Favourite party compositions, races, class and kit for IWD-2, Part-2

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IWD-2 went gold. Now that the release is coming closer it's time again to think about the first party for IWD-2. Since my last thread died at the venerable age of 33 posts, here comes part-2, dealing with the final rules only - may it live long and prosper
Since I like pallies and play good usually my choice will probably look like that:

• Lord Belmen, aasimar or human Paladin, taking a few fighter levels. Since I won't take more than two classes the aasimar's fav class becomes kinda pointless. He'll be fighting melee only using b'swords or l'swords probably (anything else wouldn't be honourable, he'll never use peasant's weapons like halberds either) - my cavalier pendant
• Rutgar, human priest of Ilmater or Tempus or so - taking a few fighter levels for combat efficiency. He will be wielding a sword
• Arabakus Strongshield, gold-dwarf mc fighter - specialising in axes, the larger the better.
• Caffrey Beamish, strongheart-halfling mc rogue-fighter, the parties scout ...
• Alrauna, half-elf bard, using shortswords and crossbows. Provides spellcasting power, thievery, lore, talking, songs and stuff Second frontface for the party for all the unrespectable stuff a pally can't handle
• Imrahil, woodelf ranger soecialising in longbows and archery and longswords - what else?

Other hot contender of the bard was a svirfneblin mage and for the elven archer I have thought about a halfling paladin bowfighter .... however, this is how it will probably look like..
How about your parties?

[ August 08, 2002, 08:57: Message edited by: Ragusa ]

 

My party will consist of:
- Hector, a human fighter wielding a greatsword
- Daniel, a gold dwarf fighter with an axe and a shield
- ?, a lightfoot halfling thief who will use a shortsword and a sling
- ?, a human cleric of Tempus using a hammer and a shield
- ?, a human sorcerer using a dagger and a crossbow
- ?, a moon elf druid/mage with a quarterstaff and a short bow

 

No goodie goodies for me. My party is four cousins and 2 straglers they picked up. Tomas an Asasimar sorcerer and his twin sister Rachael a cleric of Talos. Their Tiefling rogue cousin Annah and her human fighter brother Jofran. They are joined upon leaving by a dwarf fighter Gregor, and after fighting off some fool Dureger slavers, a drow Wizard Jenfer starts following them.

 

Well, I'm not good with names, so I'll probably make those up at the last minute. But anyways:

Leader will be a Human Bard for talking situations and a Half-Orc fighter or Barb or both in other situations. Also will have a Dreadmaster of Bane, not sure what race yet, and a rogue which will probably be a tiefling. My arcane spellcaster will be an aasimar enchanter, and the last one will probably be some weird thing like a deep gnome monk or something. Maybe use a drow for that last slot.

 

First run:

- Paladin
- Fighter-Bowman
- mc Thief with fighter classes
- Spellcaster - cleric with some wizard levels
- Bard

It will be a party of 5

Second run - some kind of solo.

 

Aasimar - Paladin
Gold dwarf - Cleric (Tempus)
Ghostwise halfling - Barbarian
Halfling - Rogue
Human - Druid
Svirfneblin - Illusionist

All these characters will be carried out all clean-classed, just to get the best out of them . Cleric, paladin and barbarian will be wielding long sword, bastard sword and two-handed, others will have bows or crossbows. I especiall enjoy that halfling barbarian and the lack of elves .

 

Mentioning the lack of elves ... good point and a good reason to try out the halfling bowfighting cavalier as my primary arcer instead of the elf or maybe a halfling ranger ... ... ghostwise halfling perhaps

Ooooh, I can't wait

 

I'm going to remake my parties from IWD1

Maybe with a few changes as when I play a game I write about the characters and give them pasts, presents and futures, so it'll be interesting

 

Drow-Sorcerer CE
Tielfing-thief/fighter NE(to kill)
Tielfing-fighter/Priest of Mask NE
Human-Mage(conjurer-sp?) LE
Half-orc-Barbarian CE
Drow-Thief(to steal) NE

 

Here is my party:

Name: Ianten
Sex: Male
Race: Human
Classes: Paladin 20
Abilities: Str 16, Dex 14, Con 14, Int 12, Wis 16, Cha 18
Equipment: +5 Keen Bane (Undead), Holy Longsword, +5 Chainmail, +5 Ring of Protection, Bag of Holding (Lesser), Amulet of Protection +5, +4 Holy Dagger

Name: Tordalk
Sex: Male
Race: Dwarf
Classes: Fighter 20
Abilities: Str 18, Dex 16, Con 20, Int 10, Wis 10, Cha 12
Equipment: +5 Brilliant Energy Dwarven Axe, +5 Mythril Scale Mail, +4 Holy Light Hammer, Amulet of Protection +5, Ring of Protection +5, Bag of Holding (Medium)

