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Any reason not to be a fighter mage thief if you remove the XP cap?

dCLCpdCLCp Member Posts: 7
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I think it might be fun on my next play through to remove the XP cap and solo as an elven fighter mage thief. Hopefully there should be at least one powerful weapon in the game that he can use... and naturally he's going to go hunting for food around Drizzt with a bunch of traps. It's not his fault if he gets supremely envious of all that bling and accidentally gets caught pick pocketing, runs off in the night being chased by a very scary drow who happens to get hit by all those traps...

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  • smeagolheartsmeagolheart Member Posts: 7,964
    Strengths:
    1. Can do literally everything but heal themselves
    Weaknesses:
    1. Splitting experience three ways means he takes a very long time to develop; recommended solution is running with smaller parties
    Choosing a Multi-Class Race-
    You can only choose elf and half-elf. Because constitution bonuses split by a third when you tri-class, the extra bonus HP from going to 18 con doesn't apply til you gain the fighter level and even then, it's just one HP. I believe elf is the stronger pick, period.

    Recommended Stats
    19 Dex, 17 CON, 18 INT. Favored stat after that is strength, which you want at least 15. Wisdom and Charisma are not needed.

    Proficiencies
    Good-aligned F/M/Ts should invest in Scimitars to try and get Drizzt's Defender sword because the bonus AC really helps out a lot. Otherwise, longswords through BG1 and katanas through BG2. Short Bows are your best bet for a ranged weapon.
  • TJ_HookerTJ_Hooker Member Posts: 2,438
    smeagolheart said:

    Strengths:
    1. Can do literally everything but heal themselves
    Weaknesses:
    1. Splitting experience three ways means he takes a very long time to develop; recommended solution is running with smaller parties
    Choosing a Multi-Class Race-
    You can only choose elf and half-elf. Because constitution bonuses split by a third when you tri-class, the extra bonus HP from going to 18 con doesn't apply til you gain the fighter level and even then, it's just one HP. I believe elf is the stronger pick, period.

    Recommended Stats
    19 Dex, 17 CON, 18 INT. Favored stat after that is strength, which you want at least 15. Wisdom and Charisma are not needed.

    Proficiencies
    Good-aligned F/M/Ts should invest in Scimitars to try and get Drizzt's Defender sword because the bonus AC really helps out a lot. Otherwise, longswords through BG1 and katanas through BG2. Short Bows are your best bet for a ranged weapon.

    Taken from http://www.playithardcore.com/pihwiki/index.php?title=Baldur's_Gate:_Dual_and_Multiclassing
  • hzfhzf Member Posts: 70
    I have found a bug that allows me to instantly heal a FMT as much as I want to. It does not interupt other actions and can be used while paused. It kind of makes the game pointless though.
  • TJ_HookerTJ_Hooker Member Posts: 2,438
    @hzf care to explain how?
  • hzfhzf Member Posts: 70
    http://forum.baldursgate.com/discussion/11404/changing-con-to-heal#latest
  • ajwzajwz Member Posts: 4,122
    You only need 16 con as a fmt.
    17+ doesn't do anything.
  • ArcticArctic Member Posts: 76
    Well , its no so much diference if you remove the cap, you can solo a sorcerer to lvl 12, and you will be much stronger than a fighter 9 / mage 9 / thief/ 9

    Even if there is no scrolls for higth lvl spells in the game , sorcerers can still pick them and use them. (wish and limited wish are the ones that are bugged (no text) but the other works )
  • TJ_HookerTJ_Hooker Member Posts: 2,438
    ajwz said:

    You only need 16 con as a fmt.
    17+ doesn't do anything.

    Actually it does. You get +2 HP per total level (ie one level in each class) with 16 con, +3 with 17, +4 with 18, + 5 with 19, same as you would expect with a warrior class.
  • dCLCpdCLCp Member Posts: 7
    My stats are: 18/95 19 17 17 3 11 Neutral Good so I could get Pseudo Dragon. Will be doing my first solo with this character... his name is Jack (of all trades). I chose long swords and long bows because I dunno how long I am going to wait to snare Drizzt but since I'm soloing I need to be powerful from day 1, which Jack is. I intend to make my first stop getting him a tome of CON after heading to FAI and getting buckley's buckler. I am confident that with a couple judicious uses of my invisibility potions, invisiblity 10 foot radius, and stealth I can swipe that tome and bypass the golems and nymphs. After that it's going down... XD.

    I did encounter something strange, not sure if it is a bug, however I usually kill Firebead Elvenhair for his scroll of identify/lot's o' gold/trinkets at Candlekeep. He's relatively easy to knock out (even on Insane). But the best part is he's 2700 exp. Or at least he usually is but not this time because I only got 1000 of it. What gives? I mean I guess it's okay since I intend to power game and get scrolls of con and int... but I wouldn't have minded gaining a level or two for a bit of extra UMPH. Oh well...
  • ArcticArctic Member Posts: 76
    edited December 2012
    you can get drizzt at lvl 4, forget solo , lvl to 4 , then recluit garric, stole from drizzt its weapons and then send garric to sing at friendly arm

    Well you can just put a points on steal until you reach around 55 and do it by yourself , even at lvl 1 with that dex
  • NukeninNukenin Member Posts: 327
    hzf said:

    http://forum.baldursgate.com/discussion/11404/changing-con-to-heal

    Buckley's Buckler = Lonesome Road redux!

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