What kind of dual classable character would you like to see in Shadows of Amn?

booinyoureyes

This is inspired by @Ravenslight 's poll on a thief mod NPC capable of dual classing. http://forum.baldursgate.com/discussion/32321/would-you-prefer-a-mod-npc-thief-to-be-able-to-dual-class-into-a-thief-mage-or-thief-fighter#latest

I personally think dual classing is pretty cool from a roleplaying and mechanical point of view, and kind of wish there were more options. I'd like a character that could go two different directions, but really any character with a dual classing option would be pretty sweet.

I'd like to see what others like, so here is my poll. Which character build would you like to see if there were to be a new NPC in the game that was capable of dual-classing?

Note: I'm generally avoiding spellcasting classes that can dual into a martial class, but feel free to discuss them!

booinyoureyes

wow i fail completely i wanted to add a mage-->cleric (which is what I would vote for) but I spazzed

I like the ideas of a
thief-->fighter (interesting roleplaying)
mage-->cleric (interesting rp and I'd love to use the robe of vecna on some high level cleric spells)
ranger-->cleric (interesting roleplay)

SionIV

Would solve the problem of lacking a thief, and would give you the option to run with a cleric that isn't a love interest.

And there are no C/T in BG2.

jackjack

I'd like a character with multiple options at their disposal, if that's at all possible without being OP.

booinyoureyes

jackjack said:

I'd like a character with multiple options at their disposal, if that's at all possible without being OP.

That would be my choice as I mentioned in the thread by @Ravenslight‌
I'd like to match it with a roleplaying choice. Like say the character chooses Quest Option A they get plus 2 intelligence and can go mage or if they choose Quest Option B they can hit the gym and become a fighter. That sort of thing would be cool and remind me somewhat of the Planescape Torment style of dual classing, which I found very enjoyable.

elminster

Mage that could go into a cleric.

booinyoureyes

elminster said:

Mage that could go into a cleric.

Dang and bloody blast it! I swear I be thrice-damned the way ye yank me about from one poll to the bloody next an' nay allow me ta edit me own darn options!

This would be my choice, and it would be even more fun with a specialty mage that worships a god that matches his/her school of magic

For example a diviner that likes Deneir or a Transmuter who failed at using alchemy to make gold and now tries to do it through honest trade by worshiping Waukeen, lol


speaking of which I'd like to transmute my 9th poll option

Pibaro

Fighter that can go to a thief.

Ravenslight

I want your Mage to Cleric option!

CrevsDaak

Cleric->Mage; the best way to play a Cleric.

element

I don't like dualing

but a thief > cleric just has so much potential flavour

plus its no secret I just really want more thieves

meagloth

Mage that could go thief. I'm weird like that.

DreadKhan

Druid to fighter, maybe Avenger?

I also like cleric to mage, and assassin to fighter. Maybe another specislist mage to cleric.

killerrabbit

Thief > Cleric or vice versa sounds fun.

booinyoureyes

I like the idea of dual-classing kits!
Shadowdancing fighter just sounds badass

ronaldo

Fighter > Druid with Grandmastery in Quarterstaff. That's what I have planned for my next playthrough as soon as the patch is out.

bbear

Any is fine. I would like the option to dual, not a dualed NPC. Someone like Yoshi (potential to dual fighter), not Nalia (already dualed at level 4!!).

Gallowglass

I already have a protagonist rolled-up (but not yet taken out for a run) who'll be a Swashbuckler through BG1ee and dual to Cleric early in BG2ee. If such a character were available as an NPC, then maybe I'd not bother running such a character as a protagonist ... but it's certainly a class combination which looks to me like it'll be interesting to play, so I'd like to give it a go one way or the other, whether that's as PC or NPC.

I'm surprised there's no option in the poll for Fighter->Thief, I'd have thought that might be a fairly popular choice. (Yes, I know you can do that with Sarevok, but that's not until ToB and this poll is about SoA options - and IMO, ToB is too late for dualling to be sensible.)

booinyoureyes

Gallowglass said:

I'm surprised there's no option in the poll for Fighter->Thief, I'd have thought that might be a fairly popular choice.

I know I fail

DreadKhan

A Kensai npc dualanle to cleric or druid would be a new thing for lots to try out.

SapphireIce101

Cleric that goes Ranger! Mostly because I want to be different. Maybe a tiny bit funny? I don't know.

JuliusBorisov

Thief that will go Cleric and will point and click!

Make way!

Demonoid_Limewire

My secret dream, my burning desire, is to see a wild mage, dual to cleric or fighter. But since wild mages do not dual, and i do not cheat, this isn't going to happen (sob)...

Montresor_SP

Since Tiax doesn't rule in BG2, we need another character to rule in his stead.

booinyoureyes

Demonoid_Limewire said:

My secret dream, my burning desire, is to see a wild mage, dual to cleric or fighter. But since wild mages do not dual, and i do not cheat, this isn't going to happen (sob)...

wait wait wait.... DOES THAT MEAN... that the cleric spells will also have wild surges????????????????//

Demonoid_Limewire

booinyoureyes said:

Demonoid_Limewire said:

My secret dream, my burning desire, is to see a wild mage, dual to cleric or fighter. But since wild mages do not dual, and i do not cheat, this isn't going to happen (sob)...

wait wait wait.... DOES THAT MEAN... that the cleric spells will also have wild surges????????????????//

Not if you chain contigency 3x greater chaos shields, and you are over level 25 (or max).

SionIV

Demonoid_Limewire said:

booinyoureyes said:

Demonoid_Limewire said:

My secret dream, my burning desire, is to see a wild mage, dual to cleric or fighter. But since wild mages do not dual, and i do not cheat, this isn't going to happen (sob)...

wait wait wait.... DOES THAT MEAN... that the cleric spells will also have wild surges????????????????//

Not if you chain contigency 3x greater chaos shields, and you are over level 25 (or max).

So in other words, yes.

Rhaella

jackjack said:

I'd like a character with multiple options at their disposal, if that's at all possible without being OP.

The Aran Whitehand mod (in progress) over at G3 manages this in a neat way, actually. Fighter with a bunch of different optional attribute configurations at installation, so that the player can pretty much dual class him into whatever they want.

I kind of toy with the idea of a Mage/Cleric of Mystra dual class, where you can decide at installation which class they're progressing in.

Gallowglass

booinyoureyes said:

wait wait wait.... DOES THAT MEAN... that the cleric spells will also have wild surges????????????????//

Well, in BG2ee's Wild Forest, and in the WK maze's wild magic rooms, yes, divine spells surge as well as arcane spells. So there is a precedent for assuming that the cleric spells would also surge in the hands of a wild mage.