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Keldorn (or you Play Inquisitor)
Minsc
Jaheira
Viconia (or Anomen if you're not a fighter)
Nalia/Imoen
Edwin (if you're not a spellcaster)

 

I've got a very mage-heavy party, and I'm finding it a lot easier than my previous fighter characters.

Party:
Me (Wild Mage)
Minsc
Keldorn
Anomen (used to have Viconia, but she got into a fight with Keldorn, so I dropped her)
Aerie
Imoen

So far, it's working great. I even beat Kanggax without much trouble (though his Imprisonment of Minsc and Keldorn was annoying).

[Wild Mage is a ToB class which has no place in the SoA-only forum.] -Tal

[ October 21, 2004, 00:40: Message edited by: Taluntain ]

 

You should have:
2/2 frontline fighters (at least 2 characters)
1 mage or sorcerer
1/2 cleric or druid
1/2 thief
(Multiclass counts as half, dualclass as full in the second class)
It's easier with 1 1/2 mages, 3 will be VERY powerfull at the end.

Finished the game with 3 parties and once nearly solo:
Me (Undead Hunter)
Minsc
Valygar
Viconia
Jan
Imoen

Me (Kensai/Mage)
Minsc
Keldorn
Jaheira
Imoen
Jan

Me (Swashbuckler/Mage)
Imoen

Best evil Party:
Me (Halforc Swashbuckler)
Viconia
Korgan
Edwin
Imoen (not evil, but I'm not THAT evil to leave her in spellhold

It's nice to have a thief who can get [snip] - [snip] are just too good And it's fun to have Jan in the party... Korgan likes his twin-hammer story, too

[ToB content removed.] -Tal

[ October 21, 2004, 22:10: Message edited by: Taluntain ]

 

This is always a very difficult task for me and the thing that i hate and like the same in the Bg series. Making only one PC is a strong limitation, but the available NPCs give a lot of personality and atmosphere...

In my current game i'm a Fighter/Mage. I never played one but i always thought battlemages are a fun classcombo. So I give him a try this time ( I really had a hard time deciding between an assassin and the fightermage )

I always take Jaheira with me because I really like her and I think she has potential...

Minsc.. he's fun and a good tank and strong melee

Then Yoshi/Imoen .. because it would be pointless without them...and somehow i do like em both

Now it gets difficult... Keldorn is a very good tank, with carsomyr he is very powerful and he is a very cool npc. I like his portrait. So the only reason to not take him is if your mainchar is a Paladin or your going the evil way. Unfortunatly he doesn't like Viconia...

Aerie ... currently in my party, but her whining goes on my nerves... Why would such a whiny person start adventuring tssss I would like to take Viconia instead of her but then Keldorn thinks he has to kill her *grr*

Who should i take instead of Keldorn ??????
I think i could try Haerdalis and Viconia and send Keldorn to his family and Aerie to hell ^^

Or would Valygar be better ?!
hmmm the dilemma...

 

"Good" Party -
Keldorn (leader)
PC (fighter/mage)
Jaheria
Minsc
Anomen
Immy

"Evil" Party -
Viccy
PC (huge tanker)
Korgan
Jahiera (she's TN, right?)
Edweeny
Jan

Anyway, that's just IMO.

 

I have played thru SoA with both Keldron and Viconia in my party. Keldy did try to make keema-kabab out of Viccy, but there is a way around it.

Reload.

There is some sort of timer which goes off and knocks Keldy into action. When you know this is going to happen just place them far apart, with atleast a couple of NPCs between them. Viccy is no longer in his sights and so doesn't tick him off.
Simple, right

I guess you could use that with the other two adverse combos too.

 

I am going off Aerie too. As I am a sorceror can I get by with Anomen and Jaheira's cleric spells until I pick up Imoen again? I haven't played one before but you all say he will get really powerful. I would quite like to swap Aerie for Keldorn, leaving Me, Yoshi, Anomen, Jaeheira, Keldorn and Minsc.

 

@ Michael Mouse - That shouldn't be a problem. Don't forget that you have Keldorn's dispel magic to help strip away enemy protection spells.

 

nobody else seems to have mentioned it, but playing with both Anomen and Viconia together in the same party gives you a very effective fighting (and healing) force
couple them with Edwin and either Nalia (if you can stand the almost constant whining), or better, a mage pc, and you've a combination that can handle most everything the game can throw at you without having to resort to unsubtle techniques like employing uber tanks like Keldorn

 

@ Misery - actually, for me, with a full-sized party, I prefer the "unsubtle techniques" of tanking; I hate trying to micro-manage six party members, which you have to do if your focus is on magic.

If I want a greater emphasis on magic, I'll go with a smaller party.

Of course, that's just my playing style. There are many others like yourself who prefer using magic even in a large party.

Oh, and welcome to the Boards.

 

thanks

 

I find it much easier to choose if i install the Level 1 NPC's mod. It basically gives you several different versions of NPC's. You choose the ones you want, install them, and when you encounter say, imoen, you find that she is a level 1 sorceror/swashbuckler/etc. Since they are level one you can level them up as you want. No more Anomen with wasted proficiency points!

So, i recently played with the PC, valygar as a kensai, imoen as wild mage, cernd as a monk, mazzy as a cavalier and jaheira as a ranger/cleric. Nice.