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Tried out a dwarven Fighter/Thief (couldn't stand 17 str with a Halfling). Improved Ilyich has never been easier [img]smile.gif[/img]
Detect Illusion was almost as good as the Inquisitors True Sight at rendering the thieves harmless. Horror and backstab made short work of the Greater Otuygh. The Extra Planar Demon went down just as easily to a few stacked traps. Seperated Ilyich from his gang and with an Oil of Speed and constant hiding in shadows, he was easy prey. The rest of the gang fell to a combination of traps and backstabs. So far I've played him as I would play a pure Thief, with lots of sneaking and trap setting, but I suspect that his abilities as a Fighter will become more and more useful as I go on.

Detect Illusions at a decent level and some of the Breaching wands you get in Watcher's Keep, would make him just as good as an Inquisitor at dealing with mages. Not even mentioning the obvious advantages of having full access to both Fighter and Thief abilities and HLA's.

Think I'll skip Vhailor's Helm though, seems like this guy will be powerful and versatile enough anyway, besides, having a mini mage with me would defeat the purpose of soloing a non-mage [img]smile.gif[/img]

Saving up money for Defender of Easthaven now, a base of 45% Phys res with Jan's special armor sounds very appealing. Best of all though - This guy will still advance in levels quite some time after SoA [img]smile.gif[/img]