Party Composition
Mhamza
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I'm preparing to play Icewind Dale and Heart of Winter from start to finish for the first time and I'm looking for some party advice. Right now what I'm planning is this:
Human Sorcerer
Halfling Barbarian
Human Inquisitor
Half-Elf Thief
Human Fighter (later dueled to cleric)
I'm not sure what to use for the sixth slot. Any suggestions?
Human Sorcerer
Halfling Barbarian
Human Inquisitor
Half-Elf Thief
Human Fighter (later dueled to cleric)
I'm not sure what to use for the sixth slot. Any suggestions?
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Could also go with a Bard, their songs are pretty great especially the Skald one. Bit of a robot character though, they don't do much other than sing. Many people don't like that.
I'd also be inclined to slap a kit on the thief, or make it multiclassed. A single-classed unkitted thief is a lot of thief for IWD. I'd probably either go swashbuckler (for tanking), fighter/thief (for damage dealing), or bountry hunter (for crowd control).
I see you've already decided on bard for your 6th. I believe an IWD bard should primarily sing, and occasionally spellcast, during combat. A skald is great for fighter-heavy parties run by experienced and aggressive players. If that's not you, go with an unkitted bard for the variety of songs and the war chant it gets at lvl 11; war chant allows any divine casters to skip taking low level healing spells, which is a great thing for either a druid or for a melee-focused cleric.