CTSparky said:
That being said I think that our current composition of characters is not the most well balanced in the world.
Our party:
Sorc 10/ Dragon Disciple 1
Paladin 9/ Rogue 1
Rogue 10/ Nightsong Enforcer 2
Ranger 10
NPC: Cleric 10
Your party balance looks just fine...about the only change I'd make might be to trade the Sorceror in for a Wizard, but that's just my personal bias.
The Ranger-Rogue combination tells me this is a scout-first party, which is fine; never mind that even the Paladin has dipped into Rogue as well. That said, you're probably not going to deal out damage by the bucketload, so again it'll come down to scouting and sneaking.
There is, however, nothing at all stopping you from hiring 2 or 3 Fighters as henches to give you a semblance of a front line...
What is your current party composition?
What do you think an ideal party composition (for 4 players, and 6 players)
The number of players and the party composition are, to me, separate issues. Regardless of number of players, the ideal party is balanced between what I call front-middle-rear characters. Front is your Fighters and other tank-types; middle is your Rogues, light Rangers, etc., and back is your wizards and healers. Now, depending on your group's style you could have one of each plus a spare (WotC's archetypal formation is this; a F-C-R-W party as a 1-2-1); you could go 2-2-2 (your current group above is a 1-2-2) for a 6-player group or a more rounded party for 4 players; you could go 3-3-3 or some other combination for a larger group, and so on. My own preference is for something like a 5-3-3, but we play big parties.
My two current groups are quite different from each other. One is about 4-5-2 and the other is something like 2-6-3, the 6 being Monks, Rogues, etc. (they've gone Monk-happy in that party recently, for some reason).
Lanefan