[BG_DaDDy]

my perfect party:

human undead hunter
half-orc barbarian (the best fighter)
half-orc fighter/thief
half-elf fighter/druid
human kensai -> mage
human bard (blade)

Imo undead hunter is better than inquisitor cuz fast true sight can be easily traded off with a mage with robe of vecna, and u won't use it so many times in one battle. (cleric can cast it too, just a bit slow but if u have low AC he wont get interrupted easily) Level drain is the most annoying thing in the game imo.

A sorcerer in a party is just over-killed i think. Every time i try to launch a time stop with IA to get my spells combo, the fighters already kill most of them with their greater whirlwinds. So i choose a kensai/mage, which is just good as a pure mage, but provides some extra melee power. I use buffing/disabling spells and some summons most of the time rather than area-effect spells since i think damaging spells are just taking up spaces. Sure, the effects are cool, but using warriors hacking and hammering are just way easier. 4 fighters with greater whirlwind can kill most bosses in 1 or 2 rounds, so my mage doesnt even have a chance to cast some big mean spells. i just use him to buff/debuff/breach/dispel/summons/wish, or just bring up one image and having it cast tenser's transformation and start hacking with staf of magi.

Every powerful party needs a bard; the enhanced bard song is just so good. Get an image (mislead), having it singing, and ur real bard casting spells or shooting arrows.

The only summons that i'm using are sword, greater elemental summonings and planetar, rest of the summons just suck. Skeleton warriors get banished too easily in later stage (or get heavily pounded), and so as the other summons spells. Conjure fire elemental sucks when u get a 8HD one, and it get charmed easily.

Greater Whirlwind is the best HLA's. (after those cheesy traps) Just load with bunch of them and pound it, and those monsters will be dead in like 2 seconds. Smite is also good when combining with fast attack, (knockback + stun, only get to pick once though) and assassinate for maximum damage combining with good attack per round.