Party advice wanted

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Here is my party. I am hoping for some advice about the characters. Will it be a good party? As far as Coryne (Wild Elf Sorcerer x/???) goes, She is pretty much my archer/ranged magic... mostly archer. What other class makes the best archer? And what levels should she be? Are there any comments abot the rest of my chars?

Halvoran
Drow
Fighter
Str - 16
Dex - 16
Con - 16
Int - 6
Wis - 10
Cha - 16
Dual Longswords
Probably won't wear anything stronger than chainmail.

Noric Ironaxe
Shield Dwarf
Fighter
Str - 18
Dex - 12
Con - 20
Int - 12
Wis - 13
Cha - 1
Axe & Shield
Heaviest armor I can find

Lancaster
Strongheart Halfing
Morning Lord of Lathander
Str - 16
Dex - 12
Con - 18
Int - 8
Wis - 18
Cha - 4
Mace & Shield
Second heaviest armor I can find

Thayvious
Strongheart Halfling
Thief x/Fighter 4
Str - 14
Dex - 20
Con - 15
Int - 14
Wis - 10
Cha - 3
Dual Shortswords
Best thief armor available
Scout and lots of backstab

Myla
Rock Gnome
Wizard
Str - 14
Dex - 16
Con - 15
Int - 18
Wis - 10
Cha - 3
Magic, magic, magic

Coryne
Wild Elf
Sorceress x/???
Str - 14
Dex - 20
Con - 13
Int - 1
Wis - 10
Cha - 18
Ranged magic and bow

 

Your party will do fine! It seems like a really nice party, especially if you keep the last one a pure sorc. As a elven sorc she will be able to do some damage with a bow and will still be a great magician, which are much more powerful than archers as soon as they start gaining nice spells.

I would probably change your first char to a paladin so he gains some good bonuses from that high charisma, but that means you should do the talking with someone else (e.g. the sorceress) when you expect to get a reward. Maybe you can make him a pal/fighter (the same amount of lvls to both)?

The dwarf could be made a fighter4/barbarian x. He would gain some HP and some other small bonuses in exchange for some feats (of which there are just a limited number of useful ones for a non caster).

Even without changes you'll have no problems with that party in normal mode.

 

I agree with Mudde, your party will do fine.
It can of course be optimized by min-maxing even more or taking other races but you should be able to beat the game with your party, especially since it is better than the pregenerated ones. Some advice you don't have to follow:

- Dualwielding does far less damage than using a 2-handed weapon.
- I'd reduce the rogue's dex to 16, since the max dex modifier allowed with studded leather is +5 which can easily be gained with 16 dex cat's grace. I'd increase strength since this is the most important stat for backstabbing.

 

I did start to play with the above party but for some reason I got bored. So I started a new party.

Dane Whiteheart
Aasimar
Fighter 4/Watcher of Helm x

Rayne
Wildelf
Druid

Blackthorn
SH Halfling
Fighter 4/Thief x

Coryne
Wild Elf
Sorceress

Shyla
Moon Elf
Sorceress

Naythis
Drow
Wizard

I haven't decided if I want to multiclass my druid or not. I am user the Ease of Use Druid enhancements, so the druid is better than stock. My normal playing style is that magic is for specific reasons (like major battles or when I need to do damage quickly). In this case I'm using mostly magic all the time.

 

Is Dane Whiteheart a Paladin of Helm or a Watcher of Helm? Cos if he's a cleric he'll suffer experience penalties.

I like having that many magic users. Makes bombardment lethal, especially when you can add in firestorm and flamestrike from your divine spellcasters.

 

Dane is a Watcher of Helm (Cleric). I realize I'll get a penalty but I'm either going to deal with it or keep his Fighter levels close to his Cleric levels. I like the idea of the Paladin but I do not like the fact that he will not accept rewards. I figure this is the next best thing.

Should I keep the Druid as a pure Druid or should I multiclass her?

 

I think you're going to regret not making Dane a human or a race with either fighter or cleric as the favored class. The 20% experience point penalty is steep.

 

Keep your druid pure. There are so many cool druid spells you'll want to be able to cast during the game.
A pure druid is also stronger from the powergaming perspective.

About your fighter/cleric:
From the powergaming point of view a pure dwarf cleric would be far superior and make the game far easier since this allows getting as powerful cleric spells as possible as fast as possible.
But if you don't want an easier game you can do without a proper cleric.

The 20 percent multiclassing XP penalty won't be dramatic, the XP loss will slow you down less than 1 level, even the ECL penalty for being Aasimar yields a bigger difference. And both fade in comparison to the slowdown the 4 fighter level yield.