Themed party compositions
mjs
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What teams have you ran so far with different NPCs?
I'm running two games side by side. The first is my "spiritual party"
Myself: Cleric of Lathandar
Rasaad
Ajantis
Imoen (tempted to swap for tiax later in the game)
Branwen (tempted to swap for quayle)
Viconia (probably will swap for yeslick)
the second is just an evil party without a particular "theme" as such. way back i ran a female only group (giving khalid the gender swap girdle).
I'm running two games side by side. The first is my "spiritual party"
Myself: Cleric of Lathandar
Rasaad
Ajantis
Imoen (tempted to swap for tiax later in the game)
Branwen (tempted to swap for quayle)
Viconia (probably will swap for yeslick)
the second is just an evil party without a particular "theme" as such. way back i ran a female only group (giving khalid the gender swap girdle).
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In my next playthrough I will try the "Intelligence Party" with NPCs having 15+ intelligence. No NPC with low intelligence will be allowed to join my elite party! I think I will have Safana, Xan, Edwin, Kagain and Viconia. My PC will be a dwarf fighter/cleric.
i think the themed parties are so interesting when it doesn't conform with the 3 up front & back liners. my spiritual party suffers without an arcane spell caster, but for buffs, melee damage, sheer durability and CC it's a really good party.
plus i can't get fog of war and traps don't highlight so thieves are pretty useless (which is why i might drop imoen regardless)
Ajantis - fiercely devoted to Helm
Branwen - priestess of Tempus
Dorn - has made pact with a demon
Dynaheir - Rashemi witch (seer/shaman)
Faldorn - Druidic priestess with Uthgardt Barbarian tribe roots (worship of nature spirits and their overgod Uthgar)
Jaheira - Druidic priestess whose power comes from Nature (worships a deity?)
Quayle - cleric of Gifos (Baravar)
Rasaad - monk/worshipper of Selune
Tiax - cleric of Cyric
Viconia - priestess of Shar
Yeslick - cleric of ____? (Moradin?)
The harem party;
Male human CHARNAME
Imoen, no brother & sister feelings here. Similar age and the most attractive woman in CK.
Jaheira, you have not seen many elves in CK, there is something exotic about her.
Viconia, she doesn't seem so extreme as the stories describe the drow, an interesting woman.
Neera, a young woman with cute voice what isn't there to like.
Safana, it's not possible to romance her but with her high CHA she belongs in this party.
Ajantis
Safana
Skie
Jaheira
Viconia
Qualye
Monty
Tiax
Alora
Kaigan
Left out Yeslick cause he maybe to lawful for this party.
warrior charname + imoen, viconia, neera, skie, branwen, dynaheir (until you reunite her with minsc)
@jaxsbudgie i like it, quite balanced too actually! is khalid not a noble too?
They then had 'common' classes and it went very well, still 1 bard was present...every party need 1 decent musician.
F/M PC
Imoen (dualled)
Xan
Quayle
Xzar
Edwin
Does fit in a thief, fighter and cleric so has some party balance... though Imoen or Quayle as number 2 tank isn't that balanced. Also one of the few parties in BG1 that won't leave you feelings rich!
You can see journals of this adventure here:
http://wanderonswarrens.yuku.com/forums/18/Mageling-Madness-or-Me-and-Chullio-Down-By-the-Graveyard
(Note - those forums have been mostly inactive for years)
Edit: after looking at the old journals it seems we did get into BG city before I abandoned the group.
Xzar - completely nuts
Minsc - not far behind
Edwin & Tiax - megalomania
I guess any thief would fit in, cleptomania
PC - priest of talos
CHARNAME - elven stalker
Xan
Kivan
Coran
Viconia
And thinking about the 6th, but most likely Neera, since for Jaheria I'd have to kill Khalid I don't like doing that... Or maybe just the 6 elves. Neera always talks so much about being only half-elf anyway.
The thing I'd also love is a gang of chaotic good or neutral chars: Alora, Kivan, Coran, Safana, maybe Neera again for a third time (there's also Garrick and Quayle, but I don't really like them). Only problem is that there are too many thieves, not really good front fighters, only one mage and no healer
I don't think Edwin really qualifies; he's just arrogant.
