[Darth Malignus]

Well, I sort of need some pro/cons regarding some different Thieves. One Single-, Multi- and Dual-class, to be exact.

I´m always partial towards a straight-up Half-elf or Elf Fighter/Thief. You get Backstabs like ordinary Thieves, more attacks and so on. I´ve never really checked if the Fighter-class nets you some better saves in some regards, where the Thief-class may have been lagging behind and vice versa, but maybe that, too. And, perhaps most importantly, this class gets access to both HLA-pools.

Now as a plain Thief the Swashbuckler seems like a tempting choice, with the combat bonuses in mind, but I sure like that backstabbing. Of course a Swashbuckler can backstab, sure, but seeing that he/she does only ordinary damage without multipliers when doing so, that´s sort of out of the picture.

And my preferred Dual would probably be a Kensai/Thief. You´ll get the Thief HLA-pool and that´s it, but you´ll get the UAI eventually, so you´ll at some point be able to wear armor, bracers etc. restricted to the Kensai. And as this class, the Grandmastery of some weapons will be available, which may be all well and good. Or not.

So, which one do you think is the best? I´ve never really tried out the Swashbuckler, but is it worth it? I´m the hack and slash type, but will this class hack enough? Or should I stick to the Multi- and Dual-class?