Single-Class Party Options

[nataben1314]

I'm curious for IA veterans to say what they think would be the most powerful possible IA party (lets say IA v5 for now) which is composed only of single-class and kits, no dual-class or multi-class characters.

Obviously this will not be the most powerful party possible, but I'm still curious if a decent IA party can be made of just single class characters (again, including kits).

Duplicates are allowed (e.g. 2 sorcerers, or 2 vagrants) if you think that it would be more powerful.

[lroumen]

The most powerful is very difficult to judge. It depends a bit on what you prefer to see in your party. For IA I prefer 2 melee tasks, one thief task, one cleric task and 2 mage tasks. Added that some characters can sub for multiple tasks, there are quite a few possible combinations. Sometimes you can also settle for a druid rather than a cleric.

- Swashbuckler -> thief + melee
- Blade -> mage + melee
- Ranger -> melee + low end druid
- Paladin -> melee + low end cleric
- Auramaster -> druid + useful mage spells

Some ideas:
- Necromancer Prot. + Bezerker + Kensai + Swashbuckler + Sorceress + Cleric
- Vagrant Prot. + Bezerker + Assassin + Specialist Mage + Sorceress + Cleric
- Cavalier Prot. + Barbarian + Blade + Sorceress + Auramaster + Cleric
- Riskbreaker Prot. + Stalker + Skald + Swashbuckler + Specialist Mage + Cleric

Something nearly comparable to my last game (I took Riskbreaker Prot and swapped Vagrant for Assassin)
- Vagrant Prot. + Cavalier + Riskbreaker + Sorceress + Sorceress + Cleric of Talos -> forget about locks and traps. just use (minor) spell deflection and knock.

For Cleric kit I usually take Talos since you won't be using the offense very much in a single-classed character (Lathander or Helm).