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I want to play a neutral aligned party with nps hare'dalis, jaheria, and jan. i want to play a something-mage dual class but cant decide wether to go with a kensi 13/mage (for the fighting power) or a 9/mage or an assassin/mage (what level do they get 5x backstab and above and advice on dual classing is very welcome). i know the game can be completed with any party, but i am wondering if my marty with no true fighting class would no be that great. any advice on npcs or other characters classes that are fun?

Jaheira and Healradis can fight, your Kensai/mage will be able to fight unless you are in the transition period. Just have all your easy quests in that period and you should be fine, ie no lich/vampires ect.

There's no reason why you need to add a fighter type. Jaheira with Ironskins and Haer'Dalis with Stoneskin, Tenser's, and Offensive Spin, are more than capable of chunking enemies. Be sure to equip Haer'Dalis's Chaos Blade in his main hand, for those enemies not requiring +3 or better to hit, since the dex drain can kill enemies.

All thieves get 5x backstab at 13th level. If you dual at this point, it will take a while before you recover your thieving abilities, but you can use the XP earned from scribing spells to help with that. As an assassin, you'll probably want to dual this late anyway, and you'll still be able to max out your mage class in SoA. An assassin-mage can poison his MMM's (and the energy blades in ToB), so he has the potential to do a lot of damage. Have him cast Tenser's for backstabbing fun.