Hey guys, first a bit of background. I finally got to a point in the game where I feel like my party will be unable to progress unless I entirely respec, so instead of that I figured that I'd just start from scratch. Since you have to pick between an all physical or magical damage party, I'm sticking with magic, which I know is a bit weak at the moment but I just love casting spells! Anyway here's what I'm thinking for my new party, please let me know if I make any glaring mistakes or if you have any other thoughts about it:
1. Inquisitor, melee magic DPS, uses staves
Main attribute: Intelligence
Secondary attribute: Constitution
Primary Skills: Two-Handed, Pyro
Secondary Skills: Warfare, Aero, Necromancer
Civil Skills: Lucky Charm
Talents: Demon, Elemental Affinity, Executioner
Character: Red Prince
Basically this guy will sit up in front and deal as much damage as he can with basic attacks, as well as shorter range spells (like fire whip). He will also have some melee, magic based CC. Warfare and aero for mobility, necro for buffs and lifesteal. This guy will also be the main character. Since he will probably be standing in fire most of the time, we max fire resistance and get elemental affinity.
2. Warrior, hybrid summoner/physical DPS/support, uses 2 handed swords
Main Attribute: Strength/Constituion
Secondary attribute: Intelligence
Primary Skills: Summoning
Secondary Skills: Warfare, Necromancer, Hydro
Civil Skills: Bartering
Talents: Comeback Kid, Morning Person, Opportunist
Character: Fane
This character is the one I'm most unsure about. The problem is that I need at least one character who has a good amount of strength, because there literally quests in the game that require you to have it (All in the Family for example). Anyway the idea is max summoning to make them a hybrid, then in rare situations where the enemies have high magic armor/low physical armor, use offensive necro spells and blood incarnate/bone widow with basic attacks. Since he probably won't be doing much direct offensive, he will have a bunch of support/healing spells, making him more of a second support character.
3. Wizard, ranged magic DPS, uses shield/wand
Main Attribute: Intelligence
Secondary Attribute: None
Primary Skills: Pyro, Polymorph
Secondary Skills: Geo, Aero, Hydro
Civil Skills: Loremaster, Theivery
Talents: Glass Cannon, Savage Sorteliage, Far Out Man, The Pawn
Character: Sebile (for flesh sacrifice)
This person is the super heavy damage dealer, designed to strip enemies of magic armor as fast as possible. Focus on pyro, but have offensive magic spells for all 4 main schools for when magic resistance pops up. Use polymorph skin graft/apotheosis for maximum effect later. The wand/shield is to make sure that the enemy AI doesn't go after them, because I guess they always go after the person with the least armor. You lose about 10% crit chance, which I'm OK with. Will also have a few support spells for emergencies.
4. Priest, ranged magic support/summoning, uses shield/wand
Main Attribute: Intelligence
Secondary Attribute: Wits
Primary Skills: Summoning, Hydro
Secondary Skills: Aero, Geo, Pyro
Civil Skills: Persuasion (since he gets automatic pet pal)
Talents: Glass Cannon, Far Out Man, The Pawn
Character: Iban (since the summoning skill will help out his wolf)
This is the primary support character of the party. Since you don't really need a lot of points in the magic schools for support, this person is also a summoner. High wits to ensure they go first in battles, where he can buff everyone up and drop a summon. He will also have a fair number of damage/CC spells to function as a backup DPS character when he's not buffing, so int will need to be pretty high. Again, wand/sheild is chosen to make sure they have higher armor than the two front liners. When physical DPS is required for whatever reason, the summon can help out the warrior.
Anyway that's pretty much it, I'm still not quite sure on the character/civil skills combinations (is it a bad thing to not have the main character max persuasion?), or anything else really, but I could definitely use some feedback. Thanks!
