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Ultimate kick-a$$ party

Discussion in 'BG2: Throne of Bhaal (Classic)' started by Felinoid, Nov 16, 2005.

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    I, personally, am all in favour of an assassin. It's actually amazingly easy just to load up on invisibility potions and have that huge backstab multiplier. Even low level assassins can do 60-80 damage, and then be quick enough to drink a potion again to avoid being attacked.

    Sorcerer is also a good choice if you plan on doing that cutting through enemies. Most levels have only 3 or 4 awesome spells that are used repeatedly (at least for me anyways), so getting those extra 2 spells per day is an awesome advantage. (Especially if you ever get to play at the top levels where you can do 4 Dragon Breaths in one Time Stop)

    However, your party is actually quite nice, though I haven't ever played Swashbuckler because of my assassin obsession.
     
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    :o Wow, thanks. I never realized I was so wise! :lol: ;) SKing NPCs sorta takes the fun out of the game, doesn't it?
     
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    Shrikant Swords! Not words! Veteran

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    After all this time you haven't been able to figure out that I'm a Male :flaming:
    CG, CN or NE. Will have to be CG if you want to use the Azuredge I guess.
    And can you hike the Int to 11. Would be kinda sad if I couldn't withstand 2 hits from a psicon. Wouldn't mind looking more distasteful than usual as a sacrifice.

    Personally, I'd rather be using two-handed weapons as a Barbarian. I know my AC is never gonna be that good.
     
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    Felinoid Who did the what now? ★ SPS Account Holder

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    :lol: Well, I was 99% sure you were male, but I didn't want to assume on the off chance that I'd read you wrong.

    Thankfully I haven't made up your character yet because of the alignment question, so I can easily boost your INT when I do. And yes, I guess I should make you CG for Azuredge. How does this look?

    Shrikant the Barbarian
    CG half-orc male
    wielding axes and maces with a shield (AC can be pretty good with dragon scale armor)

    STR 19
    DEX 18
    CON 19
    INT 11
    WIS 9
    CHA 8

    @kuemper:
    You don't mind being evil, do you? ;)
     
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    Shrikant Swords! Not words! Veteran

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    Cool :thumb:

    Are you going to be the K/T or the S/M? You have Chev, Beren, kuemper and me. So who else is coming along?
     
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    The Magpie Balance, in all things Veteran

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    Ooh ooh! Can I volunteer? :bigeyes:

    I generally play stealthy thief types, and have some real-life katana sk1llz, so could fit either of those, if big cat wants me along... I won't make too many stipulations other than masculinity. And probably TN alignment, too.

    I would be honoured to join you on this quest, master Felinoid! ;)
     
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    Felinoid Who did the what now? ★ SPS Account Holder

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    Okay Magpie, you can be the K/T (especially considering your advocacy for it in other threads). How's this?

    Magpie the Kensai (hey, that rhymes! :roll: )
    TN human male
    wielding Celestial Fury, etc.

    STR 18/87
    DEX 18
    CON 18
    INT 10
    WIS 12
    CHA 10

    When you hit lvl13 I'll dual you to a thief and go from there.

    P.S. Where can I find an appropriate port?

    EDIT:
    Finalized stats.

    [ November 18, 2005, 21:29: Message edited by: Felinoid ]
     
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    The Magpie Balance, in all things Veteran

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    I think that there's a Dak'kon portrait in the relevant sounds pack on the SP Custom Sound Pack page, here.

    Otherwise, good job, and thank you! :thumb:
     
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    Evil, schmevil, as long as I'm rich. :p
     
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    Felinoid Who did the what now? ★ SPS Account Holder

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    Cool, but I still need someone to be the Swash/Mage; if I make it me, I'll feel compelled to give him ridiculous stats and I'd like to avoid that. So, do I have any takers for a homely but otherwise awesome S/M?

    ???????? the Swashbuckler
    ?? human [fe?]male
    wielding the SoM and darts

    STR 18-
    DEX 18
    CON 16
    INT 18
    WIS 18
    CHA 3+
     
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    Shrikant Swords! Not words! Veteran

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    Like the stats aren't crazy enough already?

    93 - Inquisitor (Chev)
    92 - C/R (Beren)
    90 - Monk (kuemper)
    84 - Barbarian (Shrikant)
    86 - K/T (Magpie)
    91 + S/M

    Bite the bait cat, lead this party :banana:
     
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    Felinoid Who did the what now? ★ SPS Account Holder

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    No, I mean really crazy, like this:

    STR 14
    DEX 24 :eek:
    CON 16
    INT 18
    WIS 18
    CHA 16

    That's 106 total, with Ctrl+8 and a 6-use CLUAed Dex Tome. :whoa: Not gonna happen if I can at all avoid it. :nono: Besides, chev will be leading the party with his 18 CHA (and 9000+ posts :shake: ).

    For those who want to join, keep in mind that the swashie will immediately be getting the RoHI (from the circus tent) to boost their CHA, and they'll look like this the rest of the game:

    STR 18
    DEX 18
    CON 16
    INT 18
    WIS 18
    CHA 18

    Or, as an alternative, I could drop the strength (relying on a belt) and boost the charisma, as I tried to indicate with the "STR 18-" and "CHA 3+".

