What weapon proficiencies can backstab?

Long sword, short sword, dagger, katana, scimitar,.....ummmm not too sure about the rest, I heard you can backstab with a staff/club although I never tried it myself..... *sign* http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...les/tongue.gif

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AFAK you can backstap with any weapon the character can use, although I'm not sure about double-handed weapons and double handweapons

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The last arrow of Legolas kindled in the air as it flew,
and plunged burning into the heart of a great wolf-chieftain.
All the others fled. -J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

Melee, of course. http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...miles/wink.gif

You can backstab with any melee weapon usable by thieves - it's not the weapon type that's important, just whether or not single-classed thieves can use it. So you can backstab with an ordinary quarterstaff for example, but not with the Staff of the Magi (used by a thief-mage like Jan or Nalia) as it can only be used by mages.

Hmmm...anyone know why a certain famed halfling towards the end of the game keeps getting the 'can't backstab' message? Not that I'm complaining...http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gif

Hey, did you know you can backstab with a fist?

Use shadow keeper to make a monk/thief and backstab with fists!http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gif

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shouldn't there be benefits from nailing people with arrows or bolts from behind? maybe there are... are there?

If the halfling you are referring to is Regis in Drizzt's party, it's because he is wielding a mace, for some inexplicable reason! Just for fun I created a party by using the Drizzt custom character as the main PC, summoning and CTRL-Qing all his party members, then using Shadowkeeper to make their stats fairer (i.e a base AC of 10 not -5 or so!) For some reason Regis is carrying a +2 mace, even though single-class thieves are not even able to use them normally.
Maybe this was his weapon in the books, I don't know (all I know about the Forgotten Realms/AD&D world is from games, I'm afraid!).
Also, Drizzt has a DEX of 20 - is there a reason for this, since elves have a maximum DEX of 19?

On the subject of summoning and CTRL-Qing characters, you can get quite a lot of the BG1 ones this way, including Kivan, Garrick, Xzar, Quayle, Coran and Safana. Many of them even have their BG1 soundsets!