Now that people have played through the game innumerable times, I thought it might be fun to start suggesting some unique new combinations people can try to make their next playthrough something a bit different.
I'll start:
It's worth noting beforehand that it's preferable to install a mod that gives Chapter 5 NPCs earlier locations.
Good v2.0
PC (preferably a Wizard)
Kivan
Ajantis
Coran
Alora
Yeslick
All the good-aligned NPCs who didn't make the cut! In between Kivan, Coran and Alora we're talking some serious ranged damage here (especially if you've kitted out Kivan as an Archer!). Yeslick is kind of a pain because IIRC most NPC location mods don't move him so he's not an option until later in the game. Branwen makes a decent substitution, though. The real weakness here is that your two front-liners, Yeslick and Ajantis, have both got pitiful DEX for Warriors, and you've only got one pair of Gauntlets to fix that.
Diminutive Domination
PC (of a short race)
Tiax
Quayle
Yeslick
Kagain
Alora/Montaron
They're short and they hate each other. What more is there to ask for? Tiax/Quayle and Yeslick/Kagain are both couples in need of some serious relationship counselling. This is not a devastatingly powerful party, but it's a lot of fun. The logical choice for a PC here, I think, is a CE Halfling Berserker with GM in Slings.
Powergamer's Worst Nightmare
PC (preferably a Wizard Slayer or Beastmaster. Or a triple-class)
Quayle
Faldorn
Eldoth
Garrick
Skie
With no frontline fighters, very little capacity for high-level spells, and mediocre stats all around, this party does not have a lot of weight to it. Skie is actually probably the best thief in the game after Imoen, but she's in there because Eldoth is. That being said, this party certainly has some strong points (Faldorn, while a terrible fighter and a victim of the general mediocrity of Druids in BG1, has got nice WIS, and Garrick's not a bad archer), and beating the game in SCS on Impossible would make for good bragging rights.
Any ideas from you guys?
I tried to leave out the new NPCs because I'm assuming that everyone's already using them all the time.
I'll start:
It's worth noting beforehand that it's preferable to install a mod that gives Chapter 5 NPCs earlier locations.
Good v2.0
PC (preferably a Wizard)
Kivan
Ajantis
Coran
Alora
Yeslick
All the good-aligned NPCs who didn't make the cut! In between Kivan, Coran and Alora we're talking some serious ranged damage here (especially if you've kitted out Kivan as an Archer!). Yeslick is kind of a pain because IIRC most NPC location mods don't move him so he's not an option until later in the game. Branwen makes a decent substitution, though. The real weakness here is that your two front-liners, Yeslick and Ajantis, have both got pitiful DEX for Warriors, and you've only got one pair of Gauntlets to fix that.
Diminutive Domination
PC (of a short race)
Tiax
Quayle
Yeslick
Kagain
Alora/Montaron
They're short and they hate each other. What more is there to ask for? Tiax/Quayle and Yeslick/Kagain are both couples in need of some serious relationship counselling. This is not a devastatingly powerful party, but it's a lot of fun. The logical choice for a PC here, I think, is a CE Halfling Berserker with GM in Slings.
Powergamer's Worst Nightmare
PC (preferably a Wizard Slayer or Beastmaster. Or a triple-class)
Quayle
Faldorn
Eldoth
Garrick
Skie
With no frontline fighters, very little capacity for high-level spells, and mediocre stats all around, this party does not have a lot of weight to it. Skie is actually probably the best thief in the game after Imoen, but she's in there because Eldoth is. That being said, this party certainly has some strong points (Faldorn, while a terrible fighter and a victim of the general mediocrity of Druids in BG1, has got nice WIS, and Garrick's not a bad archer), and beating the game in SCS on Impossible would make for good bragging rights.
Any ideas from you guys?
I tried to leave out the new NPCs because I'm assuming that everyone's already using them all the time.