Character Creation Icewind Dale has a robust character creation system. You can have up to six characters fulfilling a variety of roles (and if you're smart each will fill more than one role). Your party will need to cover the following bases: Three or four front-line fighters. There are a lot of enemies in this game and most of them try to melee you to death At least one divine spellcaster to ...
Dual wield is only good for generating specials and performing normal attacks. Two Handed is better all around for opponents with low, normal, or above average defence. It's possoble to hit damage cap under Low Leverage using two handed. This is assuming you are using weapons that can be two handed. Daggers and Rods benefit more from Dual Wield.
