yes ditto to tobins advise
i like the thief/fighter combo espesially if you take the assasin kit (poisoning) to the 9th level (*4 backstab) and then dual to a fighter and if you do the maths you get to the same level with your fighter (takes a little longer and a little weak when you do the dual class as you need to be in the game a bit). which means you get a great fighter that can do something like 120 damage on a critical hit as well as poison the enemy to finish them off, if it is needed. i like a bard (blade) for the high lore and with the blade you can use two wepons ie long sword combined with some good armour and they are pretty good. my many character is the bard and i keep mistaking him for a ranger and nearly geating him killed.
i also use a harf-orc cleric which when you use 19 str and the flail of life she beats crap out of most things as well as being a good healer. finally i have a sorcerer as my power behind it all, sure you don't get to have 50 million different spells in your arsenal as you do when you are a mage but she makes up for by have the ability to cast all the same spells or one of each without having to second guess what you are going to need (and she is pretty sexy, i just wish you can do some custom dialicts as then my bard would be really happy!!!!!). you can still use all the scroll anyway and you pick up heaps along the way. this leaves two spots for npc which i find has been good till now.
this is the first time i have ever played without a ranger, i played AD&D, BG1 and icewind dale with a ranger and this time i wanted to try some of the other charaters. i must admit i think they are great and i am glad i left the ranger in the closet this time as i am having heaps of fun.
i think the most important thing is to have a well balanced crew, there is no use running around with 6 palidins (sorry JEROME) as you need all different skills to solve different problems. i also play pretty neutral characters thus my view on having the balance.
the trick is enjoy it and use a few that you havn't played before and they will surprise you with some of thier cool tricks.
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