The Ascetic Party

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I'm thinking of rolling a RP party that uses no items at all, other than normal staves. Scrolls must be scribed immediately or discarded.

My planned group:

Sorcerer PC - the backbone of the group
Monk - non-reliance on gear, find traps (a thief wouldn't fit the party's theme)
Shapeshifter - non-reliance on gear
Totemic Druid - healer
Skald - improved song and backup arcane spells

Only problem is that I can't figure out which class should be the main tank. Werewolves are powerful but their AC is really poor. I was thinking of adding a Blade and have him use long swords created with the Enchanted Weapon spell; defensive stance coupled with spells would make him a great meatshield but this is stretching the RP a little.

Any ideas?

 

Party Naked

Reminds me of my recent idea for a "naked party" -- nobody wears armor:

PC - Elven Wizard Slayer (Longbows and Longswords)
Dwarven Kensai (Axes and Hammers)
Human Monk (Hands and Feet)
Half-elf Shapeshifter (Paws and Teeth)
Human Thief//Wild Mage (Katanas)
Half-elf Sorceror (Spells)

Of course, the PC WS sort of goes against the grain of the rest of the party, but at least he won't be getting into too many arguments with others over who gets what magical equipment; besides, a group of nudists need at least one non-nudist who can be their "diplomat," lol. Well, if it bugs you that much, you could always just make it a five-man party....

My other idea for a "leather bound" party doesn't have to make any such conceptual compromises:

PC - Human Beastmaster//Cleric
Elven Archer
Half-elf Stalker
Half-orc Assassin (Hide in Shadows and Move Silently)
Half-elf Bounty Hunter (Set Traps)
Human Swashbuckler//Mage (Open Locks and Find/Remove Traps)

Alternatively, you could substitute a Human Archer//Cleric and/or a Human Bounty Hunter//Mage for the Elven Archer and/or Half-elf Bounty Hunter respectively for more spellpower.

And while I'm off on a tangeant, here's a dual-wielding party:

PC - Half-Elf Beastmaster
Human Ranger//Cleric
Elven Archer
Half-elf Stalker
Half-elf Blade
Human Swashbuckler//Mage

 

Why not add a Kensai? They can use a staff. He/she would be like a fighting/monk. Would probably kick butt with just a +3 staff. But with no Armour donning characters, a tank that can absorb lots damage is just not realistic. Possibly a Dualed Fighter/Mage or Fighter/Cleric might fit in as well....

 

Kensai is out of the question because the only items this group can equip are normal staves. But after a little reading I realized that monks have pretty decent AC later in the game so I rolled the following:

male elven sorcerer PC
female human monk
male human shapeshifter
female half-elven totemic druid
female half-even skald

I must admit though, I've just come out of the starter dungeon and already I miss the npc banter.

That naked party (well, more of a squishy party really ) sounds like it could also be fun and challenging while not being quite so radical.

 

Why can't Kensai use staves?

 

I didn't say they couldn't . I just said that because this party will only ever equip normal staves, a kensai would be useless against monsters that can only be damaged by magical weapons. Hence why I picked the monk and the shapeshifter as my meleers (their fists/paws become +4 magical weapons in the endgame).

 

Oh, ok! No magic weapons, only non-magical staves. Got it.

But a dualed-Kensai/Cleric or Kensai/Mage will do wonders in this party, with summoning magic weapons. So could a dualed Swashbuckler/Mage....

 

Try level1npc. Finding matches for the sorcerer, skald and totemic druid (and shapeshifter if you don't like Cernd) should be easy. I would make the monk my PC.

 

Archer/cleric

How does a Archer/cleric work ? I tried to make Jahira into one with Level1NPCs. When I picked her up I discovered she couldn't use Bow. If you look at the requirments for bows and crossbow. It specifies they can't be used by Clerics, druids and Mages.

Have I missed something ?

 

I think Buck was speaking hypothetically, without realizing that what he was suggesting doesn't actually work. Either that, or was thinking of using slings, but I seem to recall that there is a problem with archers using slings (I don't remember what that is, though).

Edit: I think the "problem" is that archers can only put 2 points in slings, so it's not actually impossible.

 

Well I gave now figured out the problem, Jahiera simply didn't meet the strength requirements for the bow (Composite long bow) I tried to use. Works like a charm now.