Can you make the following party better?
Klorox
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I am set on using only Good or Neutral aligned NPCs with this party. I want a party of four, which means three NPCs to go with my Good Gnome Fighter/Illusionist.
I'm thinking of the following setup:
Gnick O'Thyme
Imoen (dual to Mage at 5)
Jaheira
Branwen
I can assemble this party fairly quickly, and I'm totally covered in all spellchucking areas. Jaheira would have to be used as. Tank, which I'm cool with. She does a great job of it with the Big Fist Belt and Gauntlets of Dexterity. I like to build her towards using Daggers for the Dagger of Venom.
Imoen would be built the way many do in the game: good with traps, okay with locks, and good with a bow when not casting spells.
Branwen is your classic healer. But with the Gauntlets of Ogre Power and a casting of DuHM, she can really hold her own in combat. I don't know if I should build her towards using Stupefier, or Aishideena, or if she should be casting Magic Hammer for max damage.
I originally envisioned Gnick with a shield, the boomerang Axe for ranged combat, and swinging the Stupefier, but if Branwen uses it, maybe he should go for Long Swords (Varscona) or forgo the defense of the Shield in favor of composite long bows and Spiders Bane.
Please let me know what y'all think. I'm willing to use different NPCs than these (but I do like the party), and/or assign proficiencies differently.
TIA!
I'm thinking of the following setup:
Gnick O'Thyme
Imoen (dual to Mage at 5)
Jaheira
Branwen
I can assemble this party fairly quickly, and I'm totally covered in all spellchucking areas. Jaheira would have to be used as. Tank, which I'm cool with. She does a great job of it with the Big Fist Belt and Gauntlets of Dexterity. I like to build her towards using Daggers for the Dagger of Venom.
Imoen would be built the way many do in the game: good with traps, okay with locks, and good with a bow when not casting spells.
Branwen is your classic healer. But with the Gauntlets of Ogre Power and a casting of DuHM, she can really hold her own in combat. I don't know if I should build her towards using Stupefier, or Aishideena, or if she should be casting Magic Hammer for max damage.
I originally envisioned Gnick with a shield, the boomerang Axe for ranged combat, and swinging the Stupefier, but if Branwen uses it, maybe he should go for Long Swords (Varscona) or forgo the defense of the Shield in favor of composite long bows and Spiders Bane.
Please let me know what y'all think. I'm willing to use different NPCs than these (but I do like the party), and/or assign proficiencies differently.
TIA!
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Actually, if you wanted (and it would probably be fun) you could dual Branwen to Thief. You'll have to wait to do that until she gets the Tome of Dexterity in BG city.
Thing is, you'll be leveling fast with a four member party. So to minimize the 'down time' waiting to get original class skills back you'll probably want to make a beeline to BG city. For what it's worth, I tried dualing Branwen once and really liked her as Cleric/Thief. I dualed her at Cleric 5.