*cough cough*
I am role-playing here, not power-gaming.
First time though, do you really think I would use only leather armour if I was not role-playing?
Try it sometime, it can be challenging.
Hell, my main fighter, John Little, is a Grandmaster in Quarterstaffs, 
dishes out about 20-25 damage though. Heh heh.
Will Scarlett, my second tank, is a Grandmaster in Daggers, got to love poking Dragons to death.
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If not a Sorcerer, then a Paladin.
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Baldur's Gate Item Mart