best/favorite race/class

[ElfEleven]

im sure this has been asked many times before but im hoping to find out what races and classes have worked the best in neverwinter as far a utilising all or most of their skills and feats from you far more experienced neverwinter nights players.
as a 25 year d&d veteran, i understand that its best to play what you feel most comfortable with or what would give the greatest challenge or bring the most interest, but i also understand that some skill and/or feats just
never really come into play within some computer rpgs.
( as in, are you really going to use appraise much?)
so im hoping to find what has worked for others that goes beyond just personal favs, or maybe its your fav because it works so well in this game.
so has anyone found any completely useless skills, feats or spells?
or a class or package that just doesnt have a fair amount of magic items, or is really weak in gameplay and plot, and totally at a disadvantage?
i would appreciate any feedback and suggestions.
until then i will keep creating all sorts of combinations to take through the prelude until one just clicks...
thanks.

[Noober]

In most cases Human > others. My favorite, and also the best, class is Sorc.

[Fat Puck]

Humans have definitely more skills. However I think the fighter can give you a great satisfaction, exp if you have devastating/overwhelming critical and if you combine it with weapon master. In spite of that, fighter can suffer a lot against magic and the only tactics is to disrupt mages' concentration and kill them before they even speak. Fighter also= more feats.

[Fat Puck]

I'm sorry for this new post: I think also monk could be great because is almost self-sufficient. I mean, he can heal himself, he's deadly quick, he doesn't need weapons and gets a lot of immunities (anyway, it always depends on the level you're playing it).

[Dragonosopher]

Originally Posted by Noober

In most cases Human > others. My favorite, and also the best, class is Sorc.

Sorcs all the way. i made a straight up sorc, no pristige classes, and he was unstoppable. also, for some reason i get annoyed if i dont play elven. I cant stand having to make active search checks, and i find the stats given to elves to fit my play style perfectly.

[Raumoheru]

hmmmm i tried playing a sorc and thot he was really incredibly weak. maybe i just dont know how to use em right..

i like playing a monk
or a fighter with armor that has SR

[koz-ivan]

Originally Posted by Raumoheru

hmmmm i tried playing a sorc and thot he was really incredibly weak. maybe i just dont know how to use em right..

sorc's can be pretty tricky to use effectively, pick a few "wrong" spells or feats and it's tough to overcome.

i like playing a monk
or a fighter with armor that has SR

monk's are pretty cool, all sorts of cool tricks, powerful enough in melee, great saves.

fave race - humans, though i did have a thing for gnomish wizards...

on a similar note - i'm becoming a big fan of paladins - esp in sou.
1. - good attacks, what they lack in weapon spec. they can gain w/ their spells, holy avenger and smite.

2. - good saves - though admittedly this isn't that big a deal in the oc where there is an item to protect you from anything you need.

3. - protection from evil - for a 1st level spell it seems insanely usefull.

4. - decent hit points.

5. - versatility (see above). in the oc's they seem to have all the skills they need, in class diplomatic skills, fighting skills, some spells, healing, ect ect.

[Dragonosopher]

am I the only guy here who plays elves on a regular basis?

[Raumoheru]

i always play a half elf

does that count?

[Dragonosopher]

Half elf?

I guess they are usefull in a few ways, but i see either going normal elf, or human having greater advantages.

Half elf is not an effective compromise in my opinion. it just seems a weaker elf to me, but thats just my opinion.

[RenigadeRhino]

dont worry, im an elf player too. i dont think ive ever made a char that ive stuck with that wasnt an elf.
i love their being able to search without having to activate it.
their immune to sleep, and get heaps of skill bonuses.
i just enjoy them a whole lot more than other races.

[Fat Puck]

I always play elf when I decide to have a female character because... they're really cute! If I remember I never played a male elf. Only a male half-elf ranger.

Only once I played a half-orc (barbarian-fighter): very stupid, no diplomatic, very evil, but a real death-bringer. But I got annoyed by the fact I like having the option to be diplomatic and he was too stupid, no wise and a little charismatic.

I tried to play a dwarf for the dwarf defender, but he was too "static".

I liked a thief-assassin halfling who was deadly with his sneak-death attacks.

Never played a gnome.

[Criyton]

I love playing as elves. Same as Rhino i havent found a character i liked that wasnt an elf. Bioware and the rest of the people making these games need to improve a couple things in my opinions like the elves ability to rapidly fire bows(pisses me off that a elf fires at the same rate with the same penalties as a human) but what can i do about that. As for a favorite class i find it fairly easy to hack and slash through anything with a straight up fighter. Mages have a really hard time starting out because of their low hp and the familiars arnt that great either,and even when they become more powerful they cant remember enough spells to take on a whole dungeon without resting a few times. Rouges are fun to play with sneak attacks especially with a rank in shadowdancer for the hide in plain site feat. Pop in kill and pop out of sight for anotehr..... but its so much work when you have 50 kobolds or drow stormign at you with swords arrows and spells. I personally hated that there is no domains for clerics and druids or subraces. It just limits the whole aspect of a rpg to a hey make it our way or dont play at all. I seriously hope the fix it all in NwN2 but rolly they wont. Thank Mystra for the people who took the time to create cloaks and scabbards in the nwvault and make it somewhat more realistic and fun. I LIKE seeing my character draw swords fom scabbards and not from somewhere in his lower back end. If you some of my advice as a moderate player go ahead and use elves or humans. Though a elf with high dex for his AC weilding two light weapons and the Weapon Finesse feat to have his attack rolls also depend on that Dex makes a very good character and saves you some ability points to put twards Con or maybe Int for some arcana. True you may not get as great of criticals but you can so easily raise your dex with items it isnt even funny thus giving you the ability to deal some very nice damage very quickly. If you go Weaponmaster you can beef up your critical multipliers to a devastating effect.

[Screaming Johny]

Since the question is favourite, my favourite race is halfling, and favourite class is theif. Basically, I like the kind of character everyone underestimates.

Having said that, I should point out that this is not a very powerful character in NWN (which kind of annoys me to be honest). This type of character was much more powerful in Baldur's Gate II. Maybe I am just building him wrong. Hey, I think I'll start a thread about it and ask.

[Criyton]

on a side note i misinturpreted the Weapon Finesse which doesnt put Dex twards attacking but the rool for the hit... my bad...... BUT Elves STILL RULE!!