Kensai Dualling Advice

[Aragorn1]

I have cretaed a party, or at least 4 members of one, to take through the game filling the remaining spaces with NPCs. I had originally intened to dual my kenasi into a theif at level twelve. However, i am now considering a mage as I would have to keep yoshi in my party for a significant time after dualling, until my stats were high enough, even with my monk taking the scouting role. I am reluctant to do this as Yoshi is not a good... long term investment, in my opinion anyway. Also, I have proficency in Katana, and Dakkon Zerth's blade would be a great weapon. But i am concerned as to whether there will be enough spells to go around and if it will tilt my party too far to the magic side, although i think the spells i would use would mainly serve to boost combat performance, stoneskin etc.
Currently my part is:
Sorcerer
Monk
Fighter/Cleric (Dualled at lvl 9)
Edwin
Yoshimo

Any thoughts on which would be the better way?

[ 11-27-2004, 10:28 AM: Message edited by: Aragorn1 ]

[Cerek]

Thieves gain levels faster than any other class, so you would gain the needed skills quickly enough.

However, if you've taken a proficiency in katana, then Dakkon's blade is an excellent choice for a kensai dualed to a mage.

But you're party IS very "magic heavy" with a sorcerer, fighter/cleric, and Edwin. That should provide all the spells you need. This would give you the option of dualing to a thief and then backstabbing opponents with Celestial Fury. {oh yeeeeaah!)

[Aragorn1]

Hmm... sounds good. I do like a bit of back stabbing, my favourite tactic at the moment is to have the fighter cleric attract attention and then WAMM backstab from Yoshi and stunnig blow from monk. I severly wounded enemey and if your lucky, three stunned, easy meat!!