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Originally posted by karlosovic:
Right out of Chateau Irenicus my halfling assassin/fighter cleared out all the trolls
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If you're gonna hack a kit for your Multiclassed character, why not Swashbuckler instead of Fighter? Talk about ouch.
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I guess you probably could build your own thief->dual character with a particular role in mind, but I like to have ALL the options available to a thief. That's why I now alternate between Jan Janson, and using the multiplayer trick to create my own NPC thieves everytime I play.
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Jan, like all characters (both yours and BioWare's), has his bonuses and drawbacks. Sure, he's Multiclassed, which slows down his Thief skills and his spell progression, but you don't
need a full Thief; half a Thief is plenty, provided you've got Locks and Traps covered early on--which Jan does. Where Multiclassing really pays off is when Jan starts getting High-Level-Abilities every time he blows his nose: All told, he's going to get a total of 19 HLAs, whereas a straight Thief or Bard would get 17. Subtract the 6 or so HLAs you'll want to spend on his Mage abilities, and that means 13 Spike Traps per day,
plus 9th-Level spells.
There's nothing wrong with having a backup spellcaster, I've found it works quite well. By the time Nalia can cast Pierce Magic, Jan can finish casting Breach a second afterward, allowing you to demolish Dragons and the like twice as quickly. It is indeed a shame that Jan can't cast Animate Dead or Abi-Dalzim's, but Mordy's Sword and Dragon's Breath should be....(ahem) adequate. [img]smile.gif[/img]
Getting tired of his quips is something common to
all NPCs (and, in fact, all games), so listing it as one of his drawbacks is rather unfair. The fact that he's Neutral means he complains when the party hits 20 Rep., but hey, I'd sure rather listen to Jan than Jaheira or Anomen.