Paladin Spells

mr_sir · Post by **mr_sir** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 7:27 pm

Do paladins have spells in IWD? I now have a level 6 paladin and i have a spell book but no spells, just my innate abilities. i know paladins get spells around level 4 or 6 or something in other games like IWD.

Aerich · Post by **Aerich** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 1:14 am

Yes, indeed they do. Do you have Heart of Winter? If you have HoW, paladin spell access begins at lvl 6; if you have vanilla IWD, access begins at 9. The earlier spell access doesn't actually mean a lot, because once you get the first spell slot, you have to wait a couple levels until you get another.

Never fear, your paladin will be a decent minor caster fairly soon.

With paladins, I tend to load up on Draw Upon Holy Might, Prayer, Defensive Harmony, and the like; good, solid combat spells.

mr_sir · Post by **mr_sir** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 10:32 am

i only have the basic iwd, no expansions, so guess i've got a few more levels to wait lol. its the first time i've used a paladin in iwd and i'm also using one for the first time in iwd2 so got some learning to do. i love paladins in bg2 and nwn though so have a little experience with using them. just could really do with the spells cos my party consists of only 3 characters (a half-elf cleric/mage, a halfling thief and my human paladin) and i'm finding it pretty tough in places.

Aerich · Post by **Aerich** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 9:20 pm

Well, the few spells the paladin gives you at the middle levels aren't going to help that much. I'd suggest adding another character to bring you up to four - a nice round number.

mr_sir · Post by **mr_sir** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 10:24 pm

its getting a lot easier now as my cleric/mage is getting level 4 arcane and divine spells now which is kind of compensating for the lack of characters a bit (cleric for buffing and mage for attack), and my thief is becoming a very good marksman. it was just the black wolf temple that was near impossible at times. i remember it being hard the first time through (which was a long time ago) with a 6 man party as i was still getting to grips with rpgs then but this time through i learnt just how valuable turn undead can be. still a bit disappointed that you have to wait so long for paladin spells without the expansions though. seems ridiculously long waiting for level 9.