Running a heavily modded game with SCS (Improved AI, Boss Fights, Smarter Mages and Clerics, More Convenient NPC Locations, etc), Spell Revisions, and Item Randomizer.
This means any mob with a ranged attack ignores my heavily armored fighters and focus fires onto my low hit dice, high AC casters. (During previous end-of-Chapter-Three free-for-all, poor Xan could only cast one spell before he became a bandit pin-cushion). I
It also means I can't depend on getting specific gear at set times (so I'm not starting out with the Ring of Wizardry and the free Ankheg armor, for instance).
Current party: Jaheira, Kivan, Montaron, PC Assassin, Viconia, Eldoth.
I was thinking I'd change up the party and swap in Coran and Edwin later on, for obvious reasons. Stat for stat, this should be a no brainer, right?
But here's my dilemma: This group is surprisingly resilient and effective against groups I struggled against in previous games.
I've got Eldoth loaded up with only crowd control spells (Sleep, Grease, Blind, Horror) and haven't needed anything else. Montaron is doing decent damage. He's not outdoing Kivan, of course, but he's effective with a Heavy Crossbow right now.
If I stick with Montaron & Eldoth, is this going to trip me up down the road? They're working great and I'm having a ton of fun running around Chapter Three, but I'm worried keeping them (or rather: passing up Coran & Edwin's obvious advantages) will gimp me later on.
On the other hand, I'm worried that if I pick up Edwin, he'll spend more time taking a dirt nap than casting spells.
Thoughts? Any advice appreciated!
This means any mob with a ranged attack ignores my heavily armored fighters and focus fires onto my low hit dice, high AC casters. (During previous end-of-Chapter-Three free-for-all, poor Xan could only cast one spell before he became a bandit pin-cushion). I
It also means I can't depend on getting specific gear at set times (so I'm not starting out with the Ring of Wizardry and the free Ankheg armor, for instance).
Current party: Jaheira, Kivan, Montaron, PC Assassin, Viconia, Eldoth.
I was thinking I'd change up the party and swap in Coran and Edwin later on, for obvious reasons. Stat for stat, this should be a no brainer, right?
But here's my dilemma: This group is surprisingly resilient and effective against groups I struggled against in previous games.
I've got Eldoth loaded up with only crowd control spells (Sleep, Grease, Blind, Horror) and haven't needed anything else. Montaron is doing decent damage. He's not outdoing Kivan, of course, but he's effective with a Heavy Crossbow right now.
If I stick with Montaron & Eldoth, is this going to trip me up down the road? They're working great and I'm having a ton of fun running around Chapter Three, but I'm worried keeping them (or rather: passing up Coran & Edwin's obvious advantages) will gimp me later on.
On the other hand, I'm worried that if I pick up Edwin, he'll spend more time taking a dirt nap than casting spells.
Thoughts? Any advice appreciated!
