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Duel classing Imoen & myself to mage status

JariahxSynnJariahxSynn Member Posts: 67
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I was just wondering when would be a good time to duel class if at all; I'm a lvl 4 Fighter and Imoen is lvl 5.

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  • Oxford_GuyOxford_Guy Member Posts: 3,729
    If dualing Imoen, I usually do this at level 5 or 6 (and *only* put thief points into find traps and open locks) and use Safana to cover for her whilst she's levelling back
  • QuartzQuartz Member Posts: 3,853
    If you want to maximize your Mage levels, dual your Fighter at Level 5 (You will end up as a Fighter 5/Mage 9), and dual Imoen at Level 6 (She'll end up as Thief 6/Mage 9).

    Keep in mind both characters will be total sissies until they gain their Fighter and Thief levels back.
  • Oxford_GuyOxford_Guy Member Posts: 3,729
    Quartz said:

    If you want to maximize your Mage levels, dual your Fighter at Level 5 (You will end up as a Fighter 5/Mage 9), and dual Imoen at Level 6 (She'll end up as Thief 6/Mage 9).

    Keep in mind both characters will be total sissies until they gain their Fighter and Thief levels back.

    Although they'll still have all their previous HP, so aren't *that* fragile

  • QuartzQuartz Member Posts: 3,853
    edited November 2012
    Oxford_Guy said:

    Quartz said:

    If you want to maximize your Mage levels, dual your Fighter at Level 5 (You will end up as a Fighter 5/Mage 9), and dual Imoen at Level 6 (She'll end up as Thief 6/Mage 9).

    Keep in mind both characters will be total sissies until they gain their Fighter and Thief levels back.

    Although they'll still have all their previous HP, so aren't *that* fragile

    They won't be fragile but they will be terrible at fighting. Mage THAC0 and Mage APR. Yup.
  • JariahxSynnJariahxSynn Member Posts: 67
    @Oxford_Guy
    @Qaurtz Thanks guys :-)
  • DinsdalePiranhaDinsdalePiranha Member Posts: 419
    edited November 2012
    depends. for fighters, I'd go at level 3 (weapon mastery), though that would make him somewhat fragile - but with the addition of Stoneskin to the game (according to the manual at least), the more mage levels, the better.

    for Imoen, level 4 is the ideal, even just to get crossbow proficiency for light crossbow of speed, and it also gives okayish thief skills. (are master thievery potions in the game? I can't even recall.)

    what remains to be seen, however, is whether can we dualclass to specialist mage or not - a thief/transmuter Imoen or a fighter/illusionist dual charname would make me one happy player :)
    Post edited by DinsdalePiranha on
  • colonel_burgercolonel_burger Member Posts: 279
    Nope in terms of mage specialisation the only dual is to generic mage, and the only multi is gnomes to illusionist/thief. Everything else is generic. You can start as a human kit mage and dual out, but not the other way around. This is in the new manuals.
  • DinsdalePiranhaDinsdalePiranha Member Posts: 419
    colonel_burger said:

    Nope in terms of mage specialisation the only dual is to generic mage, and the only multi is gnomes to illusionist/thief. Everything else is generic. You can start as a human kit mage and dual out, but not the other way around. This is in the new manuals.

    could you please tell me which page and which manual? I can't seem to find it...
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