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Dualing Imeon, but then no thieving skills...

tyl998tyl998 Member Posts: 144
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My Imoen just hit level 6. I'm thinking of dualing her into a mage when she hits 7. But if I do this, I won't have access to her skills for a huuuuge chunk of the game. Is it really worth it?

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  • The_New_RomanceThe_New_Romance Member Posts: 839
    If you've got another thief (Monty, Coran, Safana, there's loads of them), then yes. But it's far from necessary.
  • tyl998tyl998 Member Posts: 144
    So I can get by this game without a thief? I just finished Nashkel mines not *that* long ago.
  • lDanielHolmlDanielHolm Member Posts: 225
    I wouldn't wait till 7. The first 6 levels of Thief are basically "free"; you can still hit the max level of Mage if you dual-class her now. (It'll also take considerably longer for her to get her Thief skills back if you wait, and as soon as you do, she won't improve further, having maxed out her potential levels at just 130,000 XP -- the next level of Mage takes an additional 45,000 XP.) Dualling her at 6 gives her her abilities back at Mage level 7, at around 80,000 XP.

    I'd pick up an interim Thief while she is getting her mojo back; I suggest Coran for Good-aligned and Neutral parties, and Safana for the Evil-inclined, or perhaps a dual-classed Shar-Teel. If you have a very solid team with no secondary Thief and you insist on keeping the party as it is, I suggest avoiding areas with traps until Imoen's skills are back--either that, or send in Summoned Monsters, or don't dual-class her at all. (The latter seems like such a waste, though.)
  • claudiusclaudius Member Posts: 82
    tyl998, I experienced a bug when I dualed imoen. It was great to have her as a mage, but when I hit 5th level mage I should have gotten ALL of my thieves skills back, but the points I actually spent improving her pickpocket to 100 disappeared and I was left with 25 pickpocket which she started out with.

    Since then I am exporting/importing rrrrr :( and just using my protagonist as the only thief sans pickpocket.
  • tyl998tyl998 Member Posts: 144
    hmm, I've decided that I only need one mage (Neera) in my group. I'll just keep Imeon as Thief so she can start maxing other skills like lay traps :) Less of a hassle this way.
  • CaptRoryCaptRory Member Posts: 1,660
    That's certainly a valid decision. At minimum, if I don't want to take a dedicated thief, I'll get Imoen's trapfinding to 100 then dual her.
  • ZuttiZutti Member Posts: 94
    claudius said:

    tyl998, I experienced a bug when I dualed imoen. It was great to have her as a mage, but when I hit 5th level mage I should have gotten ALL of my thieves skills back, but the points I actually spent improving her pickpocket to 100 disappeared and I was left with 25 pickpocket which she started out with.

    Since then I am exporting/importing rrrrr :( and just using my protagonist as the only thief sans pickpocket.

    I had a similar issue regarding a swashie/mage that I dualed. Upon reactivating thief skills, he had reverted to base thieving skills levels. I was able to shadowkeep the missing points in, no problem, but that is not how it is supposed to work.
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