My new game

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After a lot of asking in the last few days, i just want to thank you all for the advice you gave me.
I'm going to start my new BGT game. I'll have some mods installed for better challenge, but i installed them a long time ago, so i can't tell you exactly what they are (i remember they're the basic ones...Ascension, something from tactics, improved sendai....).
I've made my party considering that i'll have to play BG1, ToTSC, BG2 and ToB.
With that in mind, i ended up with....

- Me: Half orc kensai. I'll dual wield bastard swords, long swords and flails (these will be my proficiencies, i'll dual wield basing on the items i'll have). I think i'll start with long swords, in order to use the longsword from Greywolf.
- Imoen, my sister...She lived long enough in Candlekeep, and learned a lot from all the mages and priests there. But her pure nature was to sneak in their libraries, to spy them from the shadows. So she trained herself with daggers, and decided to join me as a Wizard slayer that will dual to Thief when she'll be able to put 5 stars in daggers. These very few levels of wizard slayer will allow her to be more effective (and me to play with the ability of a class i never used... )
- Jaheira. I'll change her race to human and i'll make her a ranger that will soon dual to Cleric. I'll use her as a spellcaster, so i want her to be able to memorize all the possible 7th level spells, not only a few like the R\C multi.
- Viconia. She'll be my love and my sorceress. I'll mainly use her for buffing\debuffing. I'll try to stay away from time stop as much as i can....
- Minsc. I'll change him to berserker, using 2handed weapons style, 2handed swords and halberds.

That's it.
Let me know your opinion. I'll soon start my game and keep you updated. So, if you have any advice, let me know soon!!!

 

That sounds like fun, and balanced party, but you really have some radical changes in NPC classes, if you enjoy your game, go for it!

You can ask anything you want if something troubles you, like how to defeat some tough battle in Tactics or Ascension or another...I am sure there are lots of people willing to help here!

Have fun!

 

Thanks fpr the reply!!!
About the radical changes, i was thinking the same thing. I've created my character and i'm out of Candlekeep now. Imoen has just joined me. The game begins. I'll wait a few more to be sure about the changes.
In the meantime all your opinions are welcome!!!
Let me know if you have some other ideas for using those characters (or Edwin...these are the only ones i can have for the whole game...) and changing them without radical changes....
Thanks

 

I would have made Minsc a barbarian instead of a berkserker, as I think he his past ties in well to a barbarian type culture, but I see nothing wrong with the decision you made - it's certainly justifiable.

Edwin, if you do take him would require no adjustments. As a specialist and having an amulet granting him bonus spells, he's fine the way he is. About the only thing to consider with him would be turning him into a wild mage.

As for Viconia, having her as a sorceress is fine if you like arcane heavy parties. I, personally, do not, and see having a full mage and a sorceress to be a little superfulous. I would have consdiered making her a dual class, such as a cleric/mage. With Jaheira as your only source of healing, you're a little light on the divine magic component (especially considering you're probably going to want to go through most of BG1 before you dual class Jaheira), and I feel that Viconia can fill the role of both backup mage and backup healer.

[ September 26, 2006, 21:29: Message edited by: Aldeth the Foppish Idiot ]

 

Thanks Aldeth....
I don't want to have both Edwin and Viconia as a sorcerer. I agree that 1 mage is enough (for me at least). So i thought about Viccy as a sorcereress instead of Edwin.
I want to dual Jaheira as soon as she is able to get priest spells. I don't remember when a R-C get priest spells. I want her to be a healer, so the ranger part is only for the druid spells (the same for Imoen...she'll be dualled very soon).
My party will be
me
Imoen
and 2 or 3 of these 4
Minsc
Viconia
Jaheira
Edwin

 

She gets priest spell as soon as you dual her. What do you mean? That can happen as soon as level 2. Do you mean when she starts getting druid spells as a ranger? That's the entirety of BG1 - you don't get your first druid spell as a ranger until level 8!

 

Sorry for the bad way i expressed the concept.
Now that i know that i can dual her at lvl 2 and get priest spells, i think i'll wait till i get to lvl 4 (9.000 exp points) and then dual her. As a cleric she'll be able to get to lvl 5 quickly (13.000 exp points IIRC) and then i'll have her as my healer.

 

You can never have enough mages in a party, at least, that is my motto. Mages/sorcerers only grow in power and importance as game progresses. I am not sure about BG1, never played that, but in BG2, especially in a modded game, mages are essential and 1 will NOT cut it.

What can one mage do? Protect himself? Debuff the opposing mage? Summon? Or do some damage? Mages are best at defense and offense if you use them right:for example good AC and HP will ot help against Improved Bodhi who has THAC0 of 25th lvl fighter, with 4 attacks/round which drains 5 lvl per hit:your fighter will die FAST even if he is protected from lvl drain, if not, he will be dead in one round unless he has godlike levels. But a mage with PfMW active can tank Bodhi easily, laughing aloud as the vampire tries to touch him.

 

Get 2-3 more Sorcerers...you'll be allright.