How will this party do?

[Tinker Gnome]

Agreed. And unless it doesn't fit RP-wise for your dwarf, I'd recommend that everyone get elven cloaks and boots ASAP; this group has potential to be an awesome stealth team (the dwarf is the lug nut, but a mithral chain shirt with silent moves can help that greatly).

Good idea, and it just occurred to me that I might not even need a wand of Summon Monster as Bard's have those spells on their list, but that will have to wait for later as he will pick up Healing Spells first.

 

[JoeBlank]

The dwarf will make up for a vareity of the problems mentioned above (sorry, misread that part initially). Stability and the ability to wield a medium greatsword or greataxe covers a wide range of the circumstances mentoned. The downside of his movement is that he'll often be forming a front-line all on his own, since he can outpace the gnomes and his focus is melee.

Some great advice here. I think you guys are going to be fine. If you do hope for the dwarf to "hold the line" then it might be a good idea for him to get a reach weapon and go the combat expertise-improved trip route. Remember when you roll stats he wil need INT 13 to do this.

Although it might seem like a wasted feat, depending on how available cure wands are to purchase, I would consider having the bard take craft wand.

 

[Runesong42]

Important to remember that bards can cast spells in light armor with no armor penalty. Since your bard is the jack-of-all-trades, he will probably end up being the second lineman alongside the dwarf. Start saving up for that chain shirt and mithral buckler shield ASAP, or invest in mage armor wands. A whip would be a nice choice as a secondary weapon... entangle, trip, then with no bonus to dex your rogue can stabby stabby the fallen opponent to high heaven. A whip dagger would be a decent choice as well; though I think you can't trip or entangle with a whip dagger, it does 1d6 damage with a 15' reach and can hurt armored opponents.

I like this team. It should be fun to see what kind of mischief you can get into.

 

[Arbiter of Wyrms]

I like this team. It should be fun to see what kind of mischief you can get into.

Yeah, I'm looking forward to reading of their exploits.

 

[sniffles]

Sounds like an interesting group. You should have fun.

Just a reminder for your friend playing the bard: a bard does not have to sing, not even for the so-called bardic music ability. His bard can recite poetry or give stirring speeches instead. He could even be comedian and tell jokes, riddles, or limericks. He could also be a juggler or acrobat. Lots of ranks in tumble might be handy.

 

[Tinker Gnome]

Yeah, I'm looking forward to reading of their exploits.

The groups first game should be this Friday, so I will post on this thread what happened.

Sniffles: Yeah, that would be good, expecially since the Bard's Player in real life likes to juggle.