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#1 Guest_Dark-Mage_*

Posted 16 September 2003 - 07:52 PM

I was wondering what type of party do people creat for playing these games and in the case of IWD2, are any of the pre-generated parties good.

Thanks for your time.

#2 Guest_The Blue Sorceress_*

Posted 19 September 2003 - 01:48 PM

I was wondering what type of party do people creat for playing these games and in the case of IWD2, are any of the pre-generated parties good.


Well, I don't tend to play so much for power gaming as for characters. In IWD1 and 2 that was pretty difficult, since your party was entirely self-created. So, with that in mind this was my Icewind Dale 1 party

1.) elven cleric/mage
2.) half-elven druid
3.) human paladin
4.) elven mage/thief
5.) human ranger
6.) half-elven fighter

For Icewind Dale 2 I rummaged through my folder of character sheets from PnP games and chose the following:

1.) half-elven fighter
2.) half-elven cleric (in my head these two were a couple)
3.) half-elven druid/ranger (detecting a theme here?)
4.) human rogue
5.) tiefling paladin (The poor confused soul...)
6.) tiefling sorcerer/bard

I never really bothered to check out the premade partied, I just created so characters and went. Admittedly, I've heard that if you form your party correctly you don't need to have all six characters, but I'm very bad at making a balanced, poweful party so I needed every one of my party members to get through the tough battles.

-Blue

#3 Guest_Dark-Mage_*

Posted 19 September 2003 - 02:01 PM

Well, I don't tend to play so much for power gaming as for characters. In IWD1 and 2 that was pretty difficult, since your party was entirely self-created. So, with that in mind this was my Icewind Dale 1 party


Know how you feel, I prefer taking characters thorough on BG and BG2 that I like instead of which ones are the best.

1.) elven cleric/mage
2.) half-elven druid
3.) human paladin
4.) elven mage/thief
5.) human ranger
6.) half-elven fighter


Sounds good :roll:

For Icewind Dale 2 I rummaged through my folder of character sheets from PnP games and chose the following:

1.) half-elven fighter
2.) half-elven cleric (in my head these two were a couple)
3.) half-elven druid/ranger (detecting a theme here?)
4.) human rogue
5.) tiefling paladin (The poor confused soul...)
6.) tiefling sorcerer/bard


Another good group :cry:

-Blue


Thanks for taking the time to respond

#4 Guest_Silver_*

Posted 19 September 2003 - 02:30 PM

I was wondering what type of party do people creat for playing these games and in the case of IWD2, are any of the pre-generated parties good.


Well I haven't gotten round to playing IWD2 yet, so I can't say anything about that, but my IWD party is as follows:

1) Human Fighter

2) Half-elven Cleric

3) Human mage (non-specialist)

4) Half-elven fighter/thief

There may only be four of them, but they are a very powerful group by the time I get to the end. :roll:

Silver

#5 Guest_Aurelius_*

Posted 23 September 2003 - 09:54 AM

For IWD: human paladin, dwarven fighter,half-elven cleric, elven ranger, halfing thief, human mage.

For IWDII : aasimar paladin, dwarven fighter, human cleric, half-elven druid or human ranger, halfling thief, elven mage.

#6 Guest_Dark-Mage_*

Posted 23 September 2003 - 10:44 AM

Well I haven't gotten round to playing IWD2 yet, so I can't say anything about that, but my IWD party is as follows:

1) Human Fighter

2) Half-elven Cleric

3) Human mage (non-specialist)

4) Half-elven fighter/thief

There may only be four of them, but they are a very powerful group by the time I get to the end. :)

Silver


Yeah that does seem to an interresting group

#7 Guest_Fantysm_*

Posted 01 January 2005 - 12:21 AM

Well, I started my IWD I party with an epic story in mind, so this is what I came up with:

http://www.gamejag.c...iewtopic&t=1001

Yes, I do have a thing for little people. It comes from being short.

#8 Guest_Silver_*

Posted 02 January 2005 - 09:30 PM

Well, I started my IWD I party with an epic story in mind, so this is what I came up with:


http://www.gamejag.com/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=1001


Yes, I do have a thing for little people. It comes from being short.


I remember that story, it was very enjoyable. One of my favourites. :twisted: It's a shame there aren't more Icewind Dale stories really. Do you think you will ever continue it?

#9 Guest_Fantysm_*

Posted 02 January 2005 - 09:41 PM

Yeah, I just wasn't sure anyone remembered it (or wanted to!). And I might think about finishing the game before I go back and write it.

#10 Guest_InconspicuousAcuity_*

Posted 20 February 2007 - 03:07 PM

I played IWD1 two or three times through, though I started it plenty more times than that. The party I was most comfortable with was this: Dwarven Fighter + Elven Ranger + Halfling Rogue + Human Specialized Mage (Necromancer) + Half-Elven Bard.

I began to play IWD2 a dozen times over and only finished it once, with the following party: Shield Dwarf Fighter + Moon Elf Bard + Wild Elf Ranger + Tiefling Rogue + Aasimar Cleric (Watcher of Helm) + Drow Male Wizard (Necromancer). I actually pictured my party members bickering all through the story... Aasimar - Tiefling, Drow - Moon Elf (and Wild Elf) and a morose Dwarf on top.

As you can see, I don't multi-class. I don't like a weaker fighter and a weaker mage in the same character. I'd rather have a strong fighter and a strong mage in two characters. And so on. This way, my characters can receive fixed and specific functions. And I make it my goal to have at least half of the party members be their race's favored class.

#11 Guest_SmartAzz_*

Posted 02 April 2007 - 12:09 PM

I haven't played IWD 1, so can't say something about that, I played IWD 2 twice though, the second time is actively powerplayed, and the first one was just before I started thinking of powerplaying.

The first one I completed the game with:
1. Human Monk
2. Half-elf Fighter
3. Dwarven Fighter
4. Elven Thief
5. Human Druid
6. Wilf-Elf Sorcerer
It had no evils in it :D

2 tanks, 1 late-game tank (with lay on hands which becomes nice late game), 1 thief, 1 healer, 1,5 spellcaster (I used the druid in a lot of cases for healing)

The second one I decided to powerplay using a few things.
1. (Female) Drow monk/cleric (1 lvl monk to get the + armor/wisdom bonus)
2. Human Paladin/Sorcerer (1 lvl paladin for the + saving throws/cha) Hmm I never even considered using a Wilf-Elf there, or can't they be Paladins? Regardless, I used a Human.
3. Duergar Fighter
4. (Male) Drow Mage (no specialist)
5. Orc Fighter/Barbarian, the fighter until he had access to the Grand-Mastery feat.

3 Tanks, 2 spellcasters, 1 healer. The only weakness of this group was that during the daylight most of them (3/5) had a disadvantage. With the easyer scenario's I simply ignored it, and with the harder one's I just slept until it was night again and then started the battle. I first considered taking a 6th hero, thief, but I decided that I had hardly needed the thief the first time I finished the game (picking pockets was nice, but not essential), I could force most doors, and I could always heal my high hp tanks that walked in front of the rest if they would somehow be surprised by a trap.

As I said, it was powerplaying, but hey :D




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