[pritchke]

Originally posted by Aerich: Thief, Druid, and Illusionist can all wait for a while - the bard can cover mage spells AND thief skills. You get pick pockets naturally, and you can use an Invisibility potion or spell to scout and Knock to open locks that you can't smash. The only glaring lack is some non-damaging way to detect traps - not so bad in the beginning, but the poison, confusion, paralyzation, and petrifying traps can really get you down (lvl 5 of Dragon's Eye and beyond).

For the traps there is a wand that detects traps once per day. I believe it is in the possession of the lead Orc in the mill so found very early in the game (don't think it is a random item). Since there are not a ton of traps early on the wand will be enough since it works the same as the cleric spell "Find Traps". The only problem then is disarming the ones found in chest, the bard can always use mirror image to overcome this problem.

[ 09-30-2004, 11:19 AM: Message edited by: pritchke ]