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Reclassing npc's

MyNameIsRobMyNameIsRob Member Posts: 36
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Hi everyone. I've been playing the Baldur's Gate and Icewind Dale series since they've come out and followed them since Bioware had little tombs of them on a bookshelf on their website to click on years ago.

I've partied up with everyone hero and villain in the, or near to it, and recently I made a party to incorporate all the new heroes. I love the voice work of the new heroes though I have trouble sometimes keeping Rasaad alive.

So I've put some thought into it and drew up my own 6 member party of self made heroes. Long as you can still do this I was going to do it through multi-player and save it over to my single player saves.

I'd rather reclass some npc's though, I did that years ago through Shadow Keeper. Problem was getting their stats correct, like their save vs throws, to be correct for their new class. If I take Mincs for example and give him 1 experience point and change him to level one cleric (for example) and adjust his save vs throw and stats, will he level up the same way a cleric would or would his programming only level him up like a ranger?

Thanks.

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  • MyNameIsRobMyNameIsRob Member Posts: 36
    Great! He levels up fine each time? Or manual adjustments per level up? ty!
  • abacusabacus Member Posts: 1,307
    He just levelled up as a Barbarian... I can't say I payed too much attention to his saves, but his damage resistance and rages came at the right times and his levelling was according to the fighter/barbarian chart, not the ranger/paladin one.
  • abacusabacus Member Posts: 1,307
    Thanks for that @CrevsDaak, I did it... But only because the guide I read advised me to do so.
    I bow to your knowledge of such matters. ;)
  • MyNameIsRobMyNameIsRob Member Posts: 36
    Yeah when I changed their class in shadow keeper it didn't scale from what I remember, but it is scaling with the new program.
  • CrevsDaakCrevsDaak Member Posts: 7,155
    MyNameIsRob said:

    Yeah when I changed their class in shadow keeper it didn't scale from what I remember, but it is scaling with the new program.

    abacus said:

    Thanks for that @CrevsDaak, I did it... But only because the guide I read advised me to do so.
    I bow to your knowledge of such matters. ;)

    Actually, to clear out some confusion, it does adjust the tables BUT only when you level up, which you should do instantly when you are level 0.
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  • abacusabacus Member Posts: 1,307
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    @subtledoctor‌
    I really like the idea of Nalia as a Bard... With her idealistic/ naive outlook, you can imagine her being really into heroic stories.
    Also, dualling her to Mage is just too powerful... A Bard's support role is much better.

    Although I struggle to see Keldorn as a Cavalier... Ajantis or Mazzy, definitely... But I just see Cavaliers as being younger/ less jaded, I guess.

    Edit: And Valygar has to be one of the anti-magic classes for me.. Wizard Slayer or Inquisitor?
  • simplessimples Member Posts: 540
    the word cavalier says it all though, doesn't it?? someone who just strives to "make things right"
  • ItstucktwiceItstucktwice Member Posts: 182
    I've always liked changing Nalia to a Fighter->Mage with proficiency in flails. Sure it is an op class combo but she has gimped stats for both classes and I have always liked the idea of Lord De'Arnise training his daughter to be able to hold her own and wield the FOA if she ever needed to.
  • WalstafaWalstafa Member Posts: 116
    I've dipped my toes into the water with this, turning Imoen into a Half-Elf Mage/Thief for a 4-man Kensai run (I wasn't willing to recruit a thief whilst she dualled).
  • booinyoureyesbooinyoureyes Member Posts: 6,164
    This is actually a great topic! I've thought about this quite a bit and I have actually done it before on multiple occasions ever since I discovered EEKeeper

    I've done Imoen as a gnome thief/illusionist. I don't know why but I like her as a little gnomish trickster. My newest run I have planned for my "forum journal" has her as a thief/wild mage, which should be fun.

