Dual-classing

fireandsteel73

Yes, I know its probably been asked WAAAY to much, but aside from the usual 'what level should I dual class my character to xxxxx?'

My question is : what dual classes do YOU find exciting?

Anyone If it's possible?) dual classed a bard to a sorcerer? bard to a ranger? wizard slayer to a mage? or barbarian to mage?

Has anyone made their own Death Knight? Warlock? or Duelist?

ineth

fireandsteel73 said:

My question is : what dual classes do YOU find exciting?

Berserker->Mage and Berserker->Druid always work nicely...

Swashbuckler->Fighter can give you a Fighter with less hitpoints but better armor class and some thieving skills.

fireandsteel73 said:

bard to a sorcerer? bard to a ranger? [...] barbarian to mage?

Not possible. Dual-classes are restricted to the same class combinations as multi-classes, and those are hardcoded in the game (so not even mods can add new ones).

Edit: For the record, these are the possible combinations:

Fighter/Thief
Fighter/Cleric
Fighter/Druid
Fighter/Mage
Mage/Thief
Cleric/Mage
Cleric/Ranger
Cleric/Thief

Each works both ways, so you can have either Fighter->Thief or Thief->Fighter. Only the starting class can have a kit.

The most comprehensive discussion of the pros and cons of the various multi- and dual-class choices is probably this wiki page.

fireandsteel73 said:

wizard slayer to a mage?

Wizard Slayers are kinda useless in these game (unless you install the "Wizard Slayer Rebalancing" mod).

Even more so in Icewind Dale where there are few mage battles...

fireandsteel73

I like the sound of a berserker - druid/mage.

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sarevok57

i like doing the swashbuckler to fighter one and then giving that character the throwing axe +2, because they are so many enemy hordes that you fight, having infinite ammo is just convenient and swashbuckler/ fighters are just extra kicks in the pants for damage output

Wowo

For IWDee:
Kensei 9/Druid (Druid kicks arse)
Berserker 7/Cleric
Kensei 9/Mage

Round this party out with a FMT, illusionist/cleric and a Skald and you have the best possible party for HoF mode IMO.

OzzyBotkins

I'm thinking about trying a Bounty Hunter to Fighter Duel
Any one ever try it
I have always done the fighter first

Notabarbiegirl

My favorite character is a 1/2 Elf Cleric/Ranger.

Kenji

Always go for the crippled classes:
Fallen Paladin / Fallen Archer

On topic and for more practical purposes:
I did Thief -> Fighter once, at level7 Thief with 100% lockpick/trap disarm and the rest into stealth before dual-classing to Fighter. I only changed the avatar/paper doll from fighter to thief just so the hood would show in chainmails.

Skatan

The only dual-classes that really interrest me are those that aren't allowed, so I play more with multiclasses and edit in kits to make it interresting.

If bards were allowed to dual class, I would have loved to make thief to bard and/or fighter to bard and edited the bard kit. Same with monks, paladins/blackguards, rangers (to druid, mage or from thief), sorcs etc.

Juris

My favorite was Fi9 -> Thief. 5 slots in longsword (grand mastery?). Rogues warp in levels so she quickly regained her fighter abilities (and had fighter hit points). Even though she was a rogue she could keep putting points into longbow after lvl 9 and was eventually a grand master in that (with a couple points in single-weapon style for extra crits). Switching from longsword to longbow without having to swap out shields or secondary weapons was very convenient. Fairly insane backstab damage she could solo most combats by using the boots of speed to escape and re-hide. I thought about Kensai or Berserker but I wanted to use a longbow, because bows are insane too.