jatsu

Aasimar Fighter 4/Paladin X
STR 18 DEX 10 CON 18 INT 8 WIS 10 CHA 16
Nah, try this:

STR 18 DEX 10 CON 18 INT 3 WIS 11 CHA 20

The whole point to an Aasimar Paladin is to have CHA as high as possible, so ALLWAYS UPGRADE CHARISMA when you get a new attribute!

The *only ...

1. I rest for 8 hours, then use healing to bring my party up to 80-90% health.

2. I sort of dislike clerics in general, so my first time through IWD2 on "normal" difficulty I used a bard with the "non-combat war chant of the sith" mod, which was pretty cool. Although, when in a safe place I'll ...

Yeah, I was dissapointed with how little information this site has about IWD2 character creation... there were a lot more suggestions for BG2!

Try this FAQ:

http://db.gamefaqs.com/computer/doswin/file/icewind_dale_ii_upp.txt

Its geared toward powergaming, but even a hardcore roleplayer could ...

Charisma affects a Sorceror's spells' DC ("Difficulty Class"), which directly affects how hard it is for enemies to save against their spells.

To make the most powerful sorceror you need either:

A human with 18 Char

or:

an Aasimar with 20 Char and 12 int

A wind elf makes a decent sorceror as ...