    I have used Yoshimo as a Kensai/thief which was really fun actually. I plan on making him a fighter 4-->Bounty Hunter next time (I always use Yoshimo)

    Sometime adding kits like that is just fun.
    -Safana is clearly a swashbuckler more so than any other character.
    -I have given Jaheira plenty of kits now (all three druid), and I find it adds more flavor.
    -Kivan is either a stalker or an archer
    -I've made Ajantis a cavalier and an inquisitor (since he was Keldorn's squire it makes RP sense).
    -Shar-Teel is an obvious psycho berserker feminazi from hell.
    -If I ever use Cernd I might change him to another druid kit. If I ever use Faldorn she will be an avenger (Assemble!).
    -dKagain as a dwarven defender makes sense as well given his bodyguard protection business

    I pretty much ALWAYS make Garrick a jester nowadays. Probably my favorite.

    Coran as a fighter/bounty hunter is great. Adding that kit fits his job description, though he is also very swashbucklerish in his personality

    Minsc as a delusional barbarian makes a lot of sense and is pretty funny, but I've never actually gone with him as this.

    Since he has high intelligence I like Khalid as a fighter/mage. Some protective spells might make him enter battle with a little less fear.

    If I were to use Valygar again (I find him boring) I might make him into a wizard slayer or a thief dualed into one

    Monty is ALWAYS a fighter/assassin or just an assassin

    Xzar might make a good necromancer/cleric multi but I'll probably just stick to dual-classing him.

    Last one is Branwen. She is supposed to be a badass barbarian cleric from the north... but her physical stats are a bit lacking imho. I made her either a fighter/cleric multi, but I think a fighter dualed to cleric or even a cleric/ranger would fit. Wonder if I can make a barbarian/cleric since barbarian is technically a fighter kit according to what some people tell me
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  • abacusabacus Member Posts: 1,307
    booinyoureyes said:

    This is actually a great topic! I've thought about this quite a bit and I have actually done it before on multiple occasions ever since I discovered EEKeeper

    I've done Imoen as a gnome thief/illusionist. I don't know why but I like her as a little gnomish trickster. My newest run I have planned for my "forum journal" has her as a thief/wild mage, which should be fun.

    I have used Yoshimo as a Kensai/thief which was really fun actually. I plan on making him a fighter 4-->Bounty Hunter next time (I always use Yoshimo)

    Sometime adding kits like that is just fun.
    -Safana is clearly a swashbuckler more so than any other character.
    -I have given Jaheira plenty of kits now (all three druid), and I find it adds more flavor.
    -Kivan is either a stalker or an archer
    -I've made Ajantis a cavalier and an inquisitor (since he was Keldorn's squire it makes RP sense).
    -Shar-Teel is an obvious psycho berserker feminazi from hell.
    -If I ever use Cernd I might change him to another druid kit. If I ever use Faldorn she will be an avenger (Assemble!).
    -dKagain as a dwarven defender makes sense as well given his bodyguard protection business

    I pretty much ALWAYS make Garrick a jester nowadays. Probably my favorite.

    Coran as a fighter/bounty hunter is great. Adding that kit fits his job description, though he is also very swashbucklerish in his personality

    Minsc as a delusional barbarian makes a lot of sense and is pretty funny, but I've never actually gone with him as this.

    Since he has high intelligence I like Khalid as a fighter/mage. Some protective spells might make him enter battle with a little less fear.

    If I were to use Valygar again (I find him boring) I might make him into a wizard slayer or a thief dualed into one

    Monty is ALWAYS a fighter/assassin or just an assassin

    Xzar might make a good necromancer/cleric multi but I'll probably just stick to dual-classing him.

    Last one is Branwen. She is supposed to be a badass barbarian cleric from the north... but her physical stats are a bit lacking imho. I made her either a fighter/cleric multi, but I think a fighter dualed to cleric or even a cleric/ranger would fit. Wonder if I can make a barbarian/cleric since barbarian is technically a fighter kit according to what some people tell me

    Barbarian/Cleric would be good for Branwen... Or maybe a Skald? She's a straight up Valkyrie either way!
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