Interesting Dual-Class combo

BigNewt · Post by **BigNewt** » Mon Dec 08, 2003 10:18 am

I've been playing BG for about 8 million years it seems, trying different characters and classes along the way, and I've finally found one that's pretty cool!

I love the assassin kit, because of the poison ability...but I wanted a harder hitter. So, I started with the ass. thief, and then around level 10, I dualled to a fighter. Once both classes were activated, I was unstoppable! Armed with Celestial Fury and the shield of harmony - I was not only stunning opponents with every hit - I was also seriously poisoning them too!

With Imoen around, I didn't even need/use my other thieving skills...so I just slapped on full plate and whacked everything in sight.

(I needed decent hit points to begin with from my thief, so 18 con was a definite. If you have close to 70 when you dual-class, your fighter should be okay)

Anyway - fun stuff.

Numinor · Post by **Numinor** » Mon Dec 08, 2003 2:17 pm

A thief has no benefit at all from a constitution of 18.
Constitution of 17,18 or 19 is only useful for Fighters, Paladins, Rangers and Barbarians, all other classes get no further HP Bonus for con over 16.

Mirk · Post by **Mirk** » Tue Dec 09, 2003 3:05 am

why not wait for a bit longer - get the extra backstab multiplyer? a fighter (vanilla & all 3 kits) dualled to thief at level 13 will do the job better. the only reason to prefer the assassin-fighter is the *6 or *7 backstabs (not that *5 by a kensai-thief leaves anything alive...)

JackOfClubs · Post by **JackOfClubs** » Tue Dec 09, 2003 6:31 pm

Also by dualing to fighter, you lose out on the thief High Level Abilities which are far superior to the fighter ones, IMHO.