Name: Gallus
Sex: Male
Race: Assimar
Class: Cleric 19
Abilities: Str 12, Dex 12, Con 14, Int 16, Wis 20, Cha 20
Equipment: Staff of Storms (24 Charges), Robe of the Arch Magi (Good), Wand of Cure Critical Wounds, +5 Ring of Protection, +5 Amulet of Protection

Name: Terra
Sex: Female
Race: Tiefling
Classes: Wizard 15/Fighter 5
Abilities: Str 14, Dex 16, Con 14, Int 18, Wis 12, Cha 16
Equipment: +5 Keen Holy Spell Storing (Bestow Curse) Long Sword, +4 Spell Storing (Poison) Short Sword, +5 Ring of Protection, +5 Amulet of Protection

Name: Minka
Sex: Female
Race: Halfling
Classes: Rogue 20
Abilities: Str 12, Dex 20, Con 14, Int 14, Wis 14, Cha 16
Equipment: +5 Bane (Dragons) Wounding Short Sword, +5 Elven Chainmail, Boots of Speed, +5 Ring of Protection, +5 Amulet of Protection

Name: Lena
Sex: Female
Race: Gnome
Classes: Cleric 10/Fighter 10
Abilities: Str 14, Dex 14, Con 13, Int 16, Wis 18, Cha 16
Equipment: +5 Keen Holy Bane (Giants) Short Sword, +5 Elven Chainmail, Boots of Elven Kind, +5 Ring of Protection, +5 Amulet of Protection

 

I am going to recreate my four favorite characters from the original IWD into the new rules and such. Here's what I'm bringing over.

Thordek: LG Dwarf Fighter wielding axe and shield.
Anastacia: CG Elven Ranger dualwielding longswords.
Vylanya: NG Half-Elf Cleric (might take kit, not sure) wielding mace and shield.
Breudayael D'Sorpal: CN Drow (can finally make him a drow) Wizard.

I have written extensive biographies for these four as well as how they met. As for the other two, I haven't decided yet. Those four will be single classes. The other two, maybe:

Kyland: CN ?Halfling Thief with a bow and a dagger.
Drusilia: N Elf diviner or abjurer.

Yes, I really like elves, and the party will be mostly them.

 

I'll also ressurect the same good old party from the first game. Party of 6:

Human male Mage
Human male Fighter
Half-elf male Cleric
Halfling male Thief
Human male Paladin
Elven felmale Ranger

It's was mostly based on what I've played with friends in AD&D. In the game, the party has every need fullfilled: two front line sword wielders, a background spellcaster, a trapfinder (and a humorous relief!), a lovely lady with a killer bow and...a nice guy who heals everyone

 

I think deciding sexes is better done when you have all the portraits in front of you. Think there is a few of us who could easily end up with an all female party .

 

I'll be using this party:

Renald Cromnir: Male Human Thief using short bow and short sword. Chaotic good.

Xeryal D'tare: Male Elven Ranger using katana. Chaotic good.

Shiva Goodsworth: Female Human Priest using mace and large shield. Neutral Good.

Cherrydale Elvencross: Female Elven Mage using quarterstaff. Neutral good.

 

Mollusken ... you're right. I'm probably going to end up with a party with a Male Leader (Because I'm a sexist pig) and 5 female associates. I can call the mess "VIP" or "Charlimagn's Angel's" or something

Still thinking of my party ... I'll post that in a bit.

 

Hmm, I have quite a few very nice female portraits on my harddrive that I used for IWD that might make the transition over. I'm still going to have the fighter and the mage be males though (as my post said, they do have background stories ).

 

It's intriguing that none of you seem interested in using the ready-made parties. Do any of you think you're going to even going to try one, or is it too much fun to make your own?

My first time through IWD1 I used a balanced party like I usually do - a ranger, a druid, a priest etc - but found I enjoyed my all-fighter 2nd pass a lot better with that particular game. I would like to try some of the new races in IWD2 but haven't decided on whether to try a prefab party or not yet.

 

Premade never really meets my demands - either the skills have been used stupid or the stats are sub-optimal. I get bored when playing a "foreign" char - same when I load a months old savegame, there needs to be a link between me and the chars.
Thanks but not for me, selfmade all the way!

[ August 13, 2002, 10:33: Message edited by: Ragusa ]

 

It's less about premade parties but about the premade chars I have seen in BG, BG-2 and IWD. I'm just sceptic. And my parties are always ballanced too Besides, yes, there is a fun in making chars too and my chars are always better, always

[ August 13, 2002, 10:35: Message edited by: Ragusa ]