Fighter/Mage/Thief -- ever try one (with a party)

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Just a little curious about this multi-class combo.

On the surface, I'd think this combo a little too much, and that the protagonist would not advance quickly enough to keep up with the NPCs.

But, I've never tried one out (with a party -- NOT SOLO!). Has anyone ever tried this? What were the results?

 

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[ November 24, 2003, 13:35: Message edited by: Taluntain ]

 

I´ve never tried a F/M/T either in a party.
Because of the simple reason that there isn´t enough xp for that. Especially if you take Jaheira and Aerie in your party. Which I always do. So therefor I think it´s dumb to play a F/M/T if you have a full party. And also, you would never need it since you got mages and thieves in your party that is just as good as you. Or almost anyway


Valer... And you aren´t?
Atleast post something concerning the thread.

 

Color me confused.


Thanks for the response, Duke.

 

Without the XP cap remover or ToB installed, you would be hard pressed to get enough experience to run a full party with a F/M/T. People think Jaheira advances slowly -- F/M/T take nearly a lifetime to get to decent levels.

I've run F/M/T only a couple of times and both times the only other character I had was a cleric (for the romance). I'd pick up others only for their quests, but then drop them once completed. I seemed to progress fairly well but it does seem to take a long while to make any headway.

 

Spell dona:
All romance's are a cleric of some type, which one?

 

Interesting -- I really hadn't realized that all the romances were cleric types.

For female, it's obvious: Anomen
For male, Viconia (and occasionally Anomen)

 

I've played a F/T with Edwin, Korgan and Viconia several times - notably only four characters in that party.

The only time I've played a F/M/T is when soloing. IMO a F/M/T is a bad choice in a full party because his skills are acceptable only as a thief.

 

well not so much pure cleric's as romance's that cast cleric spells

 

F/M/T solo is monstrous. However in a party hes definetly not worth taking.

 

I've played a FMT solo and in a party. As a solo, the game becomes extremely easy as you are essentially an entire party in one character. In a party, though, the FMT is pretty worthless as you get relegated to a support role.

 

Having a versatile PC as a support isn't always a bad thing. I often run a F/M/C, as he can do just about anything, though I hesitate to use him in melee (I do the fighter part of the class to get better hit-points, specialize a little, and be passable if melee becomes inevitable) By the end of the game, he can be good in any of his three classes depending on the gear you give him. I'd be willing to bet the same thing can be said of a F/M/T.
From a role playing perspective, such a multiclass is sensible to me in that during the PC's life at Candlekeep, he would have wanted as much training as possible and would have taken it where he could.

 

Once the F/M/T gets level 6 spells, he's nigh indestructable. Mislead allows you to backstab many times in a few seconds.

 

F/M/T is the perfect solo character - but becomes a liability in a party

all those backstab tricks really kill... literally

 

LOL! Is that a typo or some "rainbow mod" I never heard of?

 

I'm running a F/M/T at the moment in a party containing Viconia, Korgan and Edwin. I wanted to play evil (and i'm doing a damn fine job if I do say so myself! ) and not take Yoshimo so I opted for the fighter/thief but then thought from a role play perspective,the son of a god should be able to cast some mean spells so i opted for the F/T/M. I've got the xp cap removed and i'm playing with the ease-of-use mod so i'm getting the three strongholds as well. I have to say i'm having gret fun. He's chaotic evil, my thief/scout, my back-up spell caster and also a front line fighter if need be. He can cast stoneskin and with those fighter proficiencies he's a dervish in melee-heavy combat. I'm wondering now why I never took one before!!