Roger the Robber (halfling thief) is my first attempt to take a character all the way through Baldur's Gate, Baldur's Gate II The Shadow of Amn, and Baldur's Gate The Throne of Bhaal. Wish me luck.

Good luck [img]graemlins/awesomework.gif[/img]

<font color="cyan">Good luck, but with name like that I'm shocked Gorion adopted you....I would have kicked you out of the door.

Just kiddin, Good luck. I was gonna do it with my fighter, before i lost the game. :( </font>

Good luck, and here's a crowd of people who wish you luck [img]graemlins/thewave.gif[/img]

Good luck with Roger the (Artful) Dodger. You may want to consider starting him as a fighter BG1/Tales, then dualing him to thief. If you work it right I would imagine you can achieve grandmastery (after the conversion pricess in BG2) in short sword (katana would be more powerful of course, but aesthetically hobbits just seem like they ought to be wielding short swords) by dualing pretty early in BG1/Tales. Then he can score monster hits well over 100 on his backstabs in BG2.

Edit: Ack, stayed up too late at night and went brain dead. No dualing hobbitses of course.

[ 01-08-2002: Message edited by: Lemernis ]</p>

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Lemernis:
Good luck with Roger the (Artful) Dodger. You may want to consider starting him as a fighter BG1/Tales, then dualing him to thief. If you work it right I would imagine you can achieve grandmastery (after the conversion pricess in BG2) in short sword (katana would be more powerful of course, but aesthetically hobbits just seem like they ought to be wielding short swords) by dualing pretty early in BG1/Tales. Then he can score monster hits well over 100 on his backstabs in BG2.

[ 01-07-2002: Message edited by: Lemernis ]<hr></blockquote>I wanted a halfling, for racial bonuses and roleplaying experience. I don't think you can dual demihumans. I'm sure that I will do my share of backstabbing, although, I am hoping to be deadly with a sling, like any good hobbit (halfling).

Never mind, heh! (I was still waking up with my coffee.)

[ 01-08-2002: Message edited by: Lemernis ]</p>

i am going through the whole series with a theif as well. Except mine is an elf, as elves are good with bows.

<font color="cyan">Roger The Robber, Andy The Assasain.

Where do you get your names??

I think I might have to become Brad The Bard or something.

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If you're doing a Halfling, why not a Multi Fighter/Thief? You get your Thieving skills only a little bit slower, and you get better THAC0 and a MUCH better selection of items you can use (like helmets....). Unless you want to take one of the kits, of course. Because it just seems to me that a pure Halfling Thief would max out on his Thieving skills awfully quick (relatively speaking, that is) and then have nowhere to go.

<font color="cyan">I am a halfling fighter theif, I started the game again 3 nights ago. I'm level 4, and Im not too sure which way I am going to take it yet.</font>

I didn't want to multi-class, because I want to reach the max level (40th), I will be able to do some awesome things with the special abilities from ToB. I can't wait to try some of the new traps, and Use Any Item will come in handy I'm sure.

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Lavindathar:
<font color="cyan">I am a halfling fighter theif</font><hr></blockquote>

<font color="cyan">I think I must have been high when I wrote this, as I am not that. I am a halfling theif. Dunno why I wrote fighter.</font>

One of the main reasons that I took a thief is that I believe that a good thief is essential in completing Durlag's Tower. I remember that when I played before that Imoen was my thief and she kinda sucked. Also thieves earn experience for disarming traps and opening locks in BG2!! Rock On!!! :D