When exams are over at the end of January I'm gonna delve into BG:EE in a 3 man multiplayer session over a couple of days with two friends of mine. (LAN like in the good old days with half a day spent on just getting a network game running if they don't manage to patch it first!).
We've looked into what classes to include to have a well rounded party, that ideally does not have to pick up NPCs along the way unless it's for a quest or some such. We've been perusing different forums about what multi/dual classes to bring and what classes we should have available. We will be playing without the level cap restriction (lvl 40 mod), and may want to bring the characters into BG2:EE (undecided so far). Our thoughts on what to roll so far is:
-Human fighter that will dual to thief at level 9
-Dwarf multi class fighter/cleric
-Sorcerer (race undecided)
We are aware that we will miss a thief until we can get our dual class guy into it, and might end up bringing Imoen along for that purpose. There are a few things we are uncertain of although we've been through a lot of the knowledge forums on the topic of dual/multiclass.
So our questions are the following (for now atleast):
-Is it even a viable setup? Are there some option we might experience as more well rounded?
-Is there any advantage to a dual classed fighter (lvl9)/thief compared to a multiclass fighter/thief when we remove the xp cap? (We are aware multiclasses level slower with split in xp)
-Are there better options than the sorcerer? The guy that is going to play mage has a thing for wild mages, but we are a bit concerned that it will be...hmm... unreliable in the beginning of the game.
-I heard mention of a blackguard with longbow being a great option for BG1 due to the poison attacks, but is it viable for bringing into BG2?
-We plan to play on either core rules or +50% - will we experience the latter as "too difficult" with the setup we've chosen so far?
Any constructive comments and thoughts are appreciated. We're not experts in the AD&D rules, so we thought we'd ask around a bit before deciding on our best options.
Thank you :)
/Av'
We've looked into what classes to include to have a well rounded party, that ideally does not have to pick up NPCs along the way unless it's for a quest or some such. We've been perusing different forums about what multi/dual classes to bring and what classes we should have available. We will be playing without the level cap restriction (lvl 40 mod), and may want to bring the characters into BG2:EE (undecided so far). Our thoughts on what to roll so far is:
-Human fighter that will dual to thief at level 9
-Dwarf multi class fighter/cleric
-Sorcerer (race undecided)
We are aware that we will miss a thief until we can get our dual class guy into it, and might end up bringing Imoen along for that purpose. There are a few things we are uncertain of although we've been through a lot of the knowledge forums on the topic of dual/multiclass.
So our questions are the following (for now atleast):
-Is it even a viable setup? Are there some option we might experience as more well rounded?
-Is there any advantage to a dual classed fighter (lvl9)/thief compared to a multiclass fighter/thief when we remove the xp cap? (We are aware multiclasses level slower with split in xp)
-Are there better options than the sorcerer? The guy that is going to play mage has a thing for wild mages, but we are a bit concerned that it will be...hmm... unreliable in the beginning of the game.
-I heard mention of a blackguard with longbow being a great option for BG1 due to the poison attacks, but is it viable for bringing into BG2?
-We plan to play on either core rules or +50% - will we experience the latter as "too difficult" with the setup we've chosen so far?
Any constructive comments and thoughts are appreciated. We're not experts in the AD&D rules, so we thought we'd ask around a bit before deciding on our best options.
Thank you :)
/Av'