The party has finished the Wandering Village prior to taking out the dark treants, and has returned to take out the last 5 ranks of Battle Squares (normal game, will go to HoF). Composition is as follows ('+' denotes currently squatting, and is followed by the number of levels it could level up):
Deep Gnome Monk[9] (+1)
Shield Dwarf Fighter[1]/Battleguard of Tempus[11]
Drow Rogue[2]/Ranger[1]/Paladin[2]/Wizard[5] (+1)
Drow Dreadmaster of Bane[10] (+1)
Aasimar Sorceror[11]
Drow Druid[7] (+1)
The drow druid was added at the Crash Site before the Ice Temple, and squatted until I wanted more contributions from that character. The party dominates, btw.
My goals are as follows:
1) Average party level preferably lvl 16 or better by the last level of the Severed Hand (I'd say higher, but I have a lot of ECL penalties to overcome)
2) Druid up as high as she can go by Guardian fight
3) Monk to hit lvl 20 ASAP for HoF
4) Preferably hit lvl 30 by the end of HoF
What suggestions do you have for optimal level-squatting to achieve the above goals? I am considering squatting the druid until the Guardian fight and squatting the monk once it hits lvl 13. How long should I be able to squat it? Should I consider squatting the monk for the rest of the game? I'd prefer to keep the Battleguard and the sorceror levelling up as I go along.
For further reference, what have been your best strategies for achieving goals 1 & 4 (from the beginning of a normal game)?
Party-specific level squatting questions
Party-specific level squatting questions
When your back is against the wall... the other guy is in a whole lotta trouble.
Goal 1) will be reached even without level squatting.
Goal 2) just don't level up until then
Goal 3) requires that you're able to desquat the whole party up to level 22 at once, that's 6 levels higher than in a regular game. The easiest way is probably levelling the druid and sorc to 18 and the battleguard to 1/17 or similar and leave the others as they are as mules.
Goal 4) should be easy if you stop levelling just before the average party level reaches 24. 20 levels are enough to get most bonusses anyway.
If the skeletons are still respawning in Fell Wood the easiest way is just keeping on killing them until you can desquat your whole party to level 30 at once.
Goal 2) just don't level up until then
Goal 3) requires that you're able to desquat the whole party up to level 22 at once, that's 6 levels higher than in a regular game. The easiest way is probably levelling the druid and sorc to 18 and the battleguard to 1/17 or similar and leave the others as they are as mules.
Goal 4) should be easy if you stop levelling just before the average party level reaches 24. 20 levels are enough to get most bonusses anyway.
If the skeletons are still respawning in Fell Wood the easiest way is just keeping on killing them until you can desquat your whole party to level 30 at once.