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My Sub-optimal party

Discussion in 'Icewind Dale 2' started by MrNexx, Aug 21, 2005.

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    I'm not sure why I decided to go this way, but I've created a party which is designed to be sub-optimal.

    Asimaar Paladin/Painbearer
    Half-Orc Barbarian/Druid
    Tiefling Ranger/Rogue (with Snake Blood; her name is 'Mae)
    Drow (female) Bard/Sorcerer/Cleric of Oghma

    Now, except for the Drow's cleric of Oghma level, they're all keeping equal pace between their levels... the Asimaar is going into 3/3, the Half-orc is 3/3, the Tiefling is 3/3, and the Drow is 2/1/1 (the highest is sorcerer).

    It's doing fairly well... they've got some good melee power, and plenty of buffs, but I'd never go HoF with them.
     
    MrNexx, Aug 21, 2005
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    Good on ya for choosing something a bit odd. You should still be able to finish normal mode with these guys although the ability score strain must be huge on some of them (except maybe the Ranger / Rogue who is the most normal character).
     
    Harbourboy, Aug 21, 2005
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    The point is to have fun (I don't like HoF, too much powergaming involved).
    This party looks quite nice: 4 characters are easier to manage. How many levels are you going to give them? The Barbarian/Druid can be really great, I really enjoy the Lorekeeper/Bard combination (makes sense RPwise).
     
    Caradhras, Aug 22, 2005
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    I'm going to keep them more or less equal; the Paladin/Painbearer will be an X/X, the Ranger/Rogue will be an X/X, the Barbarian/Druid will be (X/X)+1. They're fairly conventional builds, all of them; the Paladin added 4 points each to Strength, Con, Wisdom, and Charisma, the Barbarian added 4 points to Strength and Con, and 8 to Wisdom (I think), and the Ranger/Rogue added 4 a piece to Strength, Dex, Con, and Wisdom. As a Tiefling, this means she's got an intelligence bonus, and is currently using Veira's Sorrow and a +3 Short Sword (Weapon Finesse was her 3rd level feat, naturally). I'm going into the goblin warrens with 2 people who can Cleave... and my barbarian has done 54 points of damage on a power-attacked critical.


    The weirdest is the drow... 1 level of Lorekeeper, then averaging out Bard and Sorcerer. That gives her access to a huge amount of spells, via scrolls and learning. I maxxed out her Intelligence, put 7 points in Charisma, and 1 point in Wisdom, so she can cast 1st level Cleric spells (mostly Sanctuary, which usually gets converted to CLW).

    They're working really well, actually. Having 2 tanks and a strong non-tanking fighter has made up for my drow being really weak in melee (on top of everything else, she's got a 8 Constitution). I almost breezed through the fight with Trugnuk, who's always given me trouble before... and this was with them summoning riders.
     
    MrNexx, Aug 22, 2005
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