Questions about Hexxat party roles (Spoilers I guess)
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Hey, I read about Hexxat just enough to know that she might not be "Just" a vanilla thief.
I planned my party like this:
PC (True Neutral single class shadowdancer)
Rasaad (Primary Tank)
Jaheira (Tank/caster)
Edwin (Primary Mage)
Imoen (Backup Mage)
Hexxat (Thief)
So since she gets ridiculous stats and AFAIK unique abilities I was wondering if she might fit multiple roles. From her stats I reckon her best use would be to max her hide/ms and make her a backstab machine, but since I'm maining an SD that also plans to stab people a lot I was thinking of other roles for her. Obviously I could give her a bow due to her dex but she'd probably never reach the deadliness, of, say, mazzy with her grandmastery, right?
I planned my party like this:
PC (True Neutral single class shadowdancer)
Rasaad (Primary Tank)
Jaheira (Tank/caster)
Edwin (Primary Mage)
Imoen (Backup Mage)
Hexxat (Thief)
So since she gets ridiculous stats and AFAIK unique abilities I was wondering if she might fit multiple roles. From her stats I reckon her best use would be to max her hide/ms and make her a backstab machine, but since I'm maining an SD that also plans to stab people a lot I was thinking of other roles for her. Obviously I could give her a bow due to her dex but she'd probably never reach the deadliness, of, say, mazzy with her grandmastery, right?
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In melee things are different. APR is the most valuable aspect for melee fighter, and she will stack to 1 APR vs. 4 APR of a dual wielding fighter (wich is definitely really a huge difference) other than -3 thac0 and -5 damage.
On the other side as I'm running an SD I'll be dumping most of my points into hide/ms and I don't have traps, nor will I ever have enough points to max things like detect illusions.
I'm still on the fence with her.
Anyway I agree with you that the best way to use her in combat is backstab and ranged weapon (and of course her useful unique skills).
It's not so much the double thief bit that seems like it may not work well as it is the lack of truly badass melee. I love mages- my first group, long ago, had Imoen, Nalia, and Aerie- but having at least one person who can act as a meat cleaver under any circumstances is extremely helpful. I haven't used Rasaad, so maybe he could be that person, but if you're calling him your primary tank that makes me think he's more defensive. In my three mage group I had Jaheira tank and Minsc lose his mind in melee; in my current group Korgan tanks and Dorn smashes while all the archers fire away from behind them.
That and he's splitting the tanking with Jaheira.
As for your group: Jaheira can serve as primary tank esp. with a shield and iron skins but she's a bit weak in the damage dapartment that way. Ras might take that role, I'm only at 13 with him but so far he is doing pretty well with the girdle of hill giant strength. Still a bit squishy though...
I would instead dual your Shadow Dancer to a fighter OR wizard OR Cleric at level 9 (or 13 if you don't mind having to wait to recover abilities...) and focus only on move silently / hide in shadows.
Then, let everything that's thief-like to be handled by Hexxat. She's good at backstabbing, and a potent archer (20 dex)
I see your dilemma with a CHARNAME that backstabs already, but... I have found that double-backstabbing in a group that is capable of it is quite effective, whether you both backstab one target or you pair off to stab two targets. The battle is practically over before it begins.