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SoA party planning advice (Monk + 3 NPCs) ...?

Discussion in 'BG2: Throne of Bhaal (Classic)' started by Ineth, Aug 13, 2012.

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    Best to cast insect plague on one of your own characters (even herself). It won't hurt you and then it bounces on to all enemies in the area even if they are invisible.

    Yea her plate armor, high dex, and shield (at lower levels where AC matters more and you don't have the prof for spears or two weapon fighting) give her a great AC which goes great with Iron skins. She is the true tank for physical attacks in the game. When you get her a str boosting item she really becomes great overall.
     
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    Ok, I'll keep Jaheira as a Fighter/Druid for now. She should reach Druid level 14 not too long from now anyways, so I can try out those 7th level spells.

    What's special about those?

    I had her wielding an enchanted Club + Shield most of the time, is there some disadvantage to that?
    (The shield did give her some nice immunities...)
     
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    The Belm scimitar allows an additional attack per round, and that attack is always taken with the mainhand weapon. So if you use as T2B suggestion, and combination of Blackblood mainhand, Belm offhand, it would be the +3 Blackblood that would get the extra attack.

    With spears, until you get to ToB, the only one worth talking aobut is Impaler. But at +4 enchantment with a bonus +10 damage, it really packs a wallop!

    I also agree with what others have said. Jaheira is an excellent tank and a good healer. I can't believe you don't really like her.
     
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    IMpaler is +3 it is the poison spear that is +4 (not that it matters much impaler is great).

    Yea in early SOA I like to use belm and a shield (harmony shield is great) with the girdle of hill giant str as fast as I can get it. I use that for most fights unless I need a +3 weapon then I switch to to black blood. I then put points into two weapon fighting and when I finally get to 2 stars I switch to black blood and belm.

    My guess is if you do not like jaheira as a tank then you are likely falling into a couple of traps (one or more likely apply).

    1- You are not using the iron skin spell. This is vital and it lasts 8 hours a pop keep one up at all times.
    2. YOu forget that jaheira can wear plate armor. Easy to forget since druids are not supposed to wear metal armor but it works here.
    3. You did not give her a str boosting item.

    Number 3 is my best guess. Get her a girdle of giant str and get it early. Her effectiveness on offense will double to triple with just the hill giant girdle.
     
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