Creating a dual classed fighter/druid is surprisingly difficult!

[True_Moose]

Originally posted by Daniel: The great thing with BG1 is that it is so much easier to get good stat roll's.

Hmm, I seem to find that out of every 10 rolls, in BG1 about 1 is 80+, as opposed to 4 or 5 in BG2...are you maybe using a differently patched version, or are you just a leprechaun.

[The Ozzman]

If you feel bad about having to hack yourself an uber character, check this out. Let these be your base stats for Bg1:

STR 16
DEX 17
CON 18
INT 10
WIS 15
CHA 16

This is a very nice, but not gross total of 92, now after you finish adding all the tomes and manuals in bg1 you will have:

STR 17
DEX 18
CON 19
INT 11
WIS 17
CHA 17

And what you have now is a character that is a fighter ready to be dual classed to a druid! Some more tips:
You mentioned you had ToB installed, there are some intereting choices to make. Depending on how many hig level abilities you want in the fighter class you should dual to a druid on either level 22(which will make you a 23 level druid. Or you can dual on level 21 which would make you a 24th level druid.

[True_Moose]

Originally posted by The Ozzman: This is a very nice, but not gross total of 92, now after you finish adding all the tomes and manuals in bg1 you will have: STR 17 DEX 18 CON 19 INT 11 WIS 17 CHA 17 And what you have now is a character that is a fighter ready to be dual classed to a druid! Some more tips: You mentioned you had ToB installed, there are some intereting choices to make. Depending on how many hig level abilities you want in the fighter class you should dual to a druid on either level 22(which will make you a 23 level druid. Or you can dual on level 21 which would make you a 24th level druid.

Actually, if you have ToTSC, you only need a 91 cuz
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There is a tome of Wisdom in Durlag's tower. You can also kill the priestess of Umberlee with no penalty for another. So, with that same 92, you could end up with 19 wis, good for spells & saving throws.

[pcgiant]

You don't need a high charisma, because
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You can use the Ring of Human Influence when dual-classing to confer 18 Charisma, and it does work, too.

[Jim]

You can use the Ring of Human Influence when dual-classing to confer 18 Charisma, and it does work, too.

Actually, in order to dual class, you must have the appropriate base stats, i.e. stats that haven't been modified by magical means. Are you using all the latest patches because that shouldn't work? I've just tried it just to be sure, and I'm absolutely positive that the character needs at least base stats of 15STR, 17WIS and 15CHA.

There is a tome of Wisdom in Durlag's tower. You can also kill the priestess of Umberlee with no penalty for another. So, with that same 92, you could end up with 19 wis, good for spells & saving throws.

I think he's taken the tome from the priestess into considerstion, with only the additional tome from Durlags tower needed. There are a total of 3 WIS increasing tomes in BG1 + ToTSC, so a starting WIS of 15 would therefore provide an 18 WIS by the time you reach SoA.

Depending on how many hig level abilities you want in the fighter class you should dual to a druid on either level 22(which will make you a 23 level druid. Or you can dual on level 21 which would make you a 24th level druid.

Hmm, the druid can get the final +10% elemental resistance at level 24 and an extra 7th level spell slot from level 25. Anything above level 25 for a druid seems to be a waste though, since they have already reached the magic damage cap of level 20, and gained all the HLA spells as well as maxing out their spell slots. I'll have to think on Ozzmans suggestion of dualling at level 21 fighter (2 warrior HLA's are better than none) [img]smile.gif[/img] .

Thanks for your input.

[DJG]

I once, playing a Thief/Mage, managed to roll....

STR: 15
DEX: 19
CON: 15
INT: 18
WIS: 15
CHA: 18

A total of 100! Natural! Howsat?