No mage party?

knight1337

Is it possible to finish the game?

With my PC as Paladin Inquisitor to dispel stuff

Edit: Something like this party:

PC Paladin
Minsc
Jaheira
Viconia
Hexxat

Archaos

I think every combination is possible, just much harder.
Though with an Inquisitor you should be fine, I think.

Also have Jaheira spam Insect Plague. Maybe even Cernd instead of Minsc for more Dispels and Insect Plagues.
With Carsormyr, Inquisitor's Dispel and Insect Plagues, you should be fine.

Though, as a role player, this makes me roll my eyes.
A PALADIN, a RANGER and a DRUID tag along with a VAMPIRE. *Sigh*

Musigny

Yes it is.
What do you fear ?

knight1337

Archaos said:

Though, as a role player, this makes me roll my eyes.
A PALADIN, a RANGER and a DRUID tag along with a VAMPIRE. *Sigh*

I think i'll add Dorn (Blackguard) as the 6th member

Archaos

Add Rasaad instead, Monks are great at killing mages.
Also Anomen can replace Viconia too, he's a great Cleric.

Though adding a Blackguard (ANTIPALADIN) is slightly better than adding a Vampire.

(...Must keep myself from using Smite Powergamer...)

WebShaman

Trap, trap, trap your way to Godhood...

No Mages required.

element

Archaos said:

Though, as a role player, this makes me roll my eyes.
A PALADIN, a RANGER and a DRUID tag along with a VAMPIRE. *Sigh*

my thoughts exactly

id play a thief dump Hexxat and take Keldorn

FinneousPJ

With an inquisitor it's hardly a challenge...

I'd probably make the PC an archer and use Keldorn, Hexxat, Mazzy, Jaheira, Anomen (maybe Vicy if you prefer her). Yeah yeah, using Hexxat is cheesy, but you can't use Jan due to the challenge setting. You don't NEED a thief, though... If you remember all the trap locations, at least. Regarding your original party, I think 5 chars in melee is just too many, it gets crowded you know. Besides, magical arrows are great if you don't have a mage to shoot magical fire arrows, dispels and such.

elminster

WebShaman said:

Trap, trap, trap your way to Godhood...

No Mages required.

This. I recently beat draconis and hexxat's traps did all the work!

ARKdeEREH

It's possible to finish the game solo without playing as a mage, so with a full party of non-mages, it's probably a lot easier. Cleric magic is pretty useful. I personally use cleric offensive spells more often than mage spells even though my current PC is a mage/cleric.

jackjack

ARKdeEREH said:

It's possible to finish the game solo without playing as a mage, so with a full party of non-mages, it's probably a lot easier

I still contend that a solo playthrough is easier than a full party playthrough.
Instinctually, I understand this makes little, if any sense in theory - nevertheless, I have found it holds true in practice.

WebShaman

It actually does make sense - you get more kill XP, I believe. Thus, higher levels.

Blackraven

A no arcane magic playthrough all the way up to the final TOB fight is an ambition I've never realized. Not in the least because I tend to play no reload (or at least no death). Do you people really think that traps can do the trick? Maybe vanilla, but in a modded version (SCS, Ascension, etc) as well?
I think I'd end up using scrolls with UAI, which is almost the same as playing a mage and takes away part of the feel of roleplaying a thief.
Thief is my favourite class, and probably the one I know how to play best. Perhaps I should start a new playthrough in which I can only recruit non-arcane thieves (so only single class thief, fighter-thief and cleric-thief), and I would have to play with at least 2 or 3 companions at a time (to avoid becoming an overly powerful solist). For BG2 this would require the use of NPC mods or EE-/Shadowkeepering (f.i. Viconia makes sense as a Cleric/Thief IMO, maybe an restore Imoen to undualled thief, etc).

Twani

I don't think I could do it in SCS. Maybe a custom party, where there were barbarians everywhere, but not with the canon NPC's in SCS. But I'm no Baldur's Gate genius. I'm sure someone could manage it.

Skaffen

Without SCS it's no issue at all, I have had several runs without any primary caster (mage, priest, druid) - "lazy runs" because you just select all and click, plays like Diablo.

I haven't fnished SCS yet but I think it might be possible with a Dark Moon Monk (and throw in Rasaad as well while you're at it). Approach would be too boost MR as much as possible and then just take whatever spells they throw at you and hope for the best till defenses run out. Put all points in Detect Illusion and use Keldorn for Carsomyr's dispels till MR reaches >90.

I would also suggest one fighter with Azureedge - gives you a dcent chance to kill liches with the first shot until defenses trigger. Mazzy has done that a few times in my current run even with precasting enabled.