What's your usual party?

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The battleguard is good... but I think the clerics of lathander or bane seem to be better, especially with the spells they have (lathander misses a bit as IWD isn't very undead-heavy, though), and mask and ilmater are also very good.

Selunites seem to have it hard btw. With all those elemental summons...

 

Alright, I may do that someday.

 

A great advantage comes from adding either 2 levels of Rogue or 1 level of Monk: Evasion. Being able to take no damage any time you make a reflex save is a very nice thing.

 

Yeah, although it can be simply offensive in terms of character believability (monk + paladin = evasion in full plate), it is powerful.

 

Try this set
Tiefling - monk of the old order/thief
Wild Elf - monk of the dark moon/sorceror
Drow - monk of the broken ones/painbearer
Drow - mystra paladin/wizard
Half Elf - ranger/druid

have found that with three monks in the party, one does not have to worry about weapons so much, or even armor
found also taking the first class and then either what racial favoured class or what the present class allows works very well

another set that works well is the following
Half Orc - Stormlord/Barbarian
Duergar - Stormlord/Fighter
Tiefling - Monk of the Old Order/Rogue
Tiefling - Fighter/Rogue
Drow - Necromancer/Stormlord
Drow - Dreadmaster/Sorceress

having fun with neutral evil and lawful evil

 

It surprises me that almost 90% takes 6 characters... We feel like it's a lot easier taking only 4 guys along the trip...

our party:

Human female Fighter
Thiefling female Rogue
Shield Dwarf male Dreadmaster
Drow male Sorcerer

they are all about level 10 now, gonna start multiclassing when problems start to occur... (which is the case with our thief, we're gonna make him a fighter too...)

 

Spliff, you are better off multiclassing the rogue to a wizard sonce they both share a common prime requisite (int). Plus, more arcane power is better then more melee in the long run, especially as you progress to HoF.

A pure fighter is going to have trouble in the long run. Multiclass her to a cleric for much needed buffs. If you find your wis too low, the EveryGod Ring at kuldahar pass can boast that wis by 5 and the Holy transference potion at rank 2 of battle squares offers +2 more wis. Sure, your dreadmaster can provide buffs for you fighter. But considering the fact that dreadmasters have great enchantment spells, he should focus mainly on those instead of buffs. So multiclassing cleric to that fighter for important buff spells is worthwhile.

As for that sorceror, it is fine that you keep him as a pure sorceror until lvl 29, then add a lvl of paladin for a hefty saving throw boost.