I was using an all-female evil team with my PC, Jaheira, Shar-Teel, Imoen, Viconia and a gender-belted Edwin, primarily because I haven't seen a lot of fantasy that told that particular kind of story (ie: there are some great "villainous" fantasy novels like Ari Marmell's "The Goblin Corps", but none I've found where the protagonists are all women).
It worked out great for BG1, but the transition to BG2 messed things up a bit - I was extremely lucky that most of the team found its way back to me again, but I was down a front-line fighter and a thief (since BGT allows you to keep classes and proficiencies consistent in both games, and I never dual-classed Imoen). There were female characters who could fill those roles - namely, Mazzy and Nalia - but they're both Good characters who really didn't fit in with my team. So I ended up bringing Korgan and Yoshimo along; it compromised my meta-story, but given that I eventually got Imoen back and tossed Korgan aside for Sarevok, it all worked out in the end.
My EE run's mixed a few things up on account of the romance (which I didn't get to do last time - Anomen? Hell to the no), so now I have Dorn and Kagain as my fighters, Shar-Teel as my dual-classed thief, Viconia as the party healer and Neera for spell support. I'm crossing my fingers for more evil single-class NPCs in BG2EE, though, because I can already see I'm going to have the same problem with party composition...
Shar-Teel
Viconia
Branwen
Dynaheir
Safana
PC: Female Barbarian
Faldorn would actually be a better Amazon than Dynaheir but I need at least one mage, and with Branwen and Viccy I already have two healers.
Jaheira is also a great dominatrix but would insist on bringing Khalid along. Imoen, Neera and Skie don't exactly strike me as "Amazons". Dynaheir will insist on bringing Minsc but I could "lose" him somewhere in the Basilisk area. ;-)
I once did a "Ranged" party for TuTu.
PC - Fighter - Crossbow
Minsc - Longbow
Coran - Longbow
Imoen - Shortbow
Kivan - Longbow
Jaheria - Sling
I have a run as "Edmund Blackadder" from the Blackadder series if he was a blackguard raising an army.
As evil as evil can be in that run. (Low Rep)
Edmund Blackadder (PC - Blackguard)
Dorn
Shar-Teel (Dualed to Thief)
Kagain
Edwin
Viconia
I did a Cast of Beserk themed Black Pits Run:
Skull Knight (Blackguard)
Guts (Beseker)
Caska (Fighter)
Griffith (Fighter / Mage / Thief)
Schierke (Cleric / Illusionist)
Nosferatu Zodd (Barbarian)
(I was thinking of doing a run with the Cast of Monty Python And the Holy Grail for the Black Pits but didn't because they'd all be Paladins or fighters)
I'm Currently doing a run that's all characters who will be in the next game.
PC (Chaotic Neutral)
Imoen (Dualed To a Mage at level 6)
Jaheria
Viconia
Neera
What I'm having a tough time with is choosing a 6th party member.
So...I may cut Viconia for Minsc and get Rasaad as well.
But...I kind of Love Vicky. =/
Unfortunately, I don't think I'm able to take Edwin unless I kill Dynaheir, and I'm Chaotic Neutral, not evil.
I think Rassaad is less boring than Minsc and Minsc is way more utilitarian...*shrug* we'll see what happens but I'm leaning Rasaad.
Edwin thinks he can take on Elminster, that's megalomanic enough.
Safana could work. Sex-addiction!
Does it count if they're sociopaths? If so, that opens you up to Eldoth, Montaron, and possibly Kagain.
Sociopaths... not sure if Eldoth and Kagain really qualify. Eldoth is probably more a compulsive liar, but he's a bard and rather social. And a lying bard... makes Munchhausen Syndrome, so yeah, he's in.
Kagain did sound somewhat concerned with the noble from his "quest" and he isn't outright hateful toward others. In the banters, Edwin doesn't seem to like him, but Kagain just shrugs it off when he's told to shut up. (Another pointer to Edwin's megalomania; he claims if Kagain doesn't shut up, he'll kick his ass. A part of me wants to see that. A somewhat sadistic and easily amused part.)
Montaron qualifies; he doesn't like his sidekick and threatens to kill the party leader.