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I. party concept: what you really need:
- at least 1 sorcerer as main arcane caster (just to powerfull to skip him)
- at least 2 HOF melee capable PCs
- at least one divine caster
what you need to support an ultimate AC:
- at least 12 druid levels
nice to have:
- a secondary arcane caster that levels up quite fast early in the game(cause the sorc build needs some time to get the higher level spells)
- a secondary divine caster
- at least 5 bard levels (for tymoras melody)
II. combinations and synergies More details on these builds you will find under 7.1. to 7.6.!
I. for the main arcane caster there is no real choice to a pal 2 sorc X! ( -> 7.4.)
II. at least 2 HOF capable melee fighter: best melee fighters are build around major class wizard or cleric - so I would suggest to build one with major class wiz and the other with major class cleric, this way you get a secondary arcane & divine caster for free! ( -> 7.1. & 7.2.)
III. main divine caster: if you add a few monk and pal levels you can increase AC up to 70+, be immune to fear and quite fast, use the holy avenger and get free SR this way. This together results that your cleric is not just a great divine caster and a good tank in normal game, in HOF he can perform in a defensive melee position even better then the 2 melee builds above! ( -> 7.3.)
IV. Best solution to get both, the bard and druid levels is a dual build: bard 9 druid 21 (if you don't use the weimar mod for shapeshifting) you can also add more bard levels (at least L11 in this case) ( -> 7.5.)
V. what the party still misses is a fast developping arcane caster (as the sorc build is quite slow) and some rogue/skill capabilities (even if you don't really need the rogue skills in IWD2 - from my point of view a party would be incomplete without at least some!) therefore I would suggest a rogue 10 - wizard 20 - starting with just 1 rogue level for SP and then focussing on wiz until L20! This build is quite powerfull in the early and in the late game and can stand melee ven in HOF! ( -> 7.6.)
III. what you get this way! 6 HOF capable melee fighter:
each build can stand melee in HOF!
- the sorc buffed with MI, blink, blur, tensers and M-sword or BBD!
- both melee builds and the main cleric due to high AC and buffs
- bard - druid shapeshifted as elemental half-dragon (mod) is a melee killer!
- the rogue - wizard buffed with MI, blink, blur, tensers and M-sword or BBD and sneak attacks!
5 or 6 PCs with SR:
even with not all PCs being drow or DG all can have SR!
- as both aasimar builds have a pal level they can use holy avenger and cera sumat (HOF)
- as shapeshift the elemental half-dragon has SR
- both drows have SR
- only the tiefling rogue - wiz doesn't have SR - but you could take a drow instead or give him some SR via spell
if you additional use SR from (stacking) spells on your party (GS of Lathander or better Holy Aura), they are quite immune to any magic attacks!
3 full divine caster:
- 2 clerics (L25 & L15 or L17)
- 1 druid (L21)
3 full and 2 partly arcane caster:
- sorc (L 28)
- wiz (2x L20 - 1x L5)
- bard (L9)
IV. Party performance: Quote:
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Originally Posted by silverdragon72 .
the builds described under 7.1. to 7.6. are my party set up. As house rule I always reload when a PC dies, so I never use spells like Raise Dead or Resurrection! - I played the normal mode on insane - fights were I need to reload in the normal game:
- targos palisade (due to using the ultra hard undead targos mod): 4 attempts
- toraks camp (due to using the ultra hard undead targos mod): 3 attempts
- BS: a few reloads caused by not killing enemy in time
- last chamber of 8 chambers quest: 2 attempts
- 4 iron golems at monastry grave: 3 attempts
- guardian: 3 attempts
in most cases the death of only one party member caused a new attempt. The whole party would have been erased in only one case (Targos Palisade in normal game on insane), but I used "powerword reload" before this happened! 
after the guardian I finished the game without anyone dying in battle!
no one died in HOF so far (chapter 3 right now)
so I think you could consider this as a *very* powerfull party! |
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