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Party combination....
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2001 11:57 am
by priest_of_helm
I've just started playing Ice Wind Dale. I'm getting ed all the time. Especially my human mage. Bg2 is much easier. So I wondered if you have a character line up... I like to use paladins.
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2001 12:46 pm
by Anatres
My favorite....
2 Fighters (Paladins are OK)
1 Cleric
1 Thief
1 Ranger
1 Mage
Pretty good balance and later (Heart of Winter) very sustainable....
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2001 9:03 pm
by Rail
As has been well documented in other threads, my party is short.
Dwarven Fighter (Agavarden- Strong axe wielder. Kicks butt)
Halfling Fighter (Devanna Winterroot- wields shortswords- favorite character.)
Dwarven Fighter/Cleric (Strong in both classes. Nice third fighter)
Halfling Fighter/Thief (Great backstabber. Stealth machine)
Dwarven Cleric/Thief (Picks locks and takes out traps. Great support char.)
Gnomish Illusionist (Had to have a mage. Only option.)
This makes a very strong fighter oriented party, and they're all very resistant to magic. Surprisingly powerful.
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2001 3:17 pm
by fable
My most recent party (second time through):
Dwarven fighter
Elven multiclass fighter/thief
Human ranger dualled to cleric
Elven bard
Human fighter dualled to druid
Human fighter dualled to mage
So sue me, I like proficiencies. I played it on HOF mode until I started hunting hungry lizardmen. Now I'm just doing Insane mode, again.
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2001 7:37 am
by Gruntboy
You like pallys eh?
Try...
Paladin x5
Thief dualled to mage at levels 7-9.
Plenty of healing there too. You could drop 1 paladin for a cleric, a fighter/cleric or a ranger/cleric (dual/multi). Maybe drop one for a bard too - spell support while your thief is pre-dualled and awesome magical instruments.
You could still have 3 paladins at that rate.
I have some strats posted on the IWD section.
Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2001 5:44 pm
by Raenvan
That is my party:
Human Fighter
dual Ranger/Cleric (at level 7)
multi Halfing Fighter/Thief
2x multi Gnome Fighter/Illusionist
multi Gnome Cleric/Illusionist
Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2001 2:12 am
by millwall
Currently going through HOW from scratch. I take a fairly simplistic approach:-
3 x fighters (each with different specialist abilities - long sword, hammer and axe)
Mage
Cleric/Mage
Thief/Cleric
The fighter perform as a shield for the 3 spellcasters who when they are not casting spells, healing or turning undead are bashing away with slings.
Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2001 7:32 am
by The_Pope
Originally posted by Rail:
As has been well documented in other threads, my party is short.
Dwarven Fighter (Agavarden- Strong axe wielder. Kicks butt)
Halfling Fighter (Devanna Winterroot- wields shortswords- favorite character.)
Dwarven Fighter/Cleric (Strong in both classes. Nice third fighter)
Halfling Fighter/Thief (Great backstabber. Stealth machine)
Dwarven Cleric/Thief (Picks locks and takes out traps. Great support char.)
Gnomish Illusionist (Had to have a mage. Only option.)
This makes a very strong fighter oriented party, and they're all very resistant to magic. Surprisingly powerful.
Hey! What a rip-off! You read this on BGDungeon didn't you?
Anyway, the second time I went through BG1, I had an "Evil Munchkin Party":
Me (hacked gnomish bard)
Montaron
Kagain
Yeslick (+ Helm of Opposite Alignment
)
Quayle (alright he's chaotic neutral... second best thing)
Tiax
Then I tried this party out in IWD, "The Dwarven Clan" (pretty hacked):
dwarven paladin
dwarven fighter
dwarven ranger, dualled to cleric
halfling thief
dwarven druid
gnomish (svirfnebli) bard
It's so cool to see them fighting their way through a dungeon!
Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2001 1:02 pm
by Rail
Originally posted by The_Pope:
Hey! What a rip-off! You read this on BGDungeon didn't you?
Anyway, the second time I went through BG1, I had an "Evil Munchkin Party":
Me (hacked gnomish bard)
Montaron
Kagain
Yeslick (+ Helm of Opposite Alignment )
Quayle (alright he's chaotic neutral... second best thing)
Tiax
Then I tried this party out in IWD, "The Dwarven Clan" (pretty hacked):
dwarven paladin
dwarven fighter
dwarven ranger, dualled to cleric
halfling thief
dwarven druid
gnomish (svirfnebli) bard
It's so cool to see them fighting their way through a dungeon!
No, Pope, not everyone is like you! I didn't steal the idea from any lame websites. It comes from a crazy idea that this is a role-playing game. I thought it is far more realistic that you would adventure with your friends and those you are familiar with. How often would a human barbarian be running around with a half-elven conjurer, a kensai-mage, a halfling thief, an dwarven fighter, and a ranger-cleric? Not likely! You'd adventure with those people you know. Much more likely you'd be all of the same race, or pretty close to it. I also had a party of *groan* all elves, but after BG2, I'm pretty tired of elves!
They kicked butt, though. And none of my groups were hacked.
[This message has been edited by Rail (edited 04-01-2001).]
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2001 3:22 am
by Gruntboy
Well said Rail.
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Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2001 5:05 am
by Rail
Originally posted by Gruntboy:
Well said Rail.
__________________________
Rail: the voice of reason.
Grunt, I've been trying to tell people this for years!!
(check's in the mail!
)
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2001 6:03 pm
by Weasel
Originally posted by Gruntboy:
Well said Rail.
__________________________
Rail: the voice of reason.
I second this..
(btw....direct deposit my check..
)
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2001 8:33 pm
by Rail
Alright, it's getting deep in here!
And expensive!
(I'll have my accounting people get to work on that right away, Weasel!
)