THE BORE
General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: Smooth Groove on July 24, 2008, 04:38:25 PM
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I'm going to start a new game of NWN2 and try to play it through this time. I'll like to use a character that can fight and use some magic.
What's the best way to go about it? I don't really like the Cleric class because they can't use any bladed weapons.
Should I start with a fighter then switch class to Mage, or the other way around? What about race and stats?
Should I concentrate on pumping up Int and Str?
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I like to keep make my main character a pure fighter, and then just take control of my magic-using party members during battle. I don't know if that helps you or not, but it generally works out pretty well for me.
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I played a Paladin in my playthrough of Mask of the Betrayer and found it to be very satisfying. A Paladin build that has one level of sorcerer would lead to a killer Red Dragon Disciple build as your chosen prestige class (if you choose to go that route).
So maybe something like:
stats
str 15 (+1)(+8)
dex 14
con 14 (+2)
int 10 (+2)
wis 8
cha 16 (+4)(+2)
1 Paladin luck of heros, power attack
2 Sorcerer
3 Paladin cleave
4 Paladin
5 Paladin
6 Paladin divine might
7 RDD
8 RDD
9 Paladin extra turning
10 RDD
11 RDD
12 Paladin divine shield
13 RDD
14 RDD
15 RDD wepeon focus
16 RDD
17 RDD
18 RDD great cleave
19 Paladin
20 Paladin
Then beat shit down with a big crafted 2 hander.
Alternatively, if you don't want to be goody-goody, you could do a similar thing with levels of bard/ranger/RDD with different stats like Bard 8/Ranger 2/RDD 10 for a less morally constrained character.
For something not RDD-based (everyone should do RDD once, it's amazing), you could do something like Wizard 8/Fighter2/Eldrich Knight 10, but you'd be doing a lotta casting early on which you might not like.
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Thanks, Frag. I think I"ll take that path.
Paladin is one of my favorite D&D classes. It's what I used in BG2.
What level do I get to pick the Red Dragon Disciple as my prestige class?
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I had this in my hand at GS yesterday but couldn't pull the trigger. :-\
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What level do I get to pick the Red Dragon Disciple as my prestige class?
The only restriction is one level of Bard or Sorcerer, and a Lore skill of 8, so yeah you can start leveling it around 7 or 8. Here's the full run-down on that prestige class:
http://www.gamebanshee.com/neverwinternights2/classes/reddragondisciple.php
Note that I'm assuming you'll choose human, if you don't you'll need to be careful about favored classes and what not to avoid the multiclass XP penalty (see the manual for full details on this).
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BTW, is Atari ever going to release Mysteries of Westgate or am I going to have to choke a bitch? The last I heard the DRM wasn't going to be in place until 1.14 and they still haven't even released 1.13 yet, WTF Atari? :maf
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BTW, is Atari ever going to release Mysteries of Westgate or am I going to have to choke a bitch? The last I heard the DRM wasn't going to be in place until 1.14 and they still haven't even released 1.13 yet, WTF Atari? :maf
They are being beyond distinguished mentally-challenged. At this rate Obsidian's own expansion will be out before Westgate is.
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i want to play BG2, but the gametap version kept crashing on me
i'm downloading it again and just hoping...