[Kayless]

Originally posted by baileyatbrats
But, what about the role-play?

There’s no reason why you can’t do both (role-play and optimize your characters). As I've mentioned elsewhere, I'm planning on using a dwarven paladin in my IWDII party. Now dwarves and paladins aren't exactly a frequent combo, but I constructed one that not only met my role-playing image but also was combat practical. I chose a gold dwarf instead of the basic shield dwarf (since shield dwarves get a Cha penalty, which is a no-no for paladins) and since I didn't envision this character as spell-user I decided multi-class him to a fighter after 3 paladin levels. This way he gets detect evil, divine grace, lay on hands, divine health, aura of courage, smite evil, remove disease, and turn undead without having spells (which start at 4th level). This way he's an excellent fighter, but retains all the paladin abilities (except spells of course). Who says you can't have the best of both worlds? http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/winkgrin.gif