The one, the only, the uber!

The kickass paladin wizard!

I have just finished my solo game with my legendary wonderful paladin/wizard who is great and kicks ass. His best moments (http://chevalier.szm.com/screens.html) include:

131 smite evil damage in three hits +54 attack bonus 44 AC Saves of +/- 30 Five stats above 20, sixth at 12 29 STR Over 20 dex with 10 base ;) 280+ HP with +/- 180 base Paladin disarming traps :shake: Frying dozens of dragons, wyrms, duergar, drow, driders etcArrochir o Nelvarad

LG Aasimar Paladin of Mystra 13 / Diviner 13

STR 16
DEX 10
CON 10
INT 20
WIS 17
CHA 16

Skills: Alchemy 15 (20), Concentration 28, Diplomacy 20 (23), Disable Device 7 (12), Knowledge (Arcana) 18 (23), Search 9 (14), Spellcraft 27 (32)

Feats: Armoured Arcana 3, Expertise, Fiendslayer, Improved Critical, Martial Weapon: Large Sword 2, Spell Focus: Evocation 2, Spell Penetration 2, Spirit of Flame

Saves: F17, R13, W18

HP: 199

Don't I rule?

[ December 13, 2003, 00:01: Message edited by: chevalier ]

No, not at all :p
It's a good character, yes, but I'm sure many people here have made just as powerful characters on IWD before.

Might've been better with a Paladin multiclassed to Sorcerer...seems more logical because of the Charisma requirement for both...

I wouldn't be able to advance in paladin class and I would have had to get a fixed number of paladin levels and then switch over to sorcerer. Still, if sorcerer was also allowed for paladins of Mystra (as it is in FR setting), I'm not sure which one I'd take. Probably sorcerer, but I'm not sure.

That character sounds good. I was wondering what he had for equipment? :hmm:

Mithral Full Plate +2 (+10 AC)
Wyrm skull helmet
Holy Avenger +5
Large Shield +2
Every God Ring (WIS +5)
Ring of the wise (WIS +2 - I know -, CHA +2)
Leopard Claw Amulet (?) (DEX +2)
Boots of Speed
Sophia's Flight bow (1,5 normal range)

The rest was more or less irrelevant in the scale of ethernity ;)

How did you advance him through levels? Did you give him a level for one and at the next level you gave it for the other? The reason I am asking is that I want to try to solo a character for the first time. Also what did his spell list look like? Thanks for your help. :thumb:

The spell list for paladins is fixed and for wizards it's all scrolls you get your hands on. I multiclassed him evenly from level 1 to 12, the paladin level coming first. Close to the end, though, he was paladin 12 / diviner 13 and 13/13 after final battle.

Spells: protection from evil, bull's strength, cat's grace, shield, mirror image, stoneskin, blur, blink, luck, improved invisibility, fireball, sunfire, chromatic orb, lightning bolt, Mordenkainen's sword. Others rarely used, the choice depending on the occasion. Web and Agannazzar's scorcher were very important before I got fireball and sunfire. I used to plan encounters basing on bridges or narrow passages and proper use of web followed by precisely calculated Agannazzar's. When you have two or three, you can't afford wasting any. Especially if you're not a melee machine. With more potent buff spells comming, I became more inclined towards plain butchery with occasional fireballs in the archers' direction or a sunfire.

Is there a limit of spells that can be written in the spell book, as in BG2? Would a fighter/wizard have any advantages over the paladin/wizard?

A fighter/wizard would have more feats and be elligible for Weapon Specialisation. He would lose paladin spells, divine grace, divine health, divine courage, smite evil, lay hands, cure disease, protection from evil, holy avenger allowance, +1 WIS and STR from avenger quest, diplomacy as class skill... and that's it.

In D&D 3 there's no limit to the spells you can learn.

Good character, but does not rule :( :shake:
And strength is low.

The screenshots don't work (as far as I can tell it is giving me a 404 error, can't read what it says).

I can access all screenshots.

Those screens were pretty impressive, but it must get tedious buffing up before every fight (or at least most of them).

[ January 04, 2004, 15:36: Message edited by: Vengeance Incarnate ]

It was so tiring that in many fights I resigned myself to just the most necessary buffs and went for good, massive offence hoping to blast them away before they kill me. With stoneskin and good concentration, practically no non-critical hit could spoil my spells and mirror image provided good defence against the first wave of spells and hits. With that awesome sunfire in a large quantity and also several fireballs, it wasn't all that difficult. Also, some spells are long-lasting: stat boosts, mirror image, stoneskin, shield.

The strength stat is not exceptional, but 16 isn't low. It was 14 through most of the game, actually. Still, not bad, considering I had bull's strength all the time on me. Heavier stuff went to bags of holding, and AB came not only from STR. Anyway, in later chapters I hit 29 with buffs. IIRC one screen shows that.