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Nightfall said:
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Ven,
Depends, how far along are you? I mean what level if nothing else to give me some idea about where you're at in the path?
Chapter 4...you SURE you're not running Shackled City? I mean are you currently in the Free City of "Insert" or somewhere else?
If you happen to have more than the basic 4 it can help but even 8 still makes the fights tough at times.
I'm sure we are not running SC. We are running the Free For All event in the Greyhawk Arena (just hit level 9) this Tuesday night. We have done fine without a Cleric so far, but have already seen the non-obvious value one has in the AP.
I'm not worried about the lack of a cleric in our group. We are all experienced players and understand that we lack what a cleric provides. Great spell selection from our Druid and Wizard, great preparation (scrolls, research, ect.), and great party synergy have all paid massive dividends up to this point and will most likely continue to. We understand that we will have it harder at times than groups with a cleric, but we should be able to handle most situations without his spell list and class ability, although it wont be easy (with or without a cleric).
Again, I am not looking for any spoilers at all, nor am I looking to know at what point a cleric is needed most. I was just giving my 2 cents based on the experience I have with the mod so far.
The party is:
Fighter 6/Barb 2/Exotic Weapon Master 1
Wizard 6/Incantatrix 3
Druid 9
Fighter (Archer) 9
Rogue 2/Barb 1/Fighter 2/Ranger 1/Thief Acrobat 1/Dervish 2 (or something like that)
Fighter 3/Rogue 3/Bard 3
Paladin 5/Cleric 1/Pious Templar 1/Fist of Raziel 2