I'm heading out to Spellhold and I'm facing a party make-up dilemma, since I replaced a certain bounty hunter with Fade. My party (note the modifications):
- Charname = a ranger dualled to cleric. He doesn't actually worship a god, he just started manifesting divine abilities... took him a bit to realize their source. Buffing, healing, backup tanking.
- Minsc = tank, 'nuff said.
- Kivan = ranger, with archery support and backup tanking.
- Fade = illusionist dualled to thief. She scouts, disarms traps, dual-wields daggers, spits magic missiles and Secret Word/Breach in a pinch. Plus she has a tail.
- Haer Dalis = skald. Singing, occasional fighting, backup spellcaster.
- Aerie = cleric dualled to mage. Party mage, plus some backup healing and buffing. Also, in a relationship with Haer and it's very pleasant to have someone else dealing with her insecurities. Also, Minsc's witch.
"[i]You're gonna die Charlie, and there's nothin' I can do to stop it[/i]." -Desmond Hume
So who is my Charlie?? I originally thought I might leave Kivan to protect Immesvale for me. But, Minsc + R-C + Skald does not seem like a strong enough front line.
I could replace Aerie - Imoen's personality is much more tolerable. But, this incarnation of Aerie seems mechanically stronger than Imoen in almost every way.
I could replace Haer - two full mages is very useful and it would divide the party into front line and back line in a very straightforward way. But it would be more boring.
Fade could tragically die, which would make the party much stronger in battle and provide good emotional reasons for Charname to throw himself at the events in TOB. (Plus, Fade has no TOB content.) But it would mean limping around with like 1/3 of a thief. Hmmm, maybe I could edit Imoen to be a thief/mage multi...
Of course, my erstwhile half-sister might just not survive the process of restoring Bodhi's soul, and I could just carry in with my current party. So sad!
Thoughts?
- Charname = a ranger dualled to cleric. He doesn't actually worship a god, he just started manifesting divine abilities... took him a bit to realize their source. Buffing, healing, backup tanking.
- Minsc = tank, 'nuff said.
- Kivan = ranger, with archery support and backup tanking.
- Fade = illusionist dualled to thief. She scouts, disarms traps, dual-wields daggers, spits magic missiles and Secret Word/Breach in a pinch. Plus she has a tail.
- Haer Dalis = skald. Singing, occasional fighting, backup spellcaster.
- Aerie = cleric dualled to mage. Party mage, plus some backup healing and buffing. Also, in a relationship with Haer and it's very pleasant to have someone else dealing with her insecurities. Also, Minsc's witch.
"[i]You're gonna die Charlie, and there's nothin' I can do to stop it[/i]." -Desmond Hume
So who is my Charlie?? I originally thought I might leave Kivan to protect Immesvale for me. But, Minsc + R-C + Skald does not seem like a strong enough front line.
I could replace Aerie - Imoen's personality is much more tolerable. But, this incarnation of Aerie seems mechanically stronger than Imoen in almost every way.
I could replace Haer - two full mages is very useful and it would divide the party into front line and back line in a very straightforward way. But it would be more boring.
Fade could tragically die, which would make the party much stronger in battle and provide good emotional reasons for Charname to throw himself at the events in TOB. (Plus, Fade has no TOB content.) But it would mean limping around with like 1/3 of a thief. Hmmm, maybe I could edit Imoen to be a thief/mage multi...
Of course, my erstwhile half-sister might just not survive the process of restoring Bodhi's soul, and I could just carry in with my current party. So sad!
Thoughts?