Who is the best main character for a party?

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I have my reasons to prefer a rogue as spokesman over a bard. Let me explain:

A bard does not have all talking skills as class skill where a rogue does. So, a rogue can cover all your talking skills.
A rogue will get more skill points per level so he will never lack skill points.
Only draw back for a rogue when compared to a bard is that rogue does not rely on CHA, so a normal rogue build has negative CHA.
For the early going a brad can get better results from dialogues but later on rogue will be better.

Just my two cents...

 

i would agreay with your friends a tank is the best for the main guy true you can move them around but whever you enter a new map they will go back to there original formation and if u have a mage at the front then he will be killed

 

"there is no "main" character."

Ah, but if Rekiller is anything like me then this is not the case.

I generally make a main char to be the 'centrepiece' of my party, then create the others around him.

Also its quite fun to link together your previous Icewind Dale 1 party to your Icewind Dale 2 one. My Paladin, Alaric Dundragon is the child of Evendur Dundragon who was my paladin in Icewind Dale 1. Little things like that give it a very nice sort of continuity. Also, being a bit of a sucker for the whole relation thing, my paladin in NWN, Galahan Dundragon is... dun dun dun, descended from the same line! Though I must say that I was quite disapointed in the choice of paladins that you could be. Not having Torm as a choice was the stupidest mistake ever.

[ January 26, 2003, 17:27: Message edited by: Ulicus ]

 

Just a little FYI for this topic where people have been reffering to rogues and bards.

There are 4 class types -
Warrior - Fighter, Ranger, Barbarian, Paladin.
Wizard - Sorcerer, Mage (and specialist).
Rogue - Thief, Bard.
Priest - Druid, Cleric.

[Monk is slightly problematic but probably ends up in the Warrior set, haven't checked recently]

Bards and Thieves are both Rogues.

 

"Warrior - Fighter, Ranger, Barbarian, Paladin.
Wizard - Sorcerer, Mage (and specialist).
Rogue - Thief, Bard.
Priest - Druid, Cleric."

Not in 3rd Ed.

You have the warrior bit sorted, and the priest (divine spellcasters if you want to be longwinded ), but its now-

Sorcerer, Wizard and Specialist Wizard (all three can become the Archmage prestige class, so I guess you would cover them under 'mage' now or 'Arcane Spellcasters')

and

You have Rogues (the new name for the thief class, since not all people who played them WERE thieves) and Bards.