Character Classes in IWD

[patroklos]

IWD with all its expansions has always been heavy battle orientated, so there is a fair chance that IWD2 will follow the same line as its predecesor.

Now, for the other question, after having played the game quiet a few times, I have concluded to the following party combination which provides strength and flexibility :

Human => Paladin
1/2 Elf => Ranger/Cleric (excellent spellbook)
Elf => Fighter/Thief
Elf => Fighter/Mage

In this group all members are adept fighters with ++ in weapons of choice and also there as a healthy dose of spells for those tricky moments when brute force just falls short.

[Sailor Saturn]

Originally posted by Mr Sleep:
<STRONG>Did you ever find the bow? Also give -1AC </STRONG>

What Bow is that?

[Aegis]

I think it's the Long bow: Defender...

[Sailor Saturn]

Originally posted by Aegis:
<STRONG>I think it's the Long bow: Defender...</STRONG>

Oh, that's the one that I'm having trouble with its AC bonus and the Dead Man's Face AC bonus not adding together.

[Aegis]

Odd... It's working for me...

[Sailor Saturn]

Originally posted by Aegis:
<STRONG>Odd... It's working for me...</STRONG>

In the topic I posted about the problem, Gruntboy(I think it was him) suggested that it may be because I don't have HoW installed which apparently fixes that problem.

[Omar]

The first time I played IWD I had this party:

-fighter
-ranger
-thief
-druid
-cleric
-invoker

I had a very though time going through IWD and was never able to defeat Belhifet! Also, I didn't invest much time in their stats during character creation, they could have been better...

Second time:

-fighter
-ranger
-fighter/thief
-bard
-cleric
-conjurer

Much better; got to Lower Dorn's Deep, had collected all six badges, no problem. I thought to give IWD a rest, several days later my hard disk crahsed, lost all my saved games; all I had to do was going up the stairs to Poquelin and then return to Easthaven....

[Gruntboy]

Man, that happened to me. Got all the way thru IWD with my "all-rounder" party. Then loaded up HoW. Got to Icasracht and then saved a new game on top of it. Had to do the whole thing again from scratch with my female knights.

[Mr Sleep]

Originally posted by Aegis:
<STRONG>I think it's the Long bow: Defender...</STRONG>

That's the one, best LongBow...ever!

[Sailor Saturn]

I just opened up IWD, which I haven't played since Christmas because of BG2, and found that I have Long Bow +1 Protector. Is this the bow ya'll are talking about? Or is it a different one?

[Mr Sleep]

Originally posted by Sailor Saturn:
<STRONG>I just opened up IWD, which I haven't played since Christmas because of BG2, and found that I have Long Bow +1 Protector. Is this the bow ya'll are talking about? Or is it a different one?</STRONG>

Long Bow+4: Hammer
Damage: +4
THACO: +5
AC Bonus: 1
Special: 4 Attacks per round
Speed Factor 6

Any help?

[Aegis]

haven't seen the hammer one yet..

[Mr Sleep]

Originally posted by Aegis:
<STRONG>haven't seen the hammer one yet..</STRONG>

The most annoying thing is i can't remember where i picked it up

[Gruntboy]

Its a random item, often in Ilmadia's lair methinks.

There is a long bow +1 protector which lowers AC by 1 but Sleep's is much better.

(only really protects you from missile fire, since holding missile weapons in melee gives the enemy a +4 to hit)

[Sailor Saturn]

Originally posted by Gruntboy:
<STRONG>Its a random item, often in Ilmadia's lair methinks.

There is a long bow +1 protector which lowers AC by 1 but Sleep's is much better.

(only really protects you from missile fire, since holding missile weapons in melee gives the enemy a +4 to hit)</STRONG>

That's the one I had, though I've sold it now since the AC bonus wouldn't combine with the AC Bonus from Dead Man's Face and I found the Composite Long Bow of the Hand which has better THAC0 bonus and better damage bonus.