Thread: Best characters to have in your party

I do have the shale dlc, where exactly do you find him in the game?

I'd get shale but he seems overpowered and i dont have a router here.

The quest chain start is at the glowing golden box on your Ferelden map. Just head there.

Its at the lower left part of the map, the monsters you fight are pretty easy as long as you don't rush into open spaces with a bunch after you, they have a 5 or so archers that will pick you off if not careful. My party at the moment is me(Arcane Mage/Spirit Healer), Leliana(Ranged attack and Bard skills) , Shale(Uber tank), and Wynne(healer - soon to be replaced by another dps once my mage learns more healing spells.) Otherwise you get...

My first group was me(dwarf tank, Morrigan, dog and leliana). Worked out well til near the end. 2nd time through was me(dalish rogue) wynne, sten and shale tanking. That group was oh so easy. Although listening to Sten was getting on my nerves. Wish I coulda inducted him into the Grey Wardens.

If you use shale, do his companion quest. It gives nice weapons that need 38 str and armor that needs 38 constitution.

It depends on the situation really. Leliana is good for any party, due to being bale to lockpick and disarm traps (and her being a Bard/Ranger Archer helps the party). So no matter what you're rolling, I'd bring her, UNLESS you made a rogue and decided to get the lockpick skills on him. Then you can potentially bypass her. But even still, a dual blade rogue can function as a tank, so you may be able to roll with her anyway. Always...

Your party should be based around your character. If you are playing a tank, than have a rogue and two mages, one a caster, the other a healer. That's how I am playing. My characters a tank, and I have in my group Leliana, Morrigan, and Wynne. I'll change it up with my next run through.

I myself think Sten is epic, personality wise. I've yet to seek out Shale since I wanted to do wardens keep and find the Arcane Fighter class first. He's next on my to-do list.

My party was made up of my character (spirit healer), Alistair, Zevran, and Shale/my dog. My party worked out fairly well. Even though I couldn't pick locks, it didn't matter much. I sold 90% of the items I found and money wasn't an issue in the game so it wasn't a big deal to me. *SPOILER* Its funny that you all call Shale "he." Shale is in fact a woman. Or, was, rather.