Favourite party compositions, races, class and kit for IWD-2, Part-2

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Well heres my first one, I might edit it (although I've started playing):

Borax Ironhammer-chaotic good, male, Gold dwarf, Fighter/Barbarian.
Neesuk Irliarn- chaotic good, male, Ghostwise halfling, Barbarian
Rolsuk Fryulee- chaotic good, male, Strongheart halfling, Rouge/Bard
Limi'nay Ti'ar- chaotic good, male, Moon elf, Sorcerer
Elisian Eliana- Neutral good, female, Wildelf, Druid
And a half-elf monk(forgot his name ) chaotic good, male, Half-elf, Monk

This company is pretty good, but the monk isn't that good (yet).

 

Here's my party:

Belisarius - Male Human Paladin (currently Lvl 6)

Balin ThunderAxe - Male Gold Dwarf Fighter (6)

Bronwyn - Female Human Ranger (3) / Fighter (3)

Eowyn Elfhelm - Female Half-Elf Battleguard of Tempus (6)

Nimbul Alewine - Male Strongheart Halfling Rogue (6)

Circe Anthalas - Female Moon Elf Conjurer (6)

So far they've been a pretty strong party. Nimbul is easily my favorite dual wielding Sorrow's Tear (dagger) and the Thy-Dunag Blade (kind of a stiletto-looking short sword)...His sneak attack is deadly!

I'm beginning to enjoy playing a rogue more than a paladin these days!

 

For my first run, I have the following:

A Shield dwarf Cleric of Selune.

A Human Ranger/Cleric.

A Human Bard

A Human Paladin

A Human Fighter (should have done Barbarian)

A half-elf Rogue/Wizard.

So far, things have been good but I'm in the Goblin fort and I wish I had more spell casting power.

 

My party

Shield Dwarf - Fighter(5)
Human - Pally of Helm(4)/Fighter(1)
Human - Cleric of Lathander(5)
Elf - Ranger(4)/Wiz(1) [damn poor planning!!, I need to raise her Int ... ]
Strongheart hlafling - Rogue(4)/fighter(1)
Aasimar - Sorcerer(4)

Not doing too bad with them, getting my ass handed to me in the begining of the Fort though ....

 

Here's my combo

Paladin/Fighter Aasimar(Fighter until level seven to collect rewards in town with high charisma)
Half Orc Fighter(not Barbarian)
Elven Ranger(max your dexterity)
Shield Dwarven Cleric of Helm
Ghostwise halfling rogue/barbarian
Tiefling Necromancer(may want to add some fighter class levels)

Worked for me

 

I'm currently in the middle of my first game with my second party and this one's a keeper.

Leader/Tank: Human Paladin 5 / Cleric 5

Sniper/Guard: Human Ranger 5 / Druid 5

Commando: Shield Dwarf Barbarian 5 / Rogue 5

Medic/Morale: Wood Elf Bard 5 / Cleric 5

Hvy Wpns: 2 Moon Elf Monk 5 / Sorceror 5

I've been able to advance pretty rapidly with this "Tactical Assault Team" (er..oops! I mean "Adventuring Company") in levels because I discharged my original party of Aasimars, Teiflings, Svirfneblins, and Drow because of gross insubordination (not to mention high ECL's!). Do yourself a favor, keep most of your A.I. scripts on "Anti-Caster" with your Medic on "Guardian" and your Commando on assasination missions against High-Threat targets like spellcasters and leaders, in that order. As for your Heavy Support Unit(s), Keep them at range with spells or missle weapons. Anything stupid enough to close melee with them won't survive long against their Hand-to-Hand combat attacks! Your Tank should be the most heavily armed and armored for absorbing the attentions of your adversaries and your dual-weapon Sniper makes an ideal bodyguard to watch their immediate back.

Anyway, I'm sure you've read some of this before, but redundancy is a word never lost on the military so if it works for them, it should for anybody.

As for a party name; I'm partial to "Rainbow-Six". Hmmm... I wonder if that's been taken...

[ September 12, 2002, 19:09: Message edited by: Lord Arion Ironcross ]

 

My party is

1 fighter
1 monk / rogue
1 cleric (lathander)

worked fine so far

 

I finally have it loaded and got a chance to play it awhile ... here is my first level party, with projections of some multiclassing ...

