Yeah, what really sucks is getting Thieves at a high level, so you have almost no control over what skills to put their points into. I hate that, that's why I burned through the first 4 chapters this time; Got Coran after only 9 days, when he was only Level 3/3 (He doesn't get any lower.) My Fighter was still only Lev. 1 when we entered the Bandit Camp, but he was Lev. 3 when we left.