[IronDragon]

Nalia is a lot of things but a thief is not one of them. I never think of her as a thief at all. Try thinking of her as a Mage who can wield a bow and can do so rather well.
Using a Bow, she can get 2 attacks per round and since she has 18 Dexterity she will get a +4 bonus using a Bow. Tuigan Bow +1 is a good Bow for her (3 attacks per round) which you can get really early in the game until you can give her something better like Tansheron's Bow or Gesen Bow. Since her AC isn’t that horrible (at least for a mage) give her the Bracers Of Archery instead of bracers of defense for even better bow usage.

Having a thief is just not necessary in either SoA or Tob. Any lock the MUST be opened can be bashed and most traps can either be avoided or countered with the third level Minor Spell Deflection. I never take a thief along unless it’s Imoen and I don’t suffer for their absence. ~snip~

Everyone says Edwin is the better mage but I have never been convinced of that. Edwin may have three more spells but he is a weak as a kitten and very low HP’s. With all the ways to get used spells back this is not really an issue at all. A little time with Staff of the Magi and everything old is new again. Edwin’s sole merit is his 18 intelligence compared to Nalia’s 17 but ~snip~ Edwin has a total of 74 points while Nalia has a total of 87, big difference.

Of course my big problem with Edwin is the fact he is evil. I just can’t stomach evil people and like any good person I find interesting and poetic ways to kill them. And if I have a resurrection spell handy; I kill them twice in hopes that either they will change their ways or serve as a lesson for other evil people out there.

[ 04-25-2003, 01:12 AM: Message edited by: Dundee Slaytern ]