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Well, my party was:
fighter - lizardman. The best race for this job.
thief - hobbit. Hobbits have great stats, and i think it fits for role-playing reasons.
mage - faerie. Faeries can't use most weapons and armor, but mages can't anyway. And the spell point regenerations helps a lot early (shorter rests, less monster respawn)
priest - gnome. IIRC i just looked for a race that maxes piety and intelligence fast, without too bad stats otherwise.
Some side notes:
I wanted to use thieves daggers with the thief, so he won't be able to use a ranged weapon. So i used a sling early to build up his throwing skill, and used powders and sticks later. Was surprisingly efficient for a long while.
The fighter learned sword and mace&flail, for the Fang / Diamond eyes combo.
The priest used a shield to improve AC (and some kind of bullwhip), together with a sling.
The mage used no weapon at all.
Setup: fighter + thief in front, priest center, mage back. This way, i can melee monsters with extended reach (like some crabs), and my mage won't get hit. If neccessary, moved the mage to the center and the priest to one side during combat.
BTW, moving your characters around during combat is very important with small parties. Thief gets badly hit? Move him back. Next round, tell him to heal and move to the front again.
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