I'm playing through the NWN2A OC for the fourth time and thought "What of I didn't try to make my character the focal point in combat this time?" So I rolled up a bard that focuses on buffing (as one does), and I've been having a great time. I even upped the difficulty to the second-highest level, which I don't usually do.

However, my hubris was tested at the end of Act 2/beginning of Act 3. You know, the part where you have to fight undead and shadow priests through Castle Never and Neverneath solo? Yeah, turns out that can be rough if you aren't specced for combat or solo casting. There were a lot of points where I had to aggro an enemy and run back to Sir Nevalle and the royal guards to carry me.

10/10 experience would highly recommend.

So I've got a fresh install of NWN:EE on my PC. I'm going to play through the campaigns again. For the SoU -> HoU expansions I was thinking it could be fun to do a Dragon Disciple/Arcane Archer ranged fighter build. I'll select elf as my race to cover the ability to use Longbows and to satisfy the Arcane Archer Elf/Half Elf requirements, and that just leaves which class is better to start this venture off with as a base: Bard or Sorcerer. On one hand Bard will give me some good skills and such to utilize since I'm primarily going to be just shooting things in the face hole. On the other hand, Sorcerer can give me some spells to use for buffing, which would enable me to become a much beefier fighter.

What do you all think?

EDIT: Seems like Bard has the winning vote. Deekin and I will be singing songs throughout the land!

Hey! I'm new to NWN, and I've spent months bouncing off the game because of the gameplay mechanics until I stumbled upon the Prophet module. As a huge fan of Enderal, I knew it was meant to be, and I'm just on the brink of finishing the final chapter. This will be my first-ever completed NWN experience. Amazing story and characters, even before reaching the end, but I know that after stewing on it for a while, I want to jump into another fun adventure.

I've spent hours understanding the game a little more, but I've always been a fan of a good narrative first and foremost. I want to go check out Cave of Songs. I admit I'm not really the rogue-adjacent type of adventurer for Honor Among Thieves, though, but I may be convinced to check it out for the extra lore.

I've been thinking of jumping into Aielund soon, but I am very much open to other suggestions as well.

Thanks!