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Peytin of Rothmire · 11-02-2003, 07:51 AM

I was there with you Xen, but I got lots of help from the forum too. See my post "I need Dale II/3rd ed newbie advice" a little down the page. One big difference is the Dex to AC relationship. Give your fighter stats in strength and constitution. A fighter should do fine with a dexterity of 10-12 as they will have heavy armor. Also take advantage of the skills that certain classes get for free. For example, my main melee character is a barbarian, who gets medium armor (level 2) for free. He gets penalized if he wears heavy armor. But if I dual him to fighter for just one level, he gets heavy armor for free and no penalties, provided he just keeps doing his barbarian melee-orientated job and doesn't go sneaking around or anything.

I'm not far along at all and have gotten used to the gameplay of IWD2. It was actually harder to adjust to the new interface than to get the rules down. If you've been through some of the 2ed rules games, you'll be fine.

11-02-2003, 07:51 AM	#8
Peytin of Rothmire Manshoon Join Date: September 20, 2002 Location: Pennsylvania Age: 54 Posts: 151	I was there with you Xen, but I got lots of help from the forum too. See my post "I need Dale II/3rd ed newbie advice" a little down the page. One big difference is the Dex to AC relationship. Give your fighter stats in strength and constitution. A fighter should do fine with a dexterity of 10-12 as they will have heavy armor. Also take advantage of the skills that certain classes get for free. For example, my main melee character is a barbarian, who gets medium armor (level 2) for free. He gets penalized if he wears heavy armor. But if I dual him to fighter for just one level, he gets heavy armor for free and no penalties, provided he just keeps doing his barbarian melee-orientated job and doesn't go sneaking around or anything. I'm not far along at all and have gotten used to the gameplay of IWD2. It was actually harder to adjust to the new interface than to get the rules down. If you've been through some of the 2ed rules games, you'll be fine.