Anyone create their own party?

red_hill_miner · Post by **red_hill_miner** » Mon Dec 18, 2000 11:46 pm

I was wondering if anyojne played multi with their own party... and if so, who they put in there. I'm playing with the following party...

Me - (Half-Elf Ranger imported from BG1)
Elf Archer (Ranger Kit)
Gnome Cleric/Thief
Human Invoker

And I have Keldorn and Haer'Dalis as NPC's.

Granted this makes the game a lot easier, but it cuts down on the annoying NPC chatter (annoying IMO). Anyway, I think that the result is a party with almost no weaknesses, but if anyone thinks they have a better one please let me know...

flinfman · Post by **flinfman** » Mon Dec 18, 2000 11:51 pm

Switch Haer out for a pure mage character like Edwin or one of your making and you'll kick some serious ass.

Weasel · Post by **Weasel** » Tue Dec 19, 2000 12:01 am

red_hill_miner have you played Icewind Dale?It doesn't have NPC chatter.And i would dump Haer'Dalis too.

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red_hill_miner · Post by **red_hill_miner** » Tue Dec 19, 2000 12:32 am

I haven't played Icewind Dale... is it as good as BG 1 & @? Also, granted Haer'Dalis isn't the best, but I rarely use him for the offensive...mostly for his Bard Song and to identify items. Since he can fight a little bit, I use him to guard my mage and theif/cleric at the back in case of of "apparition attacks". He can also cast a few spells.

Weasel · Post by **Weasel** » Tue Dec 19, 2000 12:47 am

It's about as good as BG1.Doesn't compare to BG2.....1 Plus is their is a expansion coming out with some of the upgrades from BG2 .

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(I would betray the world before i let the world betray me.) Cao Cao 192 a.d.

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Siike · Post by **Siike** » Tue Dec 19, 2000 9:31 am

My party

Neutral evil, human, Kensai (imported from BG1, 19 str/dex/con)
Neutral evil, elf, Assasin
Chaotic evil, half-elf, Sorcerer

Not having a cleric indeed gives some difficulty to the game. Unlike many people say, it isn't hard to finish the game without other mage than Sorcerer. It isn't any harder, it just takes much more planning on what spells you choose to take. For now it has worked very nice. Pure Kensai is actually quite easy to play, for any hard fight my sorcerer casts spirit armor to my Kensai lowering his AC to -10. Combined tank and slaughtering machine

Assasin is IMO definetely the best thief-class. For some reason higher backstabb-multiplier (7x) isn't in description, neither is poison's slow-ability at lvl 15

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Ubik · Post by **Ubik** » Tue Dec 19, 2000 9:49 am

I am playing two games simultanuesly (misspelled that, didn't I?) the one pure-single player (me half Orc Berserker - this mf kicks some very serious ass - Viconia (isn't she lovely?) Korgan (i just love this guy!) Keldorn (for that darn sword, ofcourse, and he's got some serious problems there with Korgie) Nalia and Joshimo (I know, I know, I am getting into the asylum now and... I know, but i need a thief, i cannot play without a thief).
With my second party - made by Ubik, that is me - i am about to take the boat to Spellhold. This is
Human Thief/Mage (PC-dual classed to mage at level 10, done all the quests and now i am a 10/11)
Cleric
Paladin (undead hunter, actually)
Berserker
Sorcerer
and one NPC at time (right now it is Nalia, i guess when i free Imoen she will come along - done allmost all of the NPC quests by rotating them)

I think this party is waaaaaaaay overpowered. In Hard setting i had difficulties only with the red (Fircraag) draggie - the rest looked like whimpy battles.

btw, i guess you ppl are copying the multisave into the singlesave folder and carry on as single (there is some hassle in multi, if you know what I mean). I did so.

ôá áãáèÜ êü(ë)ðïéò êôþíôáé

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Maurice · Post by **Maurice** » Wed Dec 20, 2000 5:14 am

It's 'simultaneously'. Just to be correct!

(and you are Journalist??

)

Ubik · Post by **Ubik** » Wed Dec 20, 2000 9:38 am

no, no, no... hell, no... I am not a journalist...

I am a JURNALIST

LMgdbfAO

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Better red than dead

Maurice · Post by **Maurice** » Wed Dec 20, 2000 11:40 am

Okay, what's a Jurnalist? A Journalist only participating in a Jury?

Now in the "LMgdbfAO", I am familair with the L, M, A, and O. What do the g, d, b, and f stand for??

Ubik · Post by **Ubik** » Wed Dec 20, 2000 11:52 am

Dear Maurice-Silicon Valley-Anderson

Actually, it is a regular journalist but who's beyond formality. If you are interested (and i bet you are, usually big-titty blonds allways ARE interested in me hahahaha

) I am working as an editor (not a field reporter, for the last year) and... that's all.
As for LMgdfAO... well, if Buck ain't gonna kick my arse (I suppose he won't ...but, again, who knows?) i could tell ya that it means "god damn bloody f***ing"...
Enlighted, Pammy?

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Maurice · Post by **Maurice** » Wed Dec 20, 2000 12:01 pm

Very much! O thank you so much <big hug>

Say, you wouldn't accidently take any video tapes from my villa, now would you? The other day we were missing one, and that silly reporter had taken it with him, thinking it was his ... well, never mind, he said he lost it somewhere ... and I don't believe there was anything special on it.

Ubik · Post by **Ubik** » Wed Dec 20, 2000 12:06 pm

video? home video, that is? one with you and a big dude doing lots of nasty?
no, never heard of it. Nuttin. Really!

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meeeeeeooooooooowwwww

Ubik the Gray Cat

Craig · Post by **Craig** » Fri Jan 12, 2001 6:08 pm

red_hill_miner what is that gnome c/t like they look weird

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magusg · Post by **magusg** » Sat Jan 13, 2001 12:23 am

Originally posted by red_hill_miner:
I haven't played Icewind Dale... is it as good as BG 1 & @? Also, granted Haer'Dalis isn't the best, but I rarely use him for the offensive...mostly for his Bard Song and to identify items. Since he can fight a little bit, I use him to guard my mage and theif/cleric at the back in case of of "apparition attacks". He can also cast a few spells.

IMO, Icewind Dale is the worst of the series (Planescape, BG1, BG2). I happen to enjoy the NPC interaction in all of the other games, especially Planescape. BG2 outdoes Planescape in every other area, but Planescape had some great characters. Mortie was just hilarious. I felt so...lonely when I was playing Icewind Dale. It always felt like I was hundreds of miles from civilization. But gamers in general rated it better than BG2...go figure (must be those Diablo fanatics). The sites themselves rated BG2 better, of course. Overall, Icewind Dale sports a lot of action, but the storyline is too linear and character development is nonexistent. It's a real dungeon crawler.

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Magus, mighty conjurer, and summoner of hordes of...magical flying swords

Osiris · Post by **Osiris** » Sat Jan 13, 2001 11:26 am

My party of six, which has been through BG and BG2 was;

Fighter
Ranger
Druid
Thief (Swashbuckler for BG2)
Conjurer
Necromancer

A bit lacking in combat at times, but as long as the front two could hold the baddies at a distance, there was heaps of spellpower to blast them.

I currently have a party of:

Kensai
Paladin
Cleric
Swashbuckler
Skald
Sorcerer

A better combat group - seems easier than the first batch. You miss all the NPC quests though.