Theme NPC Parties

foot · Post by **foot** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 11:40 am

Here are some of my ideas for NPC parties with a twist. The first one I recently took all the way to the ravager where they're now kinda stuck hehe. I made a post in the PBG forums if you want to read a bit about them.

Party for the Eradication of Magical Items: does not use ANY wearable magical items (ie. you may only equip normal armor, a normal helmet to protect against criticals, and normal weapons, though you can use weapons created by spells) . Potions and other consumables are fine, except for green scrolls. Any NPCs will do. I took a diviner, korgan, viconia, and yoshimo who was later replaced by imoen. Many spells which were nearly useless are now important, ie.: spiritual hammer, enchanted weapon, friends, strength, etc.

Magekiller Party: Wizard Slayer PC, Valygar, Keldorn, Minsc. Keldorn is the backbone with his uber dispel.

Treehugger Party: Druid or Ranger PC, Jaheira, Cernd, Valygar.

All Mage Party: Mage/Sorcerer PC, and any mage NPCs (including jan and aerie).

Berethor · Post by **Berethor** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 1:35 pm

those are some good parties, I have another one

Dragon Killer Party-some kind of fighter/mage(PC), Aerie, minsc, jaheira, keldorn, another mage any NPC

(Note:Keldorn Has Dispel Magic as a special ability, but when you loot the Carsomyr + 5 from Firkraag, he dispels Magic on impact!)

Lonelypilgrim · Post by **Lonelypilgrim** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 1:56 pm

The swordman party...
Main char as a kensai or other skilled in blades.
Haer`Dalis with his special blades.
Mazzy also has a special sword.
Minsc with his enourmous two-handed sword.
Valigar has got his family sword aswell.
Keldorn with Crasomir.
This would be the ultimate slashing team.

Berethor · Post by **Berethor** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 4:12 pm

That would be amazingly strong, but unless one character was part thief, the game would be messed up, also if you needed a mage, but if you're the swordsman type, its perfect.

Assassin Party:
Main Character-Some Kind of thief(preferably assassin) or a stalker
Yoshimo(Imoen once at spellhold)
Nalia
Jan
Valygar
And perhaps a Mage that you can dual class into a theif, if there is one

Faust · Post by **Faust** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 4:19 pm

I always thought an all priest party could be interesting to try, such as using: PC (cleric or druid), Viconia, Anomen, Jaheira, Cernd, and Aerie. I imagine it would become impracticle in places, but it seems like a doable way to play the game that would require some creative strategies.

Curdis · Post by **Curdis** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 6:26 pm

[QUOTE=Berethor]those are some good parties, I have another one

Dragon Killer Party-some kind of fighter/mage(PC), Aerie, minsc, jaheira, keldorn, another mage any NPC

(Note:Keldorn Has Dispel Magic as a special ability, but when you loot the Carsomyr + 5 from Firkraag, he dispels Magic on impact!)[/QUOTE]I may just be a sub-par player but my experience is that Aerie is a Dragon Killed party member unless kept at a significant distance from the fray. I'm not saying her magic missiles haven't made a significant contribution to dragon deaths but I have gotten reload strain injury, due to her poor hitpoint total, on more than one occassion. - Curdis !

Thrifalas · Post by **Thrifalas** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 7:38 pm

Leveldraining Party...
Main PC (thief/fighter/kinda) using Blackrazor
Sarevok with enchanted Gram
1-4 mages having the lvl9 spell Energy Drain

^^

Otherwise, that priest party sure sounds interesting. To make things easier, I'd recommend a gnome thief/cleric or a human dualled the same way. Traps is always nice to be able to remove, and locks unlock.

Coot · Post by **Coot** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 2:24 pm

[QUOTE=Curdis]I may just be a sub-par player but my experience is that Aerie is a Dragon Killed party member unless kept at a significant distance from the fray. I'm not saying her magic missiles haven't made a significant contribution to dragon deaths but I have gotten reload strain injury, due to her poor hitpoint total, on more than one occassion. - Curdis ![/QUOTE]I use Aerie the same way I use all npc's that aren't melee material: keep them away from melee.

Aerie has the potential to become one of the most powerful npc's in the game. To use her just for "her magic missiles" would be, at least IMHO, a waste.

Berethor · Post by **Berethor** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 2:33 pm

gotta use her other spells and priest spells, or you might as well buy scrolls and dump aerie, because physically, shes weak, but when shes usin all her magic, shes a tough woman(and she gets a little jiggy jiggy later on

)