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...Note - make sure you don't dual all those fighters at the same time - that would be difficult.
Excellent point, Aerich. You made it on a post that slipped in while I was writing mine. I meant to second you on my subsequent post, but forgot.
Cary, if you do the following:
F(7)-->Illusionist
F(7)-->Thief
F(9)-->Cleric
F(9)-->Druid
you should have no problem, since you have plenty of Fighter power, and will regain Fighter skills in your first two DCs about the time you DC the second set.
A more "power gamer" DC strategy for a party doing IWD/HoW/TotLM might look like this:
F(7)-->Illusionist
F(9)-->Thief
F(10)-->Cleric (F[12]-->Cleric?)
F(13)-->Druid
It is a lo-o-ong haul to wait till F(9) to get your Thief, but you will ever after be glad you waited (and maybe even wish you'd gone to F[12] when your character hits Thief[22] in HoW and has nothing to show for it except an additional Hit Point or two per clvl).
F[10] is not a sweet spot for DCing out of Fighter. It would be much better to go to F[12] and get the extra PP, and this might be possible if you do all quests and bulk up on expo by sleeping in monster-infested areas. However, in the trade-off, remember that the F/C needs to DC in time to gain respectable Cleric skills before hitting HoW (Cleric[12] would be comfortable). Some areas of HoW seem to be created for the express purpose of severely spanking Cleric-less parties; and a striking example of this demented design greets your party fairly early on. (I have a DC R/C and a DC C/F, and they both do very well on the front line; so I think you will come to be very fond of your F/C.)
F(13) might seem like a long wait to get your Druid; but remember that you get to enjoy the benefits of a pure high-level Fighter after all your other characters have DCed. If you do IWD/HoW/TotLM, including all quests, then I estimate that your F/D will spend a little over 1/3 of her career as a Fighter, 1/6 as a Druid (with Fighter skills inactive) and a little under 1/2 the game as a full F/D. My DC F/D is (IIRC) Fighter[10]/Druid[18] with about 168 HP, nearing the end of TotLM. My only two "power gaming quibbles" about this awesome character: I wish I had pumped DEX to 18 and waited until F(13) to DC. I still have lots of play time left in the game with a fully developed (and very fun!) character.
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