How many characters in a party?

[advkow]

It looks interesting, and I love dungeon crawlers however I can't seem to tell what the max party size is? The thing is, I don't like ones where you only have 3/4 characters. The whole point of a party based dungeon crawler is to have tons of bodies...er vaulable allies isn't it?

[MezzoMax]

And do we have to fill up the roster? I read somewhere in a FAQ that ou can have a party of only 4, 5 or 6.

[advkow]

Why would you want, other than a self imposed hard mode, less party? If I"m going into a dungeon I want as many shields...er vaulable comrades as possible.

[MezzoMax]

Originally posted by advkow:

Why would you want, other than a self imposed hard mode, less party? If I"m going into a dungeon I want as many shields...er vaulable comrades as possible.

I first thought the game was balanced around 4 party members. Then read the FAQ and it was stated that you can go up to 6.
For me personally it's a role playing aspect if I name the party after my family. We are 4....and no dogs/cats so. :-)
Well I could also go with naming the party after my friends with whom I played a lot of PnP role playing games. Would be more fitting.

I also like to bend the game to my likings. For example I am not fond of wizards in games. They are often overpowered and if it is possible to make a party without one I will try it. (I guess I will make an exception in this one).


And for this particular combat mechanic I thought having 4 party members is more flexible movement wise since you only have 8 spaces. With 6 members it will get really crowded and you will end up getting hit by spells.