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Has anyone else noticed that the amount of damage induced in a backstab is disproportional to the type of enermy involved?

I have seen the same assassin do 148 pts damage to a mephit but only do regularly 60-90 odd points damage to most other tuff monsters etc.

Now doing that to the shadow dragon or other tuff enermy would have been great

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If it was possible, then there wouldn´t be som many Dragons and they wouldn´t be so feared.

It could be because certain monsters have resistences. I know that if you go after Greater mummies, then it doesn't do as much damage compared to a lowly kobold.

I have to agree with you on the backstabb thing I usally always play a theif and I did not do the firkagg quest until I came back from underdark and some of those poor creatures in that quest recieved alot of backstab damage. I think one little kobold was hit with 194 points. I could not find a piece of him any where. hehehehe.

I think that some enemies have resistances to piercing and slashing damage. If you look at Icewind Dale (H of W) you will notice that they give you the amount of damage you deal and the amount the enemy resisted. The same may go for BG2, but they just don't tell you how much damage the enemy resists when you thump them.