Hey i havent played iwd on a long time and im going to start playing it agen but i need some tips what class race and all that i shall start whit?

Well, first off you'd need a balanced party. Some people disagree with others on what is a good 'balanced' party, but I'd say approximately: 2 fighters, 1 bard, 1 thief, 1 mage, 1 cleric. You may want to dual/multi class these to allow more classes into the group. Second, choose the race which is best at it. For example, make a age a gnome to get 19 int and make a fighter a dwarf for the extra con (do they get extra str as well?).

Ultimately, though, the decisions are yours...

are you going for a party of 6,5,4,3,2,1?

Sonic,

You might want to consider using multi-class characters; especially if you are playing the entire IWD/HOW/TOLM series, and even MORE so if you are playing in Heart of Fury mode. It is entirely possible to build a multi-class Elven Fighter-Mage-Thief that reaches 30/30/30 at the end of the game! Two class multi-class characters such as a Ranger/Cleric or Fighter/Druid are also doable. My final party in IWD HOF mode, running through all three parts was:

Human Paladin
Dwarven Fighter
Elven Fighter/Mage/Thief
Ranger/Cleric*
Fighter/Druid*
Elven Fighter/Mage

*Don't remember the races on those two

I also swapped in a bard at one point in place of the Elven Fighter/Mage.

Go with characters that you like playing and don't fret the details TOO much. Having a reasonably well balanced party IS essential and when playing HOF mode that implies a SIGNIFICANT amount of Summoning and Area effect spell capability!

I am going to go solo and need some tips about classes and races.

Going solo?

Are you playing all three sections and are you playing on HoF mode or standard difficulty?

Only got normal Iwd not expencion difficult on highest and i was thinking about a half-elf bard ^^

<font face="Verdana" size="3" color="#00FF00">Soloing a bard (any single class) will be a difficult challenge.

I did a half-elf Fighter/Cleric/Mage without any real difficulty on normal, that I recommend turning the difficulty up a notch or two for this class could be a good idea as the undead areas are quite easy.

I have heard people who have had difficulty with a Fighter/Mage/Thief because they got stuck at the Yuan-Ti summoner. A cleric has some spells that will easily get you past this. This combo provides you with all the necessary thief skills: knock, find Traps, and mirror image for disarming traps. Most importantly it has healing and buff spells as you require them.</font>

[ 03-08-2004, 02:57 PM: Message edited by: pritchke ]

I would agree with Pritchke's lead about playing a multi-class: either FMT or FCM. IIRC, I have seen posts on just about every single class being soloed with various degrees of success so apparently it IS doable.

Try a cleric/ranger or a ranger dual-classed to cleric or a pure ranger.