Party / class help (Yes, again!)

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@ UCLAEnigma - The reason to why I don't pull him to level 13 to begin with is because I want to get his thief skills (pick locks, detect traps) to good levels fast so that I can switch my PC from thief to Blade. I know that some say that traps / locks is easily bypassed by other means but I've always had them disabled the thief way and I like it that way. The reason to why I wait 'til ToB to change him to level 13 is because I don't consider those 4 extra levels of cheeysnes to be worhtwile in SoA.

@ Pseudospawn - It seems as if you and I got two different point of veiws. I almost consider the actuall game and the NPC interaction as two different games. I've tried doing a fully customized multiplayer party but I got bored of it since it was just half of the game I loved without the banters. Same thing when I pick NPC's I like with classes I dislike. I feel frustrated when the abilities and spells I want can't be accesed.

I've never cared about cheating, atleast not in singleplayer games. If it adds to my own gaming experience then it's 100% legit in my opinion. Even though I've played the game several times before I still play on Core Rules with only a few combat enhancing mods (not tactics but Ascension etc). Why? Because I don't find it funny to struggle with fights, I want them to be semi hard, require 10 or so refights but then I want to move on to the next encounter.

Note, I wouldn't really consider it cheating. I am not doing anything in ShadowKeeper that's not fully possible in game, if you would've created the characters legit. Besides for making Jan (gnome) a dualclass Kensai / thief. I am just making sure I get to eat the cake but still keep it all the time.

 

You need a Mage and you need one NOW! Kelsey as a Sorc is not going to be enough to take care of all your Breach/Dispel/Haste needs because he's a sorcerer and that would be just...ewww.

Make your PC a Mage or a Blade...that would work as well. Basically a support caster...

With Jaheira...may I recommend leaving her as is? She's VERY versatile that way...especially in ToB.

 

My PC will be changed into a Blade when Jan reaches level 8 or 9 as a thief. Should be fairly soon.

What's the advantages of having Jaheira as a fighter / druid over avenger? And do I lose anything at it?

 

a regular fighter/druid has nothing special about them but can wear any armor. a fighter/avenger can only wear leather.

if jaheria is gonna be one of your front-line fighters / tanks, she's really gonna need the ac from full plate.

 

Got one more question now, a bit off topic but I can't be arsed to spam the forum with new threads everytime I got a question.

If I got Jaheira and Viconia in the same party, how do I prevent myself from romancing Jaheira? I intend to do a full SoA + ToB romance with Viconia alone.

 

Tell her to stow it, when she asks about your plans now and apologizes her outburst. It's automatic dialogue, triggers some time after you get to chapter 2 and exit the house.

 

Hmm, I believe we already had that conversation and I answered a bit to polityly it seems. Ohh well, I'll just be rude the next time. Viconia is awfully quite though =(

 

Actually, telling her to stow it doesn't actually end the romance. Any time Jaheira is really rude to you (and a few times that she isn't) she is liable to forgive any nastiness you throw her way. Now if you say anything disparaging about Khalid or other fallen comrades.......

Don't worry about romancing both Jaheira and Viconia. You eventually are forced to choose, anyway.

 

Its worth having two love interests in your party just for their bitchy comments to each other (especially viconia), but at the end you end up breaking the romance with one of them. So it will all sort its self out.

If things arent progressing as fast as you'd hoped try forcing dialogue with ctrl+I or look in one of the 'romance guides' and console in the necessary conditions.