Now before you get your knickers in a twist because these class kits aren't at the top of the easy to exploit pile....
I have actual storyline purposes. I think a think a Wizard Slayer who has a grudge against Jon Irenicus would be super compelling and easily add to the destructive path Jon cuts without hurting anything. Not cheesy...and if you make him distrustful of all magic users...potentially very funny with banter. And it gives you a lot of room to make many side quests funny in new ways like the Mage Stronghold or the Planar Sphere quests for instance.
Also if you make sure that the WS is human you can leave it open to dual to a thief, giving you another possible thief character who can use the Use Any Item ability to compensate for the WS weaknesses for meta gamers.
Along the same lines...you could have an Undead Hunter Buffy The Vampire Slayer spoof who is hunting Vamps around Bodhi's layer...similar kind of pathology. Just...someone who despises vampires instead of Mages but you could make this character obsessed with his or her job and expand on related vampire activity for new quests. There's so many undead centric points to SOA that it feels like a good fit, even if it's not as inspired as the Wizard Slayer.
I know people want thieves (because they're drastically needed!) ...But there really aren't many characters that understand the PC's obsession with the main antagonists. Also there's not many folks you can dual class in SOA. And if the rumors of an Evil Assassin making the cut are true, you've got one thief in the bag already. I just feel there are some kits which are underrepresented over the course of both games. BG1 has a lot of Vanilla classed NPC's that overlap a bit too much, and SOA has a lot of random picks that don't really align with the main story as much. And almost no one lists those kits as popular when people talk about PC's they're rolling anyway.
Maybe make the Undead Hunter a girl Half-ling? A Mini Buffy? I'd just like to see a few more options overall that feel like a good fit. What do you think?
I have actual storyline purposes. I think a think a Wizard Slayer who has a grudge against Jon Irenicus would be super compelling and easily add to the destructive path Jon cuts without hurting anything. Not cheesy...and if you make him distrustful of all magic users...potentially very funny with banter. And it gives you a lot of room to make many side quests funny in new ways like the Mage Stronghold or the Planar Sphere quests for instance.
Also if you make sure that the WS is human you can leave it open to dual to a thief, giving you another possible thief character who can use the Use Any Item ability to compensate for the WS weaknesses for meta gamers.
Along the same lines...you could have an Undead Hunter Buffy The Vampire Slayer spoof who is hunting Vamps around Bodhi's layer...similar kind of pathology. Just...someone who despises vampires instead of Mages but you could make this character obsessed with his or her job and expand on related vampire activity for new quests. There's so many undead centric points to SOA that it feels like a good fit, even if it's not as inspired as the Wizard Slayer.
I know people want thieves (because they're drastically needed!) ...But there really aren't many characters that understand the PC's obsession with the main antagonists. Also there's not many folks you can dual class in SOA. And if the rumors of an Evil Assassin making the cut are true, you've got one thief in the bag already. I just feel there are some kits which are underrepresented over the course of both games. BG1 has a lot of Vanilla classed NPC's that overlap a bit too much, and SOA has a lot of random picks that don't really align with the main story as much. And almost no one lists those kits as popular when people talk about PC's they're rolling anyway.
Maybe make the Undead Hunter a girl Half-ling? A Mini Buffy? I'd just like to see a few more options overall that feel like a good fit. What do you think?