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Jack of Speed · 11-10-2002, 02:18 PM

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ok this is my party...

Leader Dwarf high con with shield

Human barbarian high str

elf ranger long bow high dex

drow wizard
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Sounds good to me. The first time I played through the game and then through HoF I had a Drow Sorcerer. He ruled! Having a spellcaster with magic resistance is NICE! and the level penalties werent to bad. There is a trick to it that I heard a LONG time ago on this forum. The way the game works with EXP is to divide it up evenly among your characters; however if the number cant be divided evenly the remainder goes to the PARTY LEADER. So if you keep your Drow in charge of your galavanting band of raggamuffins he will SLOWLY catch up to everyone else. I say slowly because the remainder is usualy only a few
EXP point. BUT this combined with the "How to be an Adventurer" books that you can by at the Monestary in the 4th chapter actualy put my Drow AHEAD of the rest of my party. The first one in regular IWDII gives you 10,000 exp for 100,000 gp in heart of Fury its 20,000 exp. OR if you cant wait this long you can find a cheap tactic that will alow your wizard to kill enemies by himself and then KILL or let be killed your own party(evil huh?) and let your wizard level squat somewhere. You see when your party members are dead... they gain NO exp it all goes to the living memebers. So if there is only ONE living member he gets ALL the EXP. [img]smile.gif[/img] Cheesy. But if your impatient it is definatly a possibility.

A dwarf leading the party though??? I wouldnt. What class will he be? If hes the leader you want him to have high Charisma and Intelligence. Whats your wizards Charisma at? He may actualy be a better choice to lead. And you will probably want to put a couple rouge levels into the ranger so he can Disable traps and Pick locks. Human barbarian is a good choice, I would lower his charisma and intelegince down to 3 each. and pump everything else up.

The game may be difficult with only 4 characters though. And a cleric is a MUST!!!

11-10-2002, 02:18 PM	#13
Jack of Speed Manshoon Join Date: October 3, 2002 Location: Washington State, USA Age: 46 Posts: 246	------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ok this is my party... Leader Dwarf high con with shield Human barbarian high str elf ranger long bow high dex drow wizard ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sounds good to me. The first time I played through the game and then through HoF I had a Drow Sorcerer. He ruled! Having a spellcaster with magic resistance is NICE! and the level penalties werent to bad. There is a trick to it that I heard a LONG time ago on this forum. The way the game works with EXP is to divide it up evenly among your characters; however if the number cant be divided evenly the remainder goes to the PARTY LEADER. So if you keep your Drow in charge of your galavanting band of raggamuffins he will SLOWLY catch up to everyone else. I say slowly because the remainder is usualy only a few EXP point. BUT this combined with the "How to be an Adventurer" books that you can by at the Monestary in the 4th chapter actualy put my Drow AHEAD of the rest of my party. The first one in regular IWDII gives you 10,000 exp for 100,000 gp in heart of Fury its 20,000 exp. OR if you cant wait this long you can find a cheap tactic that will alow your wizard to kill enemies by himself and then KILL or let be killed your own party(evil huh?) and let your wizard level squat somewhere. You see when your party members are dead... they gain NO exp it all goes to the living memebers. So if there is only ONE living member he gets ALL the EXP. [img]smile.gif[/img] Cheesy. But if your impatient it is definatly a possibility. A dwarf leading the party though??? I wouldnt. What class will he be? If hes the leader you want him to have high Charisma and Intelligence. Whats your wizards Charisma at? He may actualy be a better choice to lead. And you will probably want to put a couple rouge levels into the ranger so he can Disable traps and Pick locks. Human barbarian is a good choice, I would lower his charisma and intelegince down to 3 each. and pump everything else up. The game may be difficult with only 4 characters though. And a cleric is a MUST!!! __________________ \"You better move now little darlin\' or you\'ll be <br />trading fours with the Jack of Speed\" -Steely Dan