Help with 6th Party Member?

SirBundlesofJoy_1912

Hello everyone,

I have just started up a new run in Icewind Dale, and I am having a little trouble coming up with a sixth party member. I figured it would be fun to ask everyone to design a character for my consideration. When I pick the one I like, I will let everyone know.

Here is who I have so far:


Krina - female human paladin (undead hunter)

Dragos - male human paladin (undead hunter)

Splint - male dwarf cleric

Blak Kat - female drow thief

Moonarrow - male elf fighter/magic-user

???


I have my bases covered pretty well, I think. The undead hunters will come in handy when dealing with the copious amounts of undead in the tombs and the elven towers. I have a cleric, thief, and mage. The hunters, thief, and elf have missile weapons as well as their melee weapon.

Who should be the sixth member?

Create a character, as detailed as you want to, and after I get a bunch I will pick my 6th party member.

Skatan

Not very detailed, but I would think a bard/skald, a druid(or kit) or a sorc would all fit for different reasons. The cleric and thief may have to low APR to make a skald superior, but it usually fits thematically anyways. A sorc is, as always, almost too good for IWD, but since you have no single class arcane char, that would of course add alot of value for your team. Druids have great spells in IWD and would be a good addition to the team as well.

Merina

druid or skald

Svar

I'm going to also recommend druid. Druids have access to some stuff that your regular divine casters won't, like Entangle, which can be clutch in the right situation.

Tarlugn

If you haven´t tried shamans yet, give one a go! Picking divine spells from the druid selection as you level up is great fun, and the summons, though random, can make battles easier. Also, the third good point of shamans is detect illusion which reveals invisible foes, though I don´t think there were many In ID. After all spells are cast, shaman can shoot arrows with shortbow, or maybe toss an axe or two. Melee is kind of last resort, yet with Iron Skins perfectly doable in a sense that shaman will get up to two spells cast while under attack.

BillyYank

There's no shamans in IWD yet.

tbone1

Cleric/mage? There's plenty of undead in IWD, IIRC, XYZ, PDQ, and adding another divine caster wouldn't hurt.

cherryzero

Doesn't IWD EE have War Chant of the Sith for a bardsong? If so I'd go for a bard just for that alone, though their other songs are actually pretty useful too.

lolien

I also suggest bard. I prefer unkitted, but others get good songs too.

JumboWheat01

Bards are great at fitting into a last slot. They're flexible and normally have great Lore.

magarity

An unkitted bard is what that party needs, guaranteed.

rapsam2003

Svar said:

I'm going to also recommend druid. Druids have access to some stuff that your regular divine casters won't, like Entangle, which can be clutch in the right situation.

I actually find myself using sleep and entangle a LOT in IWD1 & 2. Seriously.

Bard songs are also a great addition, but I'd actually pick druid (since there's some overlap between bard and fighter/mage, imho).