Gentlemen,
Thank you all for your suggestions. Can you believe I played through the whole of SOA/TOB first time with my Kensai Mage without a single MMM spell? Never needed one. And Imoen was level 14 by the time I rescued her. Amazing how tactics change when you're not a K/M. Never used them with my M/C either. Hmmm....; Maybe that's why......I'll get a couple for Aerie right away. And yes, Aerie was too low level to cast breach..
Sorry I was not very clear in my previous post. I was just wondering what a F/T could do to take on a F/M when his protections were ALREADY up. If he dosen't see you first..the fight is over w the first backstab anyway. I did get the warden finally with just muscle power, but only because he has contingencies at 25% and I got a lucky critical. But that was the first fight so far I felt I should not have gotten into..and it got me thinking about alternatives to the backstab..
UserUnFriendly, can you steal from the Bonus Merchants/Watcher's Keep? When I go to the transaction screen, I see the Sell and identify buttons, but no button for stealing. I always thought you could not steal from Bonus Merchants, Ribald and various Temples. Even in Watcher's Keep, Sister Garlena does not have a steal button..
SerjeLeBlade, my profs are: ++ Katana, ++ Longsword, +++ Dual-Weild. ( I think I'll change them to ++ Dual Weild and + Scmitar. I mