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SixOfSpades · 12-17-2003, 11:10 PM

The Cat has always been my favorite Familiar: The ones that cast combat spells are near-useless (raise your hands, everyone who wants to lose their Familiar in the first round of battle), so the balance of power shifts to those with Thieving abilities. The Cat is the only one with a perfect score in anything, which means that you can ignore those skills entirely.

Take, for instance, a Chaotic Neutral Swashbuckler->Mage. He knows he'll never be able to Backstab, so he sees no need to put points into Stealth. So he Finds his Familiar, and once his Swashbuckler half comes back, Boom! He's got all his Thieving skills maxed out: 7 skills for the price of 5.

12-17-2003, 11:10 PM	#7
SixOfSpades Dracolisk Join Date: September 16, 2001 Location: Bellingham, WA, USA Age: 48 Posts: 6,901	The Cat has always been my favorite Familiar: The ones that cast combat spells are near-useless (raise your hands, everyone who wants to lose their Familiar in the first round of battle), so the balance of power shifts to those with Thieving abilities. The Cat is the only one with a perfect score in anything, which means that you can ignore those skills entirely. Take, for instance, a Chaotic Neutral Swashbuckler->Mage. He knows he'll never be able to Backstab, so he sees no need to put points into Stealth. So he Finds his Familiar, and once his Swashbuckler half comes back, Boom! He's got all his Thieving skills maxed out: 7 skills for the price of 5. __________________ Volothamp's Comeuppance Everything you ever needed to know about the entire Baldur's Gate series......except spoilers.