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Well, now with a three self-made character party I was just getting this little idea:
The party would have three paladins. One of each kit. To make the whole thing a bit more interesting (and avoid equipment interest conflicts) I would also make their choice of proficiencies distinctly dissimilar. I even thought about making them have different ethnicities. They would be:
Cavalier: Sword and shield style: Long swords, Bastard swords, some kind of blunt weapon.
Undead Hunter: Single weapon style, Katana, Scimitar, long bow, Two weapon style.
Inquisitor: Two-handed weapon style, Two handed swords, halberds, Crossbows.
The cavalier would be white, the inquisitor black and the undead hunter asian. (The cavalier and the inquisitor could be switched, however).
A problem with this set-up is that it is hard to decide who should be the bhaalspawn.
The other is the choice of NPC's. Though they should allow Keldorn in the party for a little while they should strive to release him from his duty as soon as possible so that he might get some quality time with his kids and wife. There are, after all, three paladins ready to take his place. So we can basically count Keldorn out.
The most logical would then be to take in Anomen, Aerie and Mazzy since they are all (or can become) Lawful Good. That would give us a solid base of clerical support, good fire-support and some mage ability. The lack of a thief is annoying, but with paladins of all three kits they will be able to suck up most traps with little detrimental effect. Doors can be bashed and we shouldn't be involved in pickpocketing anyway.
The problem is: Imoen. Abandoning her in Bodhi's Gauntlet would be heartless, unjust and plain un-paladinlike. Of course it might be a solution to drop one of the party and take Yoshimo along. Then let Imoen wander off when they get home again. That would mean that one party-member would have to miss a rather massive part of the game.
The other would be to make Imoen one of the regulars (and take Yoshi or no sixth party member before). She would probably replace either Aerie and Mazzy. This solution would give us adequate thieving support (only trap-removal and such, we don't involve ourselves in actual thievery) as well as some solid mage ability.
But then we might want four paladins to perfect the concept even more. They would be:
True paladin: The bhaalspawn. Two-handed swords, Crossbows, Two-handed weapon style, halberds. Black.
Inquisitor: Longbows, shortbows, Spears for backup. Native american (Maztican).
Undead Hunter: Katanas, Wakasashis, Single-weapon and and Two weapon style. Asian (Kara-Tur'ian).
Cavalier: Long Swords, Short swords, Sword and Shield style.
This would, of course, mean even less NPC's and we'll probably have to leave Mazzy (Aww
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