Leader: Aria, an Aasimar Paladin. Sword & shield fighter with skills in diplomacy.

Tank: Fenor, a human Fighter (might take some barbarian levels). Right now using a great axe with power attack and cleave, he'll be my main tank.

Healer: Namiura, a drow female cleric of the Stormlord (Loth wasn't an option)

Rouge: (I forgot her name) Thiefling rouge. She'll probably take some levels in Bard. She'll probably keep with her bow until the front three are well engaged, then help with any big thugs by slipping in for a few sneak attacks.

Druid: (what's his name?) I love IWD druids, their spells rock. I'll probably give this human a ranger level so he can fight a bit more effectively (can you dual weild shelelighs?)a

Sorceress: Acacia, a wild elf sorceress who plans to use her long bow and spells from the back. Her goal in life is to never get with in melee range of a goblinoid.

 

i see some of you used Hector for your fighters names...did you get that from hammerfall?

 

i really dont get your taste in picking a party, but hey everybody has different tastes, i got the game about a week ago, and im impressed to see how mutch dungeons&dragons has improved since BG1 and after playing with one party till chapter two i realized that picking a perfect party with every class you need does not pay(eg. fighter, thief, mage, cleric) so i tried something different:
Gray Dwarf-Fighter all the way(concentrate on two weapon fighting, no charisma, chaostic evil, male)
Gray Dwarf-Fighter all the way(concentrate on two weapon fighting, no charisma, chaostic evil, male)
Gray Dwarf-Fighter all the way(concentrate on two weapon fighting, no charisma, chaostic evil, male)
Drow-Druid all the way(male, chaostic evil)
Drow-Dreadmaster of Bane all the way(female, neutral evil)
Drow-Sorcerer all the way(male, chaostic evil, the one who has the highes charisma, diplomatcy and etc..)

 

After making a few mistakes and sub-optimal choices, this is the party I'll gonna play through IWD-2 for the first time

My final party for my first way through IWD-2:

• Lord Belmen, aasimar paladin of Helm, focusing in l'swords and b'swords and flails - melee only char
• Alobar Steelfist, gold dwarf Battleguard of Tempus, focusing in Axes and hammers, ranged weapon of choice is the heavy crossbow
• Orkan Stormwind, half orc barbarian-fighter using greatswords, spears and longbows - probably the most powerful melee char in my party
• Milla Cloverleaf, Strongheart halfling monk-rogue of the Old Order, fighting unarmed or using sling and darts, later maybe daggers too
• Gnosper Gnorkel, deep gnome illusionist-barbarian - odd combo but fun to play - he's using staff, dagger and a light crossbow
• Barbarella, human bard-fighter using shortswords and longbow - she is my parties frontface for all those occasions where my pally is too honourable

Till now this party is great fun to play, only the xp penalty for the aasimar and the deep gnome really hurt, on the other hand the innate advantages do indeed pay off .... oh well ...

 

Okay, so I finally have a copy of IWD2.

My party:

Faragon, Aasimar, Paladin of Ilmater. (MC to Cleric, has the conversational skills, so party leader)
Galveron, Tiefling, Paladin of Mystra. (MC to Wizard)
Maelloth, Tiefling, Paladin of Mystra. (MC to Wizard)
Allanna, Moon Elf, Ranger. (Archery and Hide in Shadows recon)
Drathes, Moon Elf, Ranger. (Archery and Lockpicking)
O'Lahr, Shield Dwarf, Battleguard of Tempus. (Axes Galore )

 

the party i use now is

MONK-LEVEL 27
PALADIN-LEVEL 19
CLERIC-LEVEL 17
MAGE-LEVEL 17
BARB-LEVEL 14

 

My Party-

...Leader half-orc Barb
...Palidan half-orc
...Ranger half-orc
... cleric can't remember race (one of the human ones)
...Rouge half-elf
...last Wizard (for the race same as the cleric)

 

Here's the party I've started with:

Sir Eric Brightblade -- LG Aasimar Paladin of Ilmater (going to keep him "pure", since I'm a big fan of healing spells and want him to get as many as possible. On an IC note, he has 18 Constitution, and tries to soak up as much damage as possible so his comrades won't be hurt )

