Sorry, but a dual thief/Mage will wipe away any Bard and be better at thieving and spells. As for fighting, try improved haste, Tenser's transformation, black blade of disaster, absolute immunity, any mantle spell, stoneskin etc and see who's better. And yes bards can cast some but not all these spells, but will take a lot longer to learn them. Or try a swashbucler/mage. It doesn't take long to dual as you should change at level 11, (220,000 EXP) to be able to reach the highest mage level and thus get level 9 spells, max 6 for Bards.
PS love simulacrum...
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