Decent Duo -HELP-

[Burt_Reynolds]

My wife and I want to play as a party. We're ftp, and fairly new to the game. I have a lot of experience with MMO's and DnD, she's experienced in DnD. So, we're up for interesting builds as long as they're 28pts and don't require Drow/Warforged/Monk/the-other-pay-class-I've-forgotten.

I was thinking about a Paladin and a Rogue/Wizard. That'd give us minor healing, decent taking, decent trap/lock, and some useful arcane spells. However, I don't really know how to go about building them. I know it's a tall order, but I don't want to screw up our characters and chances of success due to being noobs.

[Eladiun]

Hey Burt, loved you in Boogie Nights. Paly's are tough on 28 points because of a lot of stats are important and the extra 4 points help a lot.

Guide to Creating Paly's http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php...=player+builds

Builds for new players http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=232660

Rogue/Wizard http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=233895

It's a WF build but i couldn't locate a non WF one should give you ideas...go Human and take the extra feat.

Lastly, download the character planner and play around...

http://www.rjcyberware.com/DDO/DDOCharGen.html

[unbongwah]

There are a LOT of possible combos, of course, but based on my experience duoing with a friend, I would recommend a rogue / ranger or rogue / bard as your trapmonkey (the ranger will have better DPS, be a bit more sturdy, and have an easier time of maintaining trap skills; while the bard will have nicer buffs & heals) and a melee DPS or battlecleric (i.e., cleric with splash of fighter for martial weapons & extra feat) for a partner. Basically the idea is to have pretty good DPS combined with some healing, buffs, and trap skills. Trapmonkeying isn't strictly necessary, but it is a handy source of bonus XP and survivability when you're new to the game; plus it just doesn't feel like D&D without it. Dwarves or humans are probably the best races for new players, IMHO. Tihocan's guide which Eladiun linked is a good starting place for ideas.

Warforged are basically ideal for arcane casters or rogue / wizards - sturdier and can self-heal w/Repair spells - so I would wait until you unlocked WF before making one. A WF duo would rawk, but naturally you'd have to unlock them on both accounts. Might not want to do that until you're sure you like DDO.

[Valindria]

My favorite Duo so far is Ranger/rogue (18/1) Tempest III who can handle traps and 20 Bard Warchanter, can buff, heal, dps, or do whatever is needed.

[sandrider30]

I near exclusively duo with my wife, and we are: 1) dwarven battle cleric/trapmonkey (18 cleric/1 fighter/1 rogue) and 2) Human TWF Kensei III (20 fighter). The cleric is lvl10 and the kensei is lvl8 and we are having a blast. So far I can trapmonkey pretty much everything (tried up to quests lvl9 normal) and she is becoming a real kopesh wielding blender.
Good luck

[Burt_Reynolds]

Thanks for the advice, everyone.