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I used to play an elven fighter/thief, now though a half-orc fighter/thief is probably the strongest. A straight thief doesnt cut it for powergaming, even a swashbuckler. Swashbucklers get amazing AC and whirlwind, but less attacks and no assassination. Kensai dualed to thief at level 13 gets full attacks, lots of hp, nice proficiencies and will be able to use armour etc with thieves Use Any Item ability, but they are vulnerable until high level, and dont get any fighter high level abilities (whirlwind, hardiness, smite etc).
A multi class fighter/thief is slow to level and stuck at 2 proficiency points in a few chosen weapons. They dont get as many hp as a dualed fighter/thief. Where they rock though is the number of high level abilities they get. Because characters get HLAs everytime they level above 3,000,000 xp, a multi class will get more HLAs than any single, or especially dual char. You get to choose from BOTH fighter and thief. Take a half-orc to take advantage of high end and get around the lower hp problem, and great strength for backstabbing. You wont need any belts of strength later if you play evil. It doesnt matter that the multi fighter/thief is of lower individual levels, as the fighter and thief class dont get many benefits for high levels, just HLAs, and multi beats them all in that department.
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