Suggestions for the coming release Options

[forthenature]

I’ve run through this game twice in the recent one and a half month. It is admirable that even I’ve played the mod so many times, it’s still attractive. I am very appreciate with the changes of the recent releases. I’m so glad that this mod is still under updating and I am quite looking forward for the next release. So here are my personal suggestions for it.
1.Relief the constraint on whether the protagonist is a necromancer.
The single factor that affects the difficulty and game experience of the mod most is whether the protagonist is a necromancer. I should admit that the adventure and item designed for necromancer is very fantastic and the battle with the Old Ones is one of my favourite. However, after so many tries I would like to start the game with other roles. Unfortunately, the game difficulty could be quite different, especially in the battle with the Great Wyrm. One way to do this is to make Memory of the Apprenti and Amulet of Hades available for all characters, or other wizard should have counter abilities against Greater Silence. As a trade off, necromancer should be nerfed. RVE is a bit too powerful for a necro that in late game you nearly need no other healing method.
2.Make cleric more powerful.
Just as I said, with RVE you nearly don’t need a healer in your party. And what makes things worse is that in the recent release druid over compete cleric from nearly all dimensions: stoneskin, new items and new kits, and more useful HLAs. So to maximize party fighting power, there is no room for a cleric. But cleric is one of my favourite role in the game(and also in other PRGs), so I would like it to be buffed in the next release. I think a single class cleric should be as the same attractive as Jaheira.
3.Make ranged weapons a choice.
Damage dealt by ranged weapons can be lower than melee weapons instead of no damage.
4.Make paladin more powerful.
Comparing to other warrior roles(ranger, barbarian, champion of arvoreen, risk breaker), paladin is far less attractive. It should be buffed a bit.
5.Nalia should be buffed
She should at least have access to the 9th level spells. And her first class and low wisdom make her not a good party member. But she is one of my favourite character.

These suggestions are ordered. And I do hope the first two to come true. I think they will be beneficial for further development of this mod.

[SparrowJacek]

Thank you for more ideas!

I finally got a good explanation as to why kitted Clerics should be better than standard ones - whether it's the main character, or some NPC, they have a much stronger bond to their deity, serving them for far more time, so it makes sense that this deity favors them and bestows more powers on them.

Viconia worships Shar, not Lolth though.

I would make the cleric kits stand out with their own roles. Throwing out some random thoughts.
Tempus for melee party buff bonuses
Lathander for anti undead and healing
Helm for smiting damage and some melee singular bonuses
Tyr for debuffing the party from negative effects and some smiting damage
Talos for casting
Shar for debuffing?

I think that for the existing kits, it would be the best to stick to what we know of them from their descriptions and abilities, just improving them significantly. As for Priestess of Shar... we will see. I am not skilled with making new kits, so for now I'll skip that. I need some data showing whether Clerics are good or not after they're rebalanced, so my current approach is to rework some spells for all Clerics and to add some (many) new things to Priest of Lathander, as it's probably the kit with the best ability. There will be many changes for this kit, both in HLAs and spells. Based on your opinions I will either do some changes, or introduce those changes to other kits (with some variations probably).

I get new ideas almost every day, I hope I will have enough skill to put them into the game, and more imprtantly - I hope, you will feel that they're interesting enough to start a run with a PoL in your parties!