<font color="cyan">Here goes:

Dwarven Fighter - 2*Axe, 2*Great Swords
Human Paladin - 2*Great Sword/2*Large Sword
Halfling Thief - *Dagger/*Missile
Human Necro -*Missile
Human Cleric - *Mace/*Stave
Elven Ranger - **Missile Weapons/*Large Sword

What do you think?

I think they were the correct proficiences, so lets just see if it is better than BG1!!!</font>

Just one question. Two actually. Are you playing HOW aswell and on what difficulty setting are you playing ? Depending on this i would make the thief a multi class. Maybe a thief/mage. Again adhering to the above you might want to switch your ranger or fighter for a fighter/druid. And maybe swith your necromancer to a bard aswell.
If you are only playing IWD on a normal setting then it looks OK.

[ 02-14-2002: Message edited by: JR Jansen ]</p>

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Lavindathar:
<font color="cyan">Here goes:

Dwarven Fighter - 2*Axe, 2*Great Swords
Human Paladin - 2*Great Sword/2*Large Sword
Halfling Thief - *Dagger/*Missile
Human Necro -*Missile
Human Cleric - *Mace/*Stave
Elven Ranger - **Missile Weapons/*Large Sword</font><hr></blockquote>

I'm at the end of ToL with a similar party: dwarven ftr, half elf ftr, halfling thief, half elf mage (no spec.), gnomish cleric, and human ranger. I had NO trouble---well, except for the mage thinking he was invincible [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img] ...Actually they made a rather awesome team! By the time they got to ToL, the ftrs both had +++++ on two types of swords (sword/ax for the dwarf)!

You see to have a lot of manpower, but very little magic. I'd go with the thief mage idea and possibly a bard.

I would give each character a missile weapon. My group rains projectile death quite fast. Half of the battles end quickly when all six guys target one baddies at a time.

I used 2 crossbows 2 short/long bows 2 slings which is a good mix.

I'll second Morgalas: I made sure each character that could do so started with "2-star" proficiency with ranged weapons. It's a beautiful thing to be able to "reach out and touch someone" and have a good portion of the enemy fallen before they ever land a blow. All my warriors specialized in bow; and I had each specialize in a melee weapon that was different than what the others picked. (Most of my party consists of warriors, since I am going to dual several fighters over to other classes.)

Have fun with your party!

I went through IWD once, and am starting a new game cuase I just got HOW and TOTLM. Am attempting Heart of Fury mode...

This is my party
Lvl str Dex Con Int Wis Cha
Amara - Female Paladin 17 19* 19* 18 10 16 17
Faldrin - Female Fighter 18 18/23 19* 17 11 11 11
Drahomira - Female Cleric 24 18 18 18 6 18 7
Audrigh - Fem Ranger/Clc 14 18/15 19* 18 9 18 3
Tanoch - Fem Fght/Mage 13/13 20* 17* 16 17 11 11
Novem - Fem Thief/Mage 27 18 19* 18 6 7 18

All have ranged attacks: Amara/Throwing Axe +2, Fladrin/Long Bow Defender, Drahomira and Audrigh have Slings, Tanoch uses a X-bow and NOvem a short bow..

All characters we're natuarlly rolled. The stats with * mean the stat is enhanced through equipment...

[ 02-15-2002: Message edited by: Tanoch Thas'ala ]</p>

Pretty much any party could work, provided that you are creative enough to cook up effective strategies. My personal favorite party started out with these proficiencies:

Dwarven Fighter - **Axes, **Flails
Human Paladin - **Great Swords, **Crossbows
Halfling Cleric - *Maces, *Slings
Half-Elven Druid - *Large Swords, *Daggers
Half-Elven Conjurer - *Quarter Staves
Elven Mage/Thief - *Short Swords, *Bows

This may not look like much at first glance, lots of people say that it contains too little raw fighting power, but believe me: they can kick some serious butt. Two warriors, backed by a good deal of divine/arcane magic is really all you need IMO.

<font color="cyan">I've just got up to deep into the Vale of the Shadows, and my party is doing ok. A bit more magic could be good, as I have to rest a lot for my spells to regenerate.

I'm playing bogstandard IWD, no HOW yet. I will get it asap though!!!

I might level my theif up a bit, and then dual him to a Mage. What level would you think I should dual at?</font>

Ill second secretmaster magic will help