Need suggestions for a new character

[Cerek the Barbaric]

Because of some problems I'm having with my BGII game, I have deleted ALL of my Saved games and I'm starting over from scratch.

Since this is a "fresh start" in BGII for me, I would like some suggestions for a new character to play. I'm looking for something that is different and/or unusual. Maybe a half-orc swashbuckler or an elven wild mage or any other combination of race, class and alignment that makes for a unique character idea (maybe something like an evil halfling jester). It can even be a popular class that chooses an unusual weapon proficiency (like a kensai that decides to take grandmastery in the quarterstaff instead of katanas).

This will be a "test" character, because I am testing my game to see if I've eliminated the bug that keeps causing it to freeze and crash. I've installed SoA and Tob (along with the official patch and Baldurdash Fixpack). I will play without any Mods for a little bit, and then add different Mods one by one as long as the game continues to run smoothly.

So this character may or may not be played all the way through SoA. I have some character concepts of my own I want to play once I get all the bugs worked out of my game.

In the meantime, I want to see what suggestions I get from the other creative minds here at IW.

[Black Baron]

Fallen beastmaster->cleric dualed at level 7. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Try wizard slayer ->mage with the restrictions of wizard slayer, except spells.

[Dirty Meg]

I once did a solo fallen paladin in IWD. Could be quite fun to role-play a character seeking redemption.

[Armen]

try a Totemic Druid - you know you want to (or that might just be me )

[Cerek the Barbaric]

Originally posted by Armen: try a Totemic Druid - you know you want to (or that might just be me )

LOL - I think that might just be you, Armen. [img]graemlins/laugh2.gif[/img] One thing I guess I should have made clear is that I'm not necessarily looking for a new challenge, just an unusual character. A half-orc swashbuckler won't have many disadvantages (aside from getting NO Backstab multiplier), but it would be a character you don't see played very often.

Since this is basically a "test run", I'm not looking for a character that will have a hard time surviving. In fact, quite the opposite. I need a character that will be fairly easy to keep alive while I test the game and the individual Mods.

Thanks for the ideas so far, though. If I don't choose them this time around, I definitely have some good ideas for PC's once my game is finally fixed for good. [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img]

Go for Archer [img]smile.gif[/img]
And play hit and run style, get boots of speed [img]redface.gif[/img]

[ 07-01-2004, 06:27 AM: Message edited by: TyranyuZ ]

[Armen]

other than the point of strength there's not much to pick between a halforc and a human (i'm still annoyed that there isn't a halforc avatar so you look like a human anyway) - and as we're talking human then a swashbuckler dualled to fighter makes a nice protagonist character

[Dirty Meg]

In IWD2 i did a half-orc sorcerer/fighter (in BG2 I don't think thats possible). Ended up with 10 levels of fighter and 20 of sorcerer with a bright blue dress and the helmet with curly horns. Looked very chaos-sorcererish. That's an unusual character.

[Cerek the Barbaric]

Originally posted by TyranyuZ: Go for Archer [img]smile.gif[/img] And play hit and run style, get boots of speed [img]redface.gif[/img]

I thought about an Archer and may still do that. But I will be bringing Minsc, Jaheira and Imoen along also. This isn't going to be a solo game.

[RoSs_bg2_rox]

you could try what I am currently doing, a solo, half-orc barbarian. Quite a challenge, and I know you said you weren't neccesarily looking for one, but I mean, come on, this is bg2 here, its all about challenges!