Unless you're planning on recruiting Imoen, I say do them in Chapter 2. Temple Sewers will give you a lot of necessary practice against Beholders, (you'll be running into them later on, so practice e… (View Post)

Yes, 23 for the F/T vs. 17 for a pureclass Thief. Also worth noting that there is a *huge* XP gap between thief level 39 and thief level 40 (1.62m XP, even bigger than the gap between Druid 14 and Dr… (View Post)

Like others, I view a Swashbuckler>Mage as a pure-class mage who gets 20 extra HP, better gear, and the ability to open locks and disarm traps so I don't have to drag along another thief to cover … (View Post)

Thieves are a major quality-of-life boost, but a mage or bard can cover a thief's duties, (Knock, Invisibility, protection spells and just walking through traps), better than a thief can cover an arc… (View Post)

Given the class, that's the most impressive roll I've ever seen. Congrats! (View Post)