[Rataxes]

Don't dual-wield with a plain thief. They got a poor THAC0 to begin with, with the massive penalties that only one star in Two Weapon Style will give you, you will simply not hit a thing later on in the game. What you want for a plain thief is a single weapon that will do huge damage when backstabbing. Staff of the Ram comes to mind for ToB, or Staff's of Striking for SoA - Quarter staffs that is, but Celestial Fury is good enough for SoA. Combine that with a bow, most preferably the Tuigan Bow, since it's the only way you'll ever attain a decent ApR with a bow, and ApR is the king of combat, and Tansheron's/Gesen Bow for monsters that require +3/+4 Enchantment to kill.

If you're going for a Swashbuckler, good for you! It's the by far best Thief kit and in fact one of the best melee fighters in the game IMHO. They can dual-wield just fine, and that is in fact precisely what you should do. As stated before, ApR is the king, and the combo that will give you the best ApR is Belm + Kundane, which is thus my recommendation for the main part of the game. Use this combo until you get Whirlwind, if you have ToB. After that, you can switch to whatever weapons and style you want.

Edit: Meh, just realized Olorin already made most of my points.

[ 02-05-2003, 06:43 PM: Message edited by: Rataxes ]