help me own with thief/mage

donkeylips

Hey guys, I never finished BG when it first came out and I am finally coming back to it. I'm trying to play through with a party of evil wizards. Currently I'm rolling with Dorn, Xzar, Kagain, Edwin, Viconia and my thief/illusionist. Everyone is still around level 4 so I'll switch Kags out for the sorcerer dude when he becomes available.
Anyway, my charname is the weakest out of the whole group. He has dagger, shortbow and single weapon proficiencies.
Usually I just have him throw knives or cast invis and try to backstab. I never get a message or anything when he backstabs and it always hits for about 5 damage, so maybe i'm doing something wrong. Please tell me how to make him into a killing machine. Spell/equipment loadout suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I'm playing on a tablet, so mods are out of the question.

Gotural

Be sure you are behind your target when you backstab or it won't work.

(But enemies can backstab you from anywhere)

jackjack

That's a lot of arcane magic for the first game. Might want to pick one between Edwin & Xzar. As you're playing an Illusionist, I recommend Xzar.