Favorite Knight-Captain builds

A pure Bard with points in pick locks/search/disable device and intimidate/bluff/diplomacy/taunt. His main skills are spellcraft, parry, perform and use magic device. Other skills remain decent due to abilities like Heroism/Inspire Competence and attribute boosts from spells/items.

He specializes in conjuration and evocation magic, and has SF:Conjuration/Evocation, Extend Spell and Augment Summoning. He's a versatile character, quite powerful early on but very build/item dependent at levels 10-17. Once he gets Legionnaire's March at 18 though he suddenly becomes a very powerful summoner, my strongest summoner build thus far. His choice of epic feats includes Choir of Heroism, Hymn of Requiem and Last Stand.

That he seems to be the single-class counterpart of your build is an interesting coincidence.

 

I have a couple of favorites - either a warlock or a wizard/eldritch knight build (I have a few variations on the EK that I like).

I tend to stick with characters that aren't front line characters in this game, since I've got Khelgar, Neeska and Elanee (with her companion and summons) already up front.

If I'm planning to head into MotB, then I will think about splashing in some rogue levels as I prefer to handle traps and the like in that part of the game over the other character options.

I'm intrigued by the idea of doing eldritch knight and arcane trickster together. I might have to try that out next time I'm in the mood for some NWN2.

 

It's been a while since I played, but I always took the "knight captain" route pretty intentionally, making a Paladin-type. They always felt the most heroic. A Paladin 4 / Sorcerer 1 / RDD 10 / Divine Champion X build is the only one I beat the game with. My party usually consisted of Neeshka, Elanee, Sand and a rotating character (Jarro, the Gith lady or Khelgar as a monk).

It seems odd, but I never feel comfortable in an RPG unless my PC is the toughest guy in the bunch. I've played games where I start out as a rogue or mage but never get very far. Hmm.

 

I think the thief path is the more rewarding "good" path, as opposed to the city watch path anyway. Has everyone tried it?

I've grown to hate Nasher for everything he did in NWN and and I found it unacceptable that what watch path basically does IMO is turn you into his lapdog.

 

Toughest as in the best Melee warrior? If so, that is how I start every new game as, a warrior. I always struggle with the spellcasters and rogue types unitl I really figure out the game and engine mechanics of a new game.

 

I never have tried the thief path. But considering how much damage Neeshka was dealing out by level 15, maybe I should try that next time and just rely on Casavir and Khelgar to do all the tanking.

 

Only if you still think/feel as the Hero of NWN1. And have therefore witnessed the **** hitting the fan, and the consequential fallout with Aribeth and the Old-Ones.

But the Shard-bearer, has no such 'personal' frame of reference, and the Fate of Aribeth and what transpired during the Wailing-Death time is beyond him/her!

But I do get you!
Was not easy for me too.

Oh, Ranger/Cleric of Auril build.
Love the combination of those classes!

 

Definitely some flavor of Bard.




Look at that level 5 AB:

 

I think the most entertaining of characters i've made in NWN2 was when
I tried to make the best halfling warrior I could possibly create.

Enter Sunjia Lerose, a mix of swashbuckler, sorc/RDD, and duelist. I forget the exact stats, but i'm pretty sure she had a strength damage bonus of 21 with insightful strike, and I balanced stat progression between dexterity and intelligence. Seeing a halfling in a robe charge into enemies and slay everything was quite an entertaining sight to behold

 

I went for pure monk when I finished the game. a male halfling monk. Stuffed every Dex booster I could into the little fellow. Ended up being pretty much untouchable.

 

I wish the NWN2 games were any good, since I love the new classes they added.

My favorite mage build is a half-orc wizard/eldritch knight/arcane scholar of candlekeep. Empowered and maximized firebursts filled all my level 7 and 8 slots and were doing 60-120 damage each to everything around me. Let off one or two of those in a crowd of enemies and you can mop 'em up with a greatsword if they actually survive.

A surprisingly powerful multiclass was a cleric/rogue (of Mask, of course). Cast sanctuary when you see enemies, buff up, hit 'em with a barrage of sneak attacks, repeat until dead. Take practiced spellcaster and spell focus on the school that has all the "hold person" spells and the like (forgot which one it was) and sneak attack them while they're disabled.

My favorite melee build is a fighter/weapon master (katana)/frenzied bezerker. The damage you were dealing was ridiculous. It's prestige classes like these that make the melee classes viable against those crazy warrior-priest builds. Make him Drow for the spell resistance if you enjoy extra cheese.