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Old 04-09-2003, 02:56 PM   #14
SixOfSpades
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Join Date: September 16, 2001
Location: Bellingham, WA, USA
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Quote:
Originally posted by Myrddin L'argenton:
Thieves can only use weapons that are sharp (swords and daggers) to backstab really. They can't use blunt weapons, though this might be that I was using Montaron and in that case it is weapons that thieves can't use.
Incorrect. As stated in my Guide, you can Backstab (or Backwhack) with ANY melee weapon that a pure-class Thief can use, the list of which is:
Daggers
Clubs
Short Swords
Long Swords
Staves (which includes the Staff Mace and Staff Spear)
a very special pair of Scimitars (and the only reason you can use them is because the game think they're Long Swords)

In BG2, these weapons are added to the Backstab list:
Scimitars
Wakizashi
Ninja-To
Katanas

Cleric/Thieves can still Backstab, they simply are limited by their Cleric restriction. They can use any weapon that a normal Cleric could use, but they can only Backwhack with weapons usable by both a Cleric AND a Thief.
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