Well, *dusts off hands*
That takes care of that ...
Icewind Dale is an *excellent* game, I must say, the folks at Black Isle and Interplay did outstanding work on this one.

So, does everyone use all 6 character slots or what? I managed to beat the game with only 5 characters, and quite easily I might add. Didn't even start off with all 5 ;)
Did the entire pre-story with my cleric/mage!
(Half-Elf of course)

After that, in order of appearance, the party gained:
1- Female Elf Fighter
1- Male Elf Ranger
1- Female Elf Thief
1- Human Paladin

If it weren't for that pesky human, it would have been the Elven version of Party of 5!

Again, Hats Off to the makers of this one!

Bring on BG2!!