Beastmaster I believe can dual class, but it really impacts your weapon and armor selection. Archer and stalker can't I know (but you wouldn't want them to)
Archer would make no sense since its main ability is nullified by cleric weapons ... and stalker backstabbing is severely weaker with just blunt (club and staff I guess?)
There used to be a restriction on this in I think the original ToB but BGEE/BG2EE/IWDEE should allow you to dual class any ranger kit into a cleric.
Kewl beans - I like this just from the standpoint of making some oddball .... errr interesting characters even if they may be more inept rather than adept... :-)
For whatever reason in BG2:SoA all ranger kits could dual classed to Cleric but with ToB installed the option is removed for Stalkers and Archers and only Beastmasters could dual class.
Worth noting that the archer's attack and damage bonuses do apply to slings, even if they can't grandmaster in them. So an archer/cleric wouldn't be totally pointless.
@Redrake 3.X ed, not necessarily IWD2. I always thought @Wanderon sounds familiar from NWN.
IWD2 in Wanderon's case. We've known each other from some other board since when the BIS was still alive and kicking. And NWN was just freshly released back then.
Old BG boards before ToTSC release, BG2, IWD, IWD2, PST, NWN, NWN2, and a dash or two of RTK, DAO, DA2, FO 1 & 2, (very little FO3) BGEE, BG2EE, IWDEE - I have probably wasted away thousands of hours around these boards over the past decade and a half that I could have spent much more productively - you know like by actually PLAYING instead???
Yeah, 10 years ago we're probably arguing about various tactics about IE games at Ashford City forums (for those who are unaware, the immediate successor for Interplay and BIS boards). A year later Ashford City also died and the community was dispersed, but still remained among the few other boards (mostly dedicated to modding).
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Also, for such short questions/answers we have this thread
Bonus spells for clerics and druids from extra Wis applies though.
By the time you reach TotL undead, a pally can turn those ghosts without any problems, so a pure cleric would make the game actually too easy.
We've known each other from some other board since when the BIS was still alive and kicking. And NWN was just freshly released back then.
It's been an adventure! :-)