Try playing a cleric-thief sometime. That is a great class combo. If you're going to play it strictly within the game's parameter, then only a gnome gets to play this class. But if you want to alter the race of the character with Gatekeeper, I say why not. He won't be any more powerful. In fact, if you make him half-elven, let's say, he will receive less of a bonus for the thieving skills that count the most (detect traps and pick locks) than if he were a gnome. Anyway, a cleric-thief can backstab with Shillelagh, Spriritual Hammer, or the enchanted 'staff mace' found in Durlag's.
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