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<blockquote data-quote="Perun" data-source="post: 1566687" data-attributes="member: 6037"><p>For a generic, standard adventure (involving a "dungeon", a bunch of combat encounters, a few puzzles and a couple of traps), a well-balanced party, IMO and IME, would include:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">a combat-oriented character (IMO, the fighter is the best choice, but a barbarian or paladin will usually do);</li> </ul> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">an character for combat assistance, some buffing, and utility spells (IOW, an arcanre caster - wizard or sorcerer);</li> </ul> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">a spellcaster for buffing and (especially) healing (usually cleric, a druid will do, and a bard *might* fill this role as well);</li> </ul> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">a rogue (he's the only class that has an ability that cannot be effectively duplicated until higher levels - trapfinding).</li> </ul><p>Now, naturally, there are better and worse combinations. A party with a fighter might fare rather well with druid character instead of a cleric, but a barbarian pretty much requires a dedicated healer (his AC is generally lower than a fighter's, and driops even further when he's raging, which causes more hp loss, and healing that much hp might tax druid's limited healing resources; OTOH fighter will probably less damage per round, but druid's animal companion and summoning abilities will help in that department).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Perun, post: 1566687, member: 6037"] For a generic, standard adventure (involving a "dungeon", a bunch of combat encounters, a few puzzles and a couple of traps), a well-balanced party, IMO and IME, would include: [list]a combat-oriented character (IMO, the fighter is the best choice, but a barbarian or paladin will usually do);[/list] [list]an character for combat assistance, some buffing, and utility spells (IOW, an arcanre caster - wizard or sorcerer);[/list] [list]a spellcaster for buffing and (especially) healing (usually cleric, a druid will do, and a bard *might* fill this role as well);[/list] [list]a rogue (he's the only class that has an ability that cannot be effectively duplicated until higher levels - trapfinding).[/list] Now, naturally, there are better and worse combinations. A party with a fighter might fare rather well with druid character instead of a cleric, but a barbarian pretty much requires a dedicated healer (his AC is generally lower than a fighter's, and driops even further when he's raging, which causes more hp loss, and healing that much hp might tax druid's limited healing resources; OTOH fighter will probably less damage per round, but druid's animal companion and summoning abilities will help in that department). [/QUOTE]
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