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Whats your best four man party?

Sloty1984Sloty1984 Member Posts: 164
in Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition
Was thinking about

F/M/T Crossbow and Longswords
Ranger/Cleric Sling and dual wielding blunt weapons
Archer Longbow
Dwarven Defender Axe Hammer , later dual wield

What do you think about this party or what would you change?

Comments

  • atcDaveatcDave Member Posts: 2,860
    Obviously IWD is made for this sort of experimenting. I think melee is a huge part of this game, so the most obvious thing is two warriors (any sort) backed by a cleric and a mage/thief.
    That said, I think my favorite four character team was a Paladin/Undead Hunter and a fighter/cleric for melee. Backed by a Bard and a Fighter/Mage/Thief. That actually started as a three character team (without the Bard), but I found just the three sort of boring.
    And really, I generally find a full six more interesting.
  • oakheartoakheart Member Posts: 69
    I find a party of 4 quite hard to balance (I prefer a party of 3 or 5).

    I'd probably go with:

    1) Fighter/druid
    2) Dwarven defender
    3) Mage/thief (or fighter/thief, if you like melee)
    4) Mage/cleric

    I really enjoy having a sorceror in my party, but I can't really justify them a place in a party of 4.
  • Sloty1984Sloty1984 Member Posts: 164
    Do you think a dwarven defender or an undead hunter is better?
  • sarevok57sarevok57 Member Posts: 6,090
    Sloty1984 wrote: »
    Do you think a dwarven defender or an undead hunter is better?

    flavor wise the undead hunter is better

    power game wise the dwarven defender is better
  • atcDaveatcDave Member Posts: 2,860
    Both are extremely effective in this game. The Dwarven Defender is more broadly *powerful*, but you will face A LOT of Undead in this game that makes the Undead Hunter extremely effective.
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