The Single Class Challenge Thread

What is this?
The single class challenge is a call to all ToEE players to finish the game with one or a party of one single class. Obviously, this is easier with some classes than others. You can find a mirror thread on the Atari Community General Board.

What are the rules?
-Any class is allowed, so long as every character is of that class from level 1 until game's end. Clerics may be of any deity and have any legal domains.
-Generate your party either by rolling or using 30 point buy. For those unaware, you can buy a stat in the ADVANCED (point buy) tab then drag the number to where the box in the column where rolled stats would be.
-Any party size is allowed. NPCs are obtainable, but may only fight if they are of the same class. This can be useful for getting their items or having Spugnoir scribe spells.
-Any legal class alignment is allowed and characters may be of different, yet compatible alignments.
-Any race is allowed.
-Because of the nature of vingettes, especially the chaotic neutral one, you may use any characters until you reach Hommlet; however, afterward, you must switch to your party.
-Any ToEE version is allowed, but when posting your party, tell which official Atari patch you use along with unofficial mods, including Co8 and Livonya.
-Please don't cheat. I hope you know that using editors to boost your stats to 60 is frowned upon.

How do I format my party for this board?
Use this template and note that items with (O) after them are optional.

Party Notes
Patches: {list of patches}
Miscellaneous (O)

Name
Alignment, Race, Class and Level
List Deity and Domains if Cleric
STR/DEX/CON/INT/WIS/CHA
Noteworthy Feats and Skills
Noteworthy Items: {list of items} (O)
Noteworthy Spells: {list of spells} (O)
Party Role(s)
Favored Tactics: {list and describe}

Party Notes
Patches: Atari 2, Co8 3.0.4, Liv 1.5.1

Gibberwarker Badgerfinder
CN Gnome Wizard1
6/16/14/16/8/16
Noteworthy Feats and Skills: Improved Initiative/Diplomacy, Bluff, Sense Motive
Noteworthy Items: His living body.
Noteworthy Spells: grease, charm person, sleep
Party Role(s): Face, Part-Time Enchantnment Expert
Favored Tactics: Since I didn't realize the importance of burning hands and magic missile to level 1 Wizard survival, he has neither, though the party will soon scribe these spells for him. He uses charm person to take care of humanoid foes, sleep on weaklings in general, and grease to affect those who will not be spelled otherwise.

This is just one of my party. Post your characters from this challenge as well!

-EE

 

easy. use clerics...

In fact, a party composed entirely of clerics is STRONGER then any other party. Clerics have been boosted because "noone plays them" and yet wizards of the coast feel they are so necessary for the game that they just have to have one in each game, so they seriously boosted them.

Its ironic since many people i know of don't like playing them because they are so damn cheesy and/or because they are way too powerful.

 

I realized when writing this that an all-cleric or even an all-druid party has quite an edge.

-EE

 

mmm, the question is... who is going to do this with some OTHER class.

This could be interesting...

I always wanted to see a party of wizards, but its practically unthinkable considering how weak they are.

 

I am doing a party of Wizards. The level of loading and saving required is almost excessive compared to the normal game.

-EE

 

Agree completely. What pains me greatly is:
(a) it's so difficult to create a viable party without at least one cleric
(b) in TOEE, there aren't any longterm cleric NPC's until the nodes

I went with one druid last time instead, and discovered there are no full Restoration spells available in the game (that I have found) without the aid of a player-controlled cleric.

 

Also, not to be a wet blanket (really), but the evil route of finishing the game by joining the Temple is quite a bit less of a challenge than, say, killing big Z in battle.

 

I did not.

-EE

 

Go you good bards!

I'm in the process of building a party of bards with 30 point-buy, and I can tell you it's not easy, but I'll see how it goes.2 fighters, 1 rogue type and 2 spell casters, one enchanter and one summoner. I have no Idea how it'll go, but it should be fun while it lasts.
Also, is this strange, but I'm finding that I keep making my bards human, purely for the extra feat, which seems more important than anything else? Maybe it's just me!
anyway, should be interesting

 

This is actually a pretty cool idea from an RP perspective. I imagine a traveling musical troupe that has learned to take care of themselves traveling through the dangerous land of Greyhawke.

Two lute players, two horn players and a percussionist, all of whom are capable singers. In their pursuit of fame, riches and glory, they ended up with much more than they ever bargained for the day they stepped foot in the unassuming town of Hommlett.

Have fun and let us know how it goes.

 

Great Idea

to bide the time until Livonya's mod 2.0 is done I am going to make a go at it with a party of monks. That is my favourite class so that seems natural. I have already finished Liv's 1.5.1 with a bard, fighter, wizard, cleric and rogue along with elmo, fruella and meleny and was looking for something else to do...and here it is. I will let you know what happens.

Darmagon

 

a bit rough

As I mentioned earlier, I tried out a party of all bards, and I've been finding it very difficult. Firstly, I can't open any chests, despite having my rouge-type character having high dex (16), and fulll points in 'open lock'. I can't even bare the thought of touching the rainbow rock, as my fighters will get pummeled. My diplomat is ok, but no-one can use the Heal scroll to heal Bing, it always fails the 'use magic device' check, though a couple of characters are maximum in that skkill. Overall, I'm not having as much fun as I should, and am thinking of creating a new party.
I guess it's possible to get through most of the game, but it's not a job, it's entertainment, and if the joy isn't there, then why do it?
Can you tell I'm feeling guilty for possibly abandoning my party?

 

I absolutely agree. But that one is a high challenge.
I amy suggest you to try with a monk or paladin party.
Monks have many skills and are able of healing themselves. As well paladins, but probably you already got the most balanced class. Did you try with feats that improves abilities, like Skill Focus & similar?

 

i never ever use clerics, they ARE cheesy and make better warriors thaan any fighter style class! i hate them! i do very well with my party, a rogue a fighter a druid a paladin and a wizard

clerics need toning down.