Yeah, in my current game (with a kensai) I don't even have anyone wearing decent armor (well, Minsc could but Boo doesn't like the cold of metal armors).
Even for some good parties it might be an idea to take Dorn along. So far in BG1 he doesn't act that evil yet so good people might be willing to team up with him to fight a common foe. To be realistic, the goal is to beat the crusaders, not to create the merriest band of best-friends-forever.
I don't want to start any arguments so please nobody take this the wrong way but I think Shar-Teel joining the team would be quite funny considering some of the chaos that happened recently and her unique personality. Thank you friends.
I don't want to start any arguments so please nobody take this the wrong way but I think Shar-Teel joining the team would be quite funny considering some of the chaos that happened recently and her unique personality. Thank you friends.
I agree. We can say what we want about the ''new'' Safana, at least they chose to keep her, which is still a good thing in my opinion.
I think Shar-Teel joining the team would be quite funny considering some of the chaos that happened recently and her unique personality.
I don't get it. She is evil (I mean, very evil) and a powerful warrior. SOD lacks of evil warriors, so she would be very useful. Also, she has a lot of potential as NPC. We know very little about her past, except that Angelo was her father, so there is plenty of room to develop her personality in an interesting way.
The problem is a bit worse for good parties, but yeah you identity the problem.
Good parties have Khalid, Minsc and Jaheira as potential front-liners, though. Plus Rasaad if SoD lets him get far enough for the Monk class to start showing its strengths.
The problem is a bit worse for good parties, but yeah you identity the problem.
Good parties have Khalid, Minsc and Jaheira as potential front-liners, though. Plus Rasaad if SoD lets him get far enough for the Monk class to start showing its strengths.
As it's been said in the OP if you run Khalid, Minsc and Jaheira then your party composition becomes..
CHARNAME - (pretend this is a backline weakling) Khalid Jaheira Minsc Dynaheir Safana
That's ok, but due to the "pair dynamic" that's the only way it works. At least for harder difficulties and the way SoD fights are. It's very static. We really need some kind of real beef here because even the tanks that we do have are pretty much second rate to some IE: Korgan, Mazzy, Ajantis, Kagain & Anomen etc.
I think we all agree here a neutral aligned fighter, barbarian or fighter multiclass would help tremendously with party compositions.
It's almost like they want you to take Khalid, Minsc, Jaheira, and Dynaheir in your party... almost like you start the next installment the in the game with those guys in your party...
In all seriousness, though, Dornan has been doing well as a front liner for my group on the evil side, with my Blade. As a result I have a very caster heavy party: Tina the Blade, Dorn, M'khiin, Glint, and Viconia.
M'khiin and Neera do a nice job taking out the vast majority of enemies with their AoE attacks, letting Dornan pull the heat from the few serious threats, while Tina turns them into minced meat thanks to buffs from Vicky and Glint.
Yeah avoiding the pair requirements for Khalid/Jaheira is a lot easier as they are recruited separately. My good aligned party consisted of Khalid and Rassad as my only real 'Frontliner' Melee fighters, with the other 4 (Corwin, Safana, Neera, CHARNAME:SHAMAN) being all manner of ranged. Worked fine for me really.
Oh god. Imagine how much they'd change Shar-Teel's personality, since she fit the "Feminazi" trope in BG 1.
You realize you're basically arguing in favor of keeping her that way, right? It's not like BG1 ever gave Shar-Teel an actual reason for why she is the way she is beyond "her father's a scumbag". Maybe there's a story there worth telling.
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Even for some good parties it might be an idea to take Dorn along. So far in BG1 he doesn't act that evil yet so good people might be willing to team up with him to fight a common foe. To be realistic, the goal is to beat the crusaders, not to create the merriest band of best-friends-forever.
She is evil (I mean, very evil) and a powerful warrior.
SOD lacks of evil warriors, so she would be very useful.
Also, she has a lot of potential as NPC. We know very little about her past, except that Angelo was her father, so there is plenty of room to develop her personality in an interesting way.
CHARNAME - (pretend this is a backline weakling)
Khalid
Jaheira
Minsc
Dynaheir
Safana
That's ok, but due to the "pair dynamic" that's the only way it works. At least for harder difficulties and the way SoD fights are. It's very static. We really need some kind of real beef here because even the tanks that we do have are pretty much second rate to some IE: Korgan, Mazzy, Ajantis, Kagain & Anomen etc.
I think we all agree here a neutral aligned fighter, barbarian or fighter multiclass would help tremendously with party compositions.
Besides, I was more replying to you saying that Good parties have it worse; I mean, at least they have options. Evil parties don't.
In all seriousness, though, Dornan has been doing well as a front liner for my group on the evil side, with my Blade. As a result I have a very caster heavy party: Tina the Blade, Dorn, M'khiin, Glint, and Viconia.
M'khiin and Neera do a nice job taking out the vast majority of enemies with their AoE attacks, letting Dornan pull the heat from the few serious threats, while Tina turns them into minced meat thanks to buffs from Vicky and Glint.
My good aligned party consisted of Khalid and Rassad as my only real 'Frontliner' Melee fighters, with the other 4 (Corwin, Safana, Neera, CHARNAME:SHAMAN) being all manner of ranged.
Worked fine for me really.