How much & party recomendations

[koz-ivan]

(no bards?)

i'm suprised there are not more bards in use, imo (with how) they are the premire #6 char.

spells, pick pockets, lore, and the healing war chant, plus they make pretty good missle troops.

typical party (i always play 6)

fighter or paladin, maces, swords, long bow
another ftr or ranger - dual to cleric, flails, sling
halfling ftr / thief - gotta give props to the little guys, mace or hammer, short sword, sling
druid, (pure class or dual from ftr) (those spells are incredible, entangle + spike stones, and the thorny vine spell) club sling staff
ftr mage (human dual) longbow, hammer (usually i dual to a spec. mage take a good look at the manual and see what schools of magic you can live without)
bard, something blunt & sling, stick to one handed weapons, axe is also good.

for weapons i always choose blunt and missles first, the ammount of skeletal undead (esp. in the early game) outweighs (imo) the somewhat more powerful bladed weapons.

[Skuld]

If you're at all worried about undead hordes here's a party. Almost the same, but slightly modified.
Gnome Illusionist/Thief(Bow, shortsword)
Dwarf Fighter(axe & shield) TANK
Elf Ranger(Longsword/Scimitar, Bow) very effiecient with duel weilding simulation
Cleric(blunt weapon & shield) TANK/healer/undead turner

[jaxaxe]

my party on iwd at the moment is this:

dwarven fighter
human paldin
half-elf fighter/ cleric
human druid
gnome illusionist/theif
human invoker

i am in vale of shadows and they are around level 5 already!

my first party, the one i finished iwd with was:

elf fighter
halfling fighter/ thief
half elf fighter/druid
half elf fighter/cleric
gnome illusionist
halfelf mage/cleric

[Astafas]

Oh, this has finally degraded to another "Post your party"! Here we go:

Hafling - Male - Paladin (Flails, Axes)

Elf (drow) - Male - Fighter (Long Swords, X-Bows)

Dwarf - Male - Druid (Spears, Staves, Darts)

Half-Elf - Female - Bard (Hammers, Long Bows)

Halfling - Female - Fighter/Thief (Short Swords, Daggers, Short Bows)

Gnome - Male - Cleric/Illusionist (Maces, Morning Stars, Slings)