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Actually I love Gnomes. I think they are the most underrated race in the game. When I played Icewind Dale I made a Gnome Cleric/Illusionist as an after thought and was I ever glad I did. He saved my party's butt more times than I care to count. When my brother and I played the old paper and pencil version he had a gnome thief/illusionist and I had a gnome fighter/thief. They were fun characters to play though my gnome was constantly on the run because he ripped off a few temples. But I digress. Shadow armor should be good and using a mace or war hammer will not interfer with your thieving abilities whatsoever. As for the potions that deal with healing I am not sure about the 10 points and 8 points respectively, but I do know that the healing elixer (the purple bottle) will also negate poison such as from spiders.
It will be interesting to hear how you will deal with spiders, sirines, and multi-groups of enemies. Personally, I think BG1 (and many hold to this position)is too fighter friendly. BG2 really took into consideration other clases by way of armor and selection of weapons. Let us know how you fair.
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