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Best Armor for a Cleric/Thief

SmaugSmaug Member Posts: 216
in Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition
Anyone have any suggestions? Obviously I'm looking for w/e armor provides the best bonuses w/o disabling thief abilities. Thanks guys.

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  • styggastygga Member Posts: 467
    Shadow dragon scale is the best I believe from a pure AC stand. The Nights Gift +5 from umar hills quest is also very good. But if you want to add a bonus to your sneaking, then the Shadow Armor from Maevar is probably where you want to be at.
  • SmaugSmaug Member Posts: 216
    I've been rockin the Shadow dragon scales for the game I'm playing now, but I'm a bit underwhelmed w/ the utility I get out of the acid resistance. I'll probably just stick w/ it though.
  • DreadKhanDreadKhan Member Posts: 3,857
    White Dragon Scale iirc.
  • JuliusBorisovJuliusBorisov Member, Administrator, Moderator, Developer Posts: 22,773
    stygga said:

    Shadow dragon scale is the best I believe from a pure AC stand. The Nights Gift +5 from umar hills quest is also very good. But if you want to add a bonus to your sneaking, then the Shadow Armor from Maevar is probably where you want to be at.

    Actually, the Nights Gift +5 is better, not worse than the Shadow Armor from Maevar: the former gives you +20% hide in shadows, while the latter gives you only +15% hide in shadows. Moreover, the Nights Gift has better AC (3) instead of the Shadow Armor (4), so I usually end up using the Nights Gift +5 on my thief, including a cleric/thief.

    An evil Cleric/Thief can use Human Flesh +5 , +20% magic resistance is hard to beat.
  • ErgErg Member Posts: 1,756
    bengoshi said:

    Moreover, the Nights Gift has better AC (3) instead of the Shadow Armor (4)

    However the Nights Gift is a magical leather armor as opposed to the Shadow Armor being a magical studded leather armor, so the latter has much better modifiers:

    Nights Gift is 3 vs. crushing, 3 vs. slashing, 5 vs. piercing and missile

    Shadow Armor is 4 vs. crushing, 2 vs. slashing, 3 vs. piercing and missile
  • OlvynChuruOlvynChuru Member Posts: 3,084
    Once you get Use Any Item, wear the Robe of Vecna!
  • elminsterelminster Member, Developer Posts: 16,317
    OlvynChuru said:

    Once you get Use Any Item, wear the Robe of Vecna!

    Any mage you have in your party would get better use out of it.
  • OlvynChuruOlvynChuru Member Posts: 3,084
    elminster said:

    OlvynChuru said:

    Once you get Use Any Item, wear the Robe of Vecna!

    Any mage you have in your party would get better use out of it.
    Yeah but what if you don't have a mage? Or what if you just want to speed up some cleric spells? Whatever, he can do what he wants.
  • AkuratheunseenAkuratheunseen Member Posts: 28
    If you didn't have a single mage in your party then most of the vet would look very funny at you :D But then they like to play with scs which requires you to have atleast 1-2 mages. Speeding up cleric spells isnt very useful as their main goal is to buff which your likely to do before battle so :P
  • DazzuDazzu Member Posts: 950
    Vecna robes should be used to Snap off a sanctuary or 2... wear them only when your mages are far enough away... then return them after you're done puncturing holes.
  • KloroxKlorox Member Posts: 927
    Once you get Use Any Item, wear Jan's armor.
  • elminsterelminster Member, Developer Posts: 16,317
    Klorox said:

    Once you get Use Any Item, wear Jan's armor.

    BG2EE won't allow this.
  • CaloNordCaloNord Member Posts: 1,811
    But, it says use ANY item . . .
  • JuliusBorisovJuliusBorisov Member, Administrator, Moderator, Developer Posts: 22,773
    CaloNord said:

    But, it says use ANY item . . .

    Jan's armor is only for those who have a turnip reflex!

    Seriosly though, the discussion on this subject (and a link to a mod that fixes the problem) is here: http://forum.baldursgate.com/discussion/comment/418256/#Comment_418256
  • elminsterelminster Member, Developer Posts: 16,317
    CaloNord said:

    But, it says use ANY item . . .

    Yep. I don't agree with the change but there it is.
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