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4-player party advice?

Discussion in 'BG2: Shadows of Amn (Classic)' started by sockum, Oct 23, 2001.

  1. sockum Gems: 1/31
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    I'd like to play SOA/TOB through for a second time. I'm thinking of playing with only a 4-player party (me and 3 NPCs). Any advice on what a good 4-player party would be? I'm thinking I should have 2 fighter-types, 1 cleric-type, and 1 mage-type character. So tell me what 4-player party you would use!
     
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    [​IMG] Hehe I will tell you what 4 player party I did use to accomplish what you hope to do>>>

    Corwin Dellalt (DC Ranger/Cleric)
    his sweatheart Aerie (MC Mage/Cleric)
    and his good friends Valygar (Stalker)
    and Mazzy (Fighter)

    I played Core Rules and had a blast. Good luck with whoever you choose!
     
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    [​IMG] Hmmm; This may not be to everyone's taste, but the four person party I'd pick, taking into consideration TOB, is this one...

    -Human Cavalier (PC): Lots of resistances, hard against demons and dragons and can use some of the best magic items in the game.
    -Haer'Dalis: Again, lots of resistances. Couple this with the appropriate spells/armoury and Mr. 'Dalis becomes unbeatable in melee.
    -Aerie :Multiclasses rule in TOB making Aerie your ultimate magic lady, particularly with less people as she will get the extra experience she needs much more quickly.
    -Jan :Reluctant though I was to ditch Imoen, Jan's thief skills would ultimately give him the edge over her in this magic-heavy party.

    *phew* Thats surprisingly difficult; I wanted Mazzy and Jaheira in there somewhere too. Good luck with your party :D

    [This message has been edited by Will (edited October 24, 2001).]
     
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    Play a Thief-Only party too! One pure Thief, a Swashbuckler/Mage of Thief/Illusionist, an Assasin, one Cleric/Thief and a Stalker (ranger kit)

    Now you can hide in shadows with the whole party! It really is funny and useful!
     
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    id take will's party except id make my main character a fighter/thief to free up the last character slot for another character of choice (id take either jaheira, mazzy, korgan or cernd)
     
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    [​IMG] How about an All Evil Party? I have:

    An Elven Asassin (PC - wielding 2 Bastard swords at THAC0 -8!)
    Edwin - great caster
    Viconia - the ONLY cleric worth getting
    Korgan - Better than minsc and only slightly worse than Mazzy.

    When i moved into ToB, i swapped Korgan for Sarevok. :flames: !
     
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    You really should play a multiplayer game with 4 characters, created by yourself!
     
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    I don't think I would use a four person party but if I did it would be;

    A human Inquisitor or Cavalier (I love Paladins :) ) ,
    An elven or halfling swashbuckler,
    An elven sorcerer,
    and a half-elf priest of Lathander.

    If you took a fifth person though I would suggest an archer.
     
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    A good evil party would be:

    Fighter/thief - race doesn't matter much, though elf or halfling would be nice.

    Korgan - Give him a good axe and the dwarven thrower (and later Crom) and he'll take care of whatever nasty creatures you come across. :grin:

    Viconia - A great cleric, can also be used as a fighter if need be (like that's going to happen when Korgan's around ;)).

    Edwin - The omnipotent wizard.
     
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    Try this:

    PC - Dwarven Avenger (using SK)
    Keldorn - Dispel magic and Carsomyr rule!
    Jan - Only thief that can advance to high levels (and you can keep)
    Aerie - A Dwarf can get lonely can't he?
     
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    now that I nearly finished BG-2 SoA with my archer and his sidekick mc fighter-mage I think it's time for a change:

    (a) I never played tha game evil - so now it is time for a party of *really* evil thugs :evil:
    (b) There are four classes I haven't played yet: Monk (too powerful and too similar to a good thief), Cleric, Bard and Druid (Horrors!).

    As I think now I'll try a rather soft skinned and spellcaster party, poor on melee abilities and ranged weapons:

    Main char coices:
    -ce halfling priest of Talos (unfortunately not Cyric :( ) OR
    -ne halfling kensai with str-17 using *shortswords* (I actually tend towards the halfling kensai)

    Properly aligned support PCs:
    -ne halfling assassin
    -ce elven jester or better skald (my allround-support char: loremaster, pickpocket & shoplifter, assistant mage and my parties' business end for shopping ;) ;) , skald in case of the kensai for the AC/ THACO boni of his song)
    -Edwin - for he's by far the best mage in the game

    These four will form my main party.

    -maybe Viconia (not when I choose the priest of Talos) and Korgan as guest stars ...

    [This message has been edited by Ragusa (edited October 30, 2001).]
     
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    Ragusa, play with a party of only 4... why don't you just create a halfling mage? When you give him/her good stats he will be just as good as edwin.... but doesnt complain as much :)
     
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    [​IMG] Hmm, sounds great :) maybe a halfling necromancer or conjurer and why not a halfling skald as well :) :) ?

    :love: halflings galore ! :love:

    thanks for the inspiration, headbanger
     
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    [​IMG] Take a look at the Creativity surge for some ideas of partys, and interesting ways of useing you charecters.

    =============================================

    Why don't you tell it like it really is?
     
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    What's the Creativity surge?
     
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    It's one of the forums, for creativity of the mind of visitors here, wich can be a Journey of a party in BG or BG2, or a story, or poetry etc....

    Creativity Surge is one forum above Whatnots. The Forum description says:

    For adventures of Magic and Mayhem written by the members of Boards O' Magick. Add your own original story to the ranks, based on the (A)D&D games or created in your own imagination. Please add a tag to the end of the topic that will identify your post: for example (BG2) or (ToB), (Poetry) or (Fantasy) etc.
     
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    I've decided that my next party (as soon as Celestine finishes her quest) will be made up of two PC's and two NPC's.

    PC: Elven Archer
    NPC: Anomen
    PC: Swashbuckler d Cleric
    NPC: Imoen.

    Now that is a badly unbalanced party (two thieves, two clerics, and only one mage). But I'm enough of a veteran to play with a badly-balanced party and have fun doing it, so....
     
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    I actually decided on my own unballanced "four evil halflings" party ;)

    PC:
    -Sul Barakhan - le male halfling kensai
    17/ 18/ 18/ 14/ 17/ 12
    **** in shortswords, ** in single weapon style

    Assistant PCs:
    -Nindil - ne female halfling assassin
    17/ 19/ 18/ 8/ 17/ 6
    * in longswords, daggers and crossbows (seem to fit an assassin better than a shortbow), * in single weapon style
    -Morgidis - ce female halfling conjurer ;)
    10/ 18/ 15/ 18/ 17/ 6
    * in staffs and slings
    -Pieter Sturmbock - ne male halfling skald
    14/ 19/ 16/ 17/ 12/ 17 (dex-19 on costs of wis ;) )
    * in longswords, shortbows, mace and * in single weapon style

    I definitely lack AC and substantial *tank* qualities so I have to rely on stealth and spells instead - I just left Irenicus' dungeon and it is pretty hard to survive sometimes. However: spook, horror, chaos, emotion, domination and other mind affecting spells are very effective to overcome my lack of AC (and slaughtering helpless enemies quite well fits the role for my main char)
    Actually I have Jaheira and Viconia in my party - so I am *very* spell minded now :)

    [This message has been edited by Ragusa (edited November 03, 2001).]
     
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