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does the hallowed backsmack exist in bg2? can you still backstab with staffs like you can in bg?

 

Yes, you can. There are a few staves in Shadows of Amn with high enchantment which are good to backstab with. And one in Throne of Bhaal that's really good to backstab with.

 

Any melee weapon a single classed thief can use can be used to backstab.

 

Which means no Staff of the Magi; I tried it with my F/M/T and it didn't work.

 

However...Staff of the Magi is still VERY useful.

Backstab with whatever weapon you want, equip SotM, run away...rinse and repeat.

Plus, you can use it to whack a Mage and dispel his stoneskins and what not before going Invisible again and running away...and COMING BACK!

 

Hello there. You guys do realize tipperon is asking about backsmacking and not backstabbing, don't you?

Yes, you can backsmack with a staff, but I'm not sure about a club. I don't usually use clubs for that, mostly to get rid of annoying trolls.

 

yea but have you ever thought of how an assaian POISONS somebody with a dull piece of wood? does he/her like shove it down the victims troat or something?

 

There is a such thing as touch poisons. In Pen and Paper the Assassin actually made touch poisons after a certain level and the damage increased as you leveled up. It was kind of neat.

 

As starwalker said, there are poisons that activate on contact with the skin. Also, you can get a nasty infection from an untreated splinter.

 

yea well here i go again in my quest for knowage through a rain of annoying questions

why can a theif backsmack with a club and not a mace? they are the same basic principle. though do think you've got something there with that splinter thing...

 

Because thieves aren't allowed to wield maces. Here's the big list of weapons useable by thieves: long sword, short sword, katana, scimitar, dagger, club, quarterstaff, crossbow, shortbow, dart and sling.

 

but as a cleric/thief? backstabbing with a mace shouldn't be something beyond a thief's skills

 

You can't backstab or backsmack with a weapon a thief can't use. I don't see what is so hard to understand about that. It's the rules of the game. A C/T cannot backsmack with a mace! Why? Because a thief cannot backsmack with a mace! A cleric can use a mace, but a cleric cannot backsmack/stab!