Your IWD2 party?

[Greadius]

I have my combat intensive, archer happy party-

Aasimar Fighter/Barbarian- Uses big swords

Drow Fighter- Dual-wields whatever she can get her hands on

Human Fighter 1/Cleric of Lathander X- Uses returning weapons & shield, mid-tank

Halfling Rogue/Ranger- Archery and defensive specialist. Little machine gun

Wild-elf Cleric of Selune- Archery specialist too.

Tiefling Diviner- Mainly uses buff spells like haste & stoneskin, but has a few fireballs up his sleeves.

Its a wonderful party. I hardly have to rest, have plenty of healing, and have a great artillery section with my archers, and can take a ton of damage up front. And I don't have to toy around with any of those 'special ability' classes!

[Mitro Jellywadder]

I chose to go with only five characters, so I could advance them quicker. So far, missing the additional person hasn't hurt me yet.

Strongheart Halfling Rogue...Lv 12 (M)
Human Fighter...Lv 12 (M) 45% of party kills
Drow Fighter/Wizard...Lv 4/6 (M)
Aasimar Cleric (Morninglord of Lathander)...Lv 11 (F)
Drow Sorceress...Lv 10 (F)

[Warhammer]

This party isn't stealthy, it isn't stealthy either.

Airemakil
Elf / 81 years old/ Female
Paladin of Helm15 / Fighter 15
Lawfull Good
15/13/10/10/14/14+
Warhammer - Longsword -Bow
Role: Tank

Tittaki
Half-Elf / 95 years old / Female
Barbarian 26 / Fighter 4
Chaotic good
18+/16/12/10/12/8
Great Sword
Role: Tank

Makanauko
Drow /81 years old / Female
Fighter 20 / Cleric of Mask 10
True Neutral
18+/15/10/16/16/5
Bastard Sword + short sword
Role: Tank

Yarmelisse
Human/25 years old /Female
Druid 22 /Barb 8
Chaotic Neutral
14/13/14/10/18+/7
Spear
Role : Tank - 2nd healer/buffer

Kulraavi
Aasimar /22 years old /Female
Cleric of Tempus 26 / Fighter 4
Alignment: Lawfull Good
Stats: 12/10/10/10/20+/18
Axe + Shield
Tank - Healer/buffer - Speaker

Luunoleuke
Tiefling / 27 years old / Female
Wizard 27/Rogue 3
Lawfull Neutral
10/17/18/20+/10/1
2 Daggers (W finesse)
Arcane caster - Tank (Tenser's transformation, blur, mirror image, stoneskin, and jump into the fray)

Very melee oriented party. Magic is mainly for buffing up and I do not use ranged weapons.
It is not stealthy either, no rogue, not even a ranger or a bard.

[Magness]

I don't understand the 3rd ed DnD rules well enough to get the most out of the new multi-classing capabilities. So I stuck with the party that closely matches the last one I played IWD with.

The Tanks
Aasimar Paladin of Helm(f):
Fire Mace/shield, (primary weapon)
Longsword/parrying dagger
Crossbow

Dwarven fighter (m):
Static hammer/shield (primary weapon)
Sling/shield

The Sniper/Medic (MEDIC!!!!)
Human cleric of Lathander (f):
Mace/shield
Crossbow (primary weapon)

The Sniper/Scout
Human rogue (f) (level 12 rogue/level 1fighter):
+2 dagger
shortbow (primary weapon)

The Sniper/Spellcasters
Elven Wizard (m):
staff
crossbow (primary weapon)

Elven Bard (m):
short sword
longbow (primary weapon)

Thus far, this party has been doing just fine.

Since my original post, I've learned a bit more about 3rd ed multiclassing and have decided to toughen up my rogue by mutliclassing in a fighter level or 2. I haven't had any troubles with a lack of rogue skills to date. I've been very careful to throw all of her new skill points into thieving skills, so she's a rather capable rogue.

[ 09-12-2002, 09:43 AM: Message edited by: Magness ]

[Bootsakah]

The Tanks:
-Half Orc Barbarian (male), probably switch over to great swords soon
-Dwarf Fighter (male), going for Longswords mostly

The Brains:
-Moon Elf Wizard (female), backing up with shortbow
-Moon Elf Sorcerer (male), backing up with crossbow

The Band-Aid:
-Aasimar Cleric of Helm (female), classic mace wielder

The Sneaker:
-Strongheart Half-ling Rogue (male), scouting point, sneak attacks, shortbow

Its the classic party that you cant go wrong with.

[Nanobyte]

-=UPDATE=-
i have found it inevitable that you cannot advance throughout this game with two party members based on core rules.
my new party:

Aaleia
Tiefling
Ranger/Sorceress
Lawful Neutral

Kendar Foehammer
Shield Dwarf
Paladin of Helm/Fighter
Lawful Good

Entii
Wild Elf
Barbarian
Chaotic Good

Vivaci
Half-Elf
Morninglord of Lathander
Neutral Good

Armus
Human
Monk of the Old Order
Lawful Neutral

perhaps this will be a little more efficient..

[ 09-10-2002, 10:00 PM: Message edited by: Nanobyte ]

[DraconisRex]

Being the King of Restarts, I'm on party #9. This is party 9:

Tiefling Fighter (18,12,18,12,10,8) Will stay as a fighter.
Aasimir Paladin (17,10,15,10,16,12) Will dual as a fighter (for the feats).
Tiefling Monk (14,16,14,12,16,6) Will stay as a monk.
Drow Cleric (16,12,14,10,16,12) Will stay as a cleric.
Human Necro. (10,14,16,18,10,8) May take a couple of fighter levels.
Aasimir Bard (10,16,14,14,10,16) Will DUAL as a sorcerer.

[Dpshw]

i made a kind of tiny and risky party with only humans and elfs, its made of:
human barbarian
elf paladin of helm
human monk
elf ranger
human necromancer
half elf (do not remember if half elf, human or elf) sorcerer

i got a wizard and a sorc just for 1 reason, i didnt know if i had enough $ to buy scrolls...or even scrolls to be bought

that party is kinda fragile but as my to spellcasters have 2 points in crossbows (+2 light one and a +1 heavy one) and the good bow skill of my ranger i can advance quite well

[Baldassare]

Originally posted by Dpshw: i made a kind of tiny and risky party with only humans and elfs, its made of: human barbarian elf paladin of helm human monk elf ranger human necromancer half elf (do not remember if half elf, human or elf) sorcerer i got a wizard and a sorc just for 1 reason, i didnt know if i had enough $ to buy scrolls...or even scrolls to be bought that party is kinda fragile but as my to spellcasters have 2 points in crossbows (+2 light one and a +1 heavy one) and the good bow skill of my ranger i can advance quite well

Yeah kinda does leave some to be desired though!

[Curian The Paladin]

my party is composed by:

Human Aasmir Paladin of Helm (Main Tank)

Moon-Elf Ranger (Ranged Attacker)

Gold Dwarf Fighter (Back-up Tank

Half-Elf Bard (Identifier, Ranged Attacker)

Half-Elf Rogue (Sneaker, Sercher, Ranged Attacker)

Human Wizard (Main Spellcaster)

that's just about my first party, gonna thing of my second one after i finished it...