    EDIT: The alternative might look something like this:

    STR 10 +/- (19+ with strength belt)
    DEX 18
    CON 16
    INT 18
    WIS 18
    CHA 10+

    [ November 19, 2005, 18:18: Message edited by: Felinoid ]
     
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    Klorox Baruk Khazad! Khazad ai-mĂȘnu! Veteran

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    Why not just play the protagonist in BGI first for even better stats? Or, you could always just use Shadowkeeper and start with all 25's!
     
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    Felinoid Who did the what now? ★ SPS Account Holder

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    @Klorox:
    No monk in vanilla BG1 (NO Tutu :nono: ), and if I wanted all 25's I'd get all 25's. :rolleyes:

    However, I think I have solved it. Presenting:

    Arabwel the Swashbuckler
    CE human female

    STR 10
    DEX 18
    CON 16
    INT 18
    WIS 18
    CHA 11

    And her familiar, Harbourboy the raven (quasit), who will strike fear (Horror) into the hearts of our enemies with his battlecry, "Nevermore!" :lol:

    If you look at the previous alignments, CE balances pretty well.
    x x x
    . x .
    x . x

    Of course, Ara will have to be the protagonist to get a familiar, and adding to that will be the increased melee ability of the Slayer form for her. :evil: I might actually use it for once. :heh: It'll also be appropriate to have the protagonist carrying all the quest items for once.

    chev will still be the leader of the group, with Beren the wise (NG) advisor. (chev's LG counters Ara's CE, Shrikant's CG counters kuemper's LE, and Magpie's TN just stays out of it; Beren's is the only alignment that doesn't balance.) I will Ctrl+Y every NPC with a few exceptions:
    • Jaheira will be left in the protective arms of the Harpers until I summon her to the Pocket Plane for safe-keeping.
    • Arabwel will kill Imoen herself in Spellhold. :evil:
    • chevalier will Detect Lie on Yoshimo and cut him down where he stands. :pope: ;)
    Others may also be safeguarded or slaughtered if an impassioned plea is made by one of the "characters". :D

    EDIT: FULL NPC LIST

    Chevalier the Inquisitor
    LG human male
    wielding two-handed swords and a bow

    STR 18/98
    DEX 18
    CON 9
    INT 13
    WIS 17
    CHA 18


    Beren the Ranger/Cleric (of Mielikki)
    NG half-elven male
    dual-wielding FoA & CF

    STR 18/00
    DEX 18
    CON 18
    INT 5
    WIS 18
    CHA 15


    Kuemper the Monk
    LE human female
    bare-fisted

    STR 18
    DEX 18
    CON 16
    INT 12
    WIS 16
    CHA 10


    Shrikant the Barbarian
    CG half-orc male
    wielding axes and maces with a shield

    STR 19
    DEX 18
    CON 19
    INT 11
    WIS 9
    CHA 8


    Magpie the Kensai (dualled to thief @lvl13)
    TN human male
    wielding Celestial Fury, etc.

    STR 18/87
    DEX 18
    CON 18
    INT 10
    WIS 12
    CHA 10


    Arabwel the Swashbuckler (dualled to mage @lvl15)
    CE human female
    wielding Staff of the Magi and darts

    STR 10
    DEX 18
    CON 16
    INT 18
    WIS 18
    CHA 11


    Harbourboy the raven
    CE quasit male
    wielding beak and claws

    STR 15
    DEX 18
    CON 9
    INT 9
    WIS 9
    CHA 9
    :roll:

    [ November 19, 2005, 23:14: Message edited by: Felinoid ]
     
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    Klorox Baruk Khazad! Khazad ai-mĂȘnu! Veteran

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    I guess I should have added a :rolleyes: to my post.
     
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    Slaughter Minsc! (And Boo Too!) For the greater Evil and the end to the Buttkickings for Goodness!

    ~paid for by the Giant Minature Space Hamster's Assassination Squad~
     
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    Sorry starwalker, can't do that; I'm already on the second level of ID. Minsc got killed with Ctrl+Y yesterday, and Ara got snarky with Jaheira after she wouldn't talk to Beren. :hahaerr: Naturally that put Beren in a bad mood and he told off Yoshimo before chev could scan him (quick little bugger :mad: ), but I'll get the traitorous scum in the CC. :evil:

    I'm mostly looking for pleas from the seven, though. I don't imagine Beren will have any objections since Jaheira will be safe and sound, but the other six still can still save/slaughter someone if they ask. :D
     
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    ~pouts~ Damn that Ranger. The Giant Minature Space Hamster Assassination Squad will not be pleased.
     
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    Well since this is a band of seven, Imoen won't mean much to me. Going after some mageling who didn't know to use her head before getting into trouble is not on my list of things to do. Anything thant nets us big shiny new weapons is ok with this HalfOrc.
    Fighting weak humans is boring, lets fight some Trolls :xx:
     
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