[el_kalkylus]

6 chars
great range attacks
good melee
good magic
very easy party to use
no need for buff spells all the time
easy beginning
easy middle game
easy end

1) Swashbuckler(15)/mage - daggers++, quarterstaff++
2) Ranger(13)/cleric - flail++, mace++, sword & shieldstyle++, sling++
3) Totemic druid(14)/fighter - scimitar, club, sword & shieldstyle and sling. As a totemic druid only dart and scimitar.
4) Wizard slayer(13)/thief - short bow, quarter staff, two handed weapons.
5) Skald - short bow, scimitar
6) Keldorn - two handed sword++, crossbow++, later two handed weaponstyle++

Totemic druid makes the beginning easy with fodders. Keldorn dispels magic when party is confused or when mages have protection from magical weapons etc. Keldorn can also use Carsomyr. Wizard slayer reduces magic resistance on enemies which allows the skald and mage to kill them more easily. Mostly Keldorn and wizardslayer/thief will use ranged attacks because they don't have stoneskin or ironskin. Skald will play music in tough fights to prevent confusion, fear, and add a nice bonus to AC. Ranger/cleric is the only char with cleric spells that can be much needed in some situations, for example to remove stun effects.

So I will have two characters to take the hits (ranger/cleric and druid/fighter), the rest will be in the back shooting arrows, quarrels or throwing daggers. If needed, the wizardslayer/thief and Keldorn can help out with melee. Later in the game, the wizardslayer/thief will have some nice backstabbing to do. Most of the times, monsters will just fall to ranged attacks.

The swashbuckler will dual before the wizardslayer, but only for a few thousand experience points. So there will be a period without thieving skills. Also, the druid and ranger will dual at the same time, so Keldorn will be the only char with decent fighting skill. Of course, since the druid duals into a fighter, he will become quite good fast. With Keldorn being an NPC, I can do NPC quests like a few of Jaheira's harper quest to get the items I want.