Lucubrations about party and Tank spot =)

Judas

Hello Fellas

the release is coming and i want to share my lucubrations of an afternoon @work =DD

My party is almost decided, i care more about fun and my personal gameplay style then pure raw power and min maxing, anyway i have enough experience to know that this gonna be a solid party.

I will pregenerate 4 char and leave 2 slots for NPG with relative quest diaalogue etc. etc.

Main char: skald crossbow user (xbow of speed), high char main is always good, bards are amazing support class and the skald song is pure doping for heavily melee party

Half orc fighter/cleric: 19 str, dual welding hammer, a couple of buff, skald song and he will delete every form of life from the sword coast =D

Elf Fighter/thief: 19 dex, bow user. Enough of backstabbing, just traps and solid archery.... not great feeling about him but is necessary (alternative suggestions very welcome)

Dorn : new evil npc, cool story probably, new class, 2h greatwsord mofo

Edwin: best mage in the game, i never killed Dynaheir ... =D


Here we go about the last slot... for the tank.
What i would like is use a shield and the sword and shield style, the are both crappy i know ...but in bg1 overall they can be decent considering the deadly archery system
Then i would say that kill again that ***** of dritzz and use his +2 ac scimitar is mandatory =D

First and better choice that come to my mind is good old F/M.

But I was looking somthing different. I played half milion of ELF fighter/mage or human kensai dual to mage, dual welding katanas or scimitar... awesome DPS/TANK/EVERYTHING sure, but i think is enough. Besides in bg1 a f/m dw char. gonna be a very weak tank for all the first part of the game (lets say untill he get mirror image twice a day)

Let go with the options so:

Gnome fighter/illusionist

solid choice, can achive 18 con and get bonus saves for high con, 19 int, 1 extra spell per day that at low level is very good... besides i never played this little pathetic race, so maybe now that im and old man im ready to roll an eveil little gnome =D

Human berserker3/mage

dual classing in bg1 is sick and painfull, so dual at lvl 3 is the only "not pain in the ass" way to enjoi the game for all his lenght (alternative suggestions very welcome about this point)

I will get 3 point in scimitar insted of 2, so +2 to hit and +1 to damge that is nice, plus a nice combat buff and immunity to some nasty shit once per day ...you think is worhty/decent? mhhh dont really know

Fighter/druid

would be so nice, i never tried one and i think can be a funny tank. But no good align for druids so no drittzz scimitar... thats sux.

???? what else =D


Thanks for reading and please feel free to give some alternative/hints/ideas for the tank or about anything else =D

Excalibur_2102

... Okay I know this is totally useless for the OP, but at first I thought I read "Lubrication about party and tank spot" .. lol

Ascerion

Uh, yeah. I was wondering the exact same thing.

Lemernis

Thanks for broadening my vocabulary OP.

Berserker/Mage sounds interesting, much as I share your distaste for dual-classing.

Oxford_Guy

Judas said:

Hello Fellas

the release is coming and i want to share my lucubrations of an afternoon @work =DD

My party is almost decided, i care more about fun and my personal gameplay style then pure raw power and min maxing, anyway i have enough experience to know that this gonna be a solid party.

I will pregenerate 4 char and leave 2 slots for NPG with relative quest diaalogue etc. etc.

Main char: skald crossbow user (xbow of speed), high char main is always good, bards are amazing support class and the skald song is pure doping for heavily melee party

Is it worth giving a character a very expensive weapon who's going to playing the Skald song most of the time and casting spells in-between? What about the heavy crossbow of Accuracy (THACO +5) instead (though you don't get that until later)?

I like the *idea* of having a Skald in my party, though worry about the potential disengaged feeling of CHARNAME just standing in the wings for most battles, or am I missing something? e.g. Does bard song "linger" for a while after you stop playing it, allowing you to occassionally shoot your crossbow or cast a spell before resuming, or does Bard song just stop abrutly?

reedmilfam

I'm wondering why this last character is the 'tank'. The berserker, the fighter/cleric and Dorn all seem tank-y to me. Anyway, I might just be confused, as I count 5 characters, this being the last. Cavalier seems like a strong tank-style class and one that I'll probably play at some point to try out.

Judas

LOL @Lubrication =D

@Oxford_Guy
I tested the skald song in BG2, first of all have a shorter range then standard bard song and then yes, take a little while to start the effect and linger for a little while when u perform any action.
Yeah probably will be a very static character, singing and buffing most of the time, that expensive wepaon will be a luxury u are right... i will think about it.

@reedmilfam
Although i would love a pala tank, im going to play an evil party so he will loose his status very soon.
Finally, i know that the concept of tank is not that clear in BG, but still a 2hander or a dualw doesnt really fit my idea of tank and they are both (probably) gonna be bishotted by the bandit archers =D

Mungri

I read lubrication and thought 'is this thread about dildos?'.

But alas, it is not about dildos so I am dissapoint.

Judas

Can someone pls focus on the tank ideas and not on the dildos? HAHAHAHAHAHAAHHA =D

reedmilfam

I was. I thought Cavalier was a good choice for your tank :P

Mungri

Judas said:

Hello Fellas

the release is coming and i want to share my lubrications. I will impregnate 4 chars, and for the last one a tank. What i would like is my sword and the penetration style, the are both floppy i know ...but in bg1 overall they can be decent considering the deadly penetration system.

Elf Fighter/thief: 19 sex, blow user. Enough of barebacking, just fap and solid thrusting.... not great feeling about him but is necessary (alternative suggestions very welcome)

Then i would say that kill again that ***** of jizz and use his +2 scimitar of thrusting is mandatory =D

First and better choice that come to my mind is good old S&M.

But I was looking somthing different. I slept with half milion of ELF fighter/mage or human kensai dualed with mage, dual welding dildos of thrusting... awesome DPS/TANK/EVERYTHING sure, but i dont think is enough and must have more.

Let go with the options so:

Gnome fighter/illusionist

solid choice, can achive 18 con and get bonus saves for high con, 19 int, 1 extra spell per day that at low level is very good... besides i never played with his little pathetic ****, so maybe now I can.

dual penetration in bg1 is slick and painfull, so dual at lvl 3 is the only "not pain in the ass" way to enjoy the gay for all his length (alternative suggestions very welcome about this point)

I will get 3 point in penetration insted of 2, so +2 to screw and +1 to thrust that is nice, plus a nice bottom plug for immunity to some nasty shit once per day ...you think is worhty/decent? mhhh dont really know

Fighter/druid

would be so nice, i never tried one and i think can be a funny tank. But no good align for druids so no jizz thrusting... thats sux.

???? what else =D


Thanks for reading and please feel free to give some alternative/hints/ideas for the tank or about anything else =D

This is how I see the OP.

Judas

Mungri said:

This is how I see the OP.

ROFTL