[Midget Gems]

Hi Katherine, I like the look of the party you are playing - lots of wacko NPC's with a bias towards magic users - it reminds me of my own Midget Gems party. I used :

Ivor = Bard
Tiax (good leader once he has the gauntlets)
Quayle (smart guy who lets you know it)
Xan (life's a bitch and then you die)
Alora (tries to keep everyone happy - no chance)
Garrick ( The Mighty Garrick - need I say more)

This party can only play the last few chapters but it's fun and a real challenge. When the going got tough there would be 4 people with Mirror Image plus a bunch of summoned skeletons and the enemy wouldn't know which target to aim at.

On previous runs through the game I have played a Good team, an Evil team and an All Girl team.

For my latest attempt I had the crazy idea of having a 'Non-Playing Captain' - so I've gone for a cross between Snow White and the Fellowship of the Ring. My character is a young Princess who can't / won't kill anyone, so she has to get the NPC's to do all the work, while escorting her to BG city.

I chose to play as a Bard so I have 'Bard-Song' selected all the time, she is also allowed to do a little magic (just so long as she doesn't hurt anyone) and she has Algernon's cloak to help persuade people to help her. Playing the role of the 7 Dwarves are Kagain and Montaron, with Yeslick, Quayle and Tiax pencilled in for later (oh dear, that's only five). In the mean time Xzar and Kivan are helping out. Highlight of the trip so far was meeting Greywolf, he was much too strong for this party, so I charmed him and fed him to the wolves. Next stop is the Bandit Camp, but Kivan is getting too powerful - I may have to replace him with someone weaker to keep the party on their toes.

Ps. This is the first time that I've played Xzar - so what am I supposed to do with a mad mage with proficiency in daggers, but no Mirror Image and almost no HP ? Just stand back and listen to the music!