Grigor -- CG Half-Orc Barbarian (might take four levels in Fighter for the axe mastery, but dunno. He has a decent Wisdom, and I may take a couple levels of Cleric. See above )

Rashala Goldforge -- LG Dwarf Cleric of Helm (most likely going to keep her single-classed, and specialized in a few different weapons)

Li'anne -- NG Half-Elf Ranger (right now, she's all about bows, and has been keeping my sorceror company in the back row. She'll probably stay a ranger through the whole game, too)

Maz'niflan -- LG Drow Sorceror (he's the spokesman for the party, with 18 Charisma. Up close he gets slaughtered -- duh, he's a mage -- but he's pretty decent with a crossbow, even with the drow's sun blindness. Question: does anyone know if Blind Fighting cancels Sun Blindness?)

Rinald -- LE Halfling Thief (Basically, he's my excuse for breaking into houses and stealing stuff IC, he considers everyone else in the party insane, but sticks around because they're good at drawing fire. He's actually a close combat guy, with dual-wielding. I'm thinking of making him a Wizard (he has 15 intelligence, soon to be 16), though that may mean one less front-row fighter. I dunno. He's cool, though )

Eh...I went into that much detail, and likely no one cares. Ah well.

 

My party is

Moon Elf Ranger
Drow Sorcerer
Aasimar Palidin
Lightfoot Halfling Rogue
Aasimar Cleric
human Druid
I figured i wouldn't have a fighter because I have a pally and a ranger. In 2nd rules, fighters were much worse than pallys and rangers. I think this time the fighter might be better though, but Ill just try this way.

 

LG drow?
Drow are supposed to be evil, dammit, evil!!!

Originality is very rare these days...coughDrizztcough

bah.

My party:
Arkados Blackmire, Lawful evil male human sorcerer. Going to put a few fighter levels in later. Party leader with 18 charisma.

Ander Lolias, Chaotic evil male human Barbarian using axes.

Katherine Blackmire, Chaotic evil female human Ranger/Rouge using weapon finesse with short swords.

Kalvairn Levensrau, Neutral evil male drow wizard

Shura, Neutral male human with 1 level in ranger and the rest in fighter. Scout and melee,

Serenia, Lawful Neutral female aasimar cleric.

 

My first IWD2 party will be:

Leader: Aasimar Paladin, LG. Weapons: Bastard/longsword

Tank: Shield Dwarf Fighter, LN. Weapons: axe, warhammer, heavy crossbow

Healer: Human or Half-Elf Cleric of Lathander(?), NG. Weapons: mace, flail, morningstar, light crossbow

Assassin: Lightfoot Halfling Rogue/Ranger, NE. Weapons: short sword, short bow. Favored enemy: Humans

Archer: Wild Elf Sorcerer/Fighter, CN. Weapons: Scimitar, rapier, composite long bow.

Mage: Human Wizard, LE. Weapons: Quarterstaff, Dagger, Sling.

Still over 20 days until I get IWD2 (it comes to Finland October 11)

[ September 19, 2002, 13:53: Message edited by: Harkle ]

 

Well here's my IWD II debut party and I'm determined not to restart. I want to beat the game with this group first. (Haven't thought of a corny/catchy party "name" yet):

Karak Oakwood, *THE* Ranger/Druid, oh yeah baby look out IWD II. Half-Elf nature lovin' son uva gun.

Eve Stillwater, beautiful elven Silverstar of Selune/Ranger. Did I mention she was beautiful?

Lady Norah Rosehart, honorable strongheart halfling Paladin of Helm. Don't judge her by her size.

Joshua Stoutworth, brave strongheart halfing Cleric of Lathander/Fighter. A kind, but showing no mercy towards evil, kind of fellow.

Kyp Miventoe, smooth-talking, mischief-making strongheart halfing Bard. He's out to make Kyp Miventoe a household name, at least in his house.

Natalia Capustina, mysterious human Monk of the Old Order/Rogue. She seeks justice though and awes the group with her subtle, yet impressive channeling of ki. Like any woman, don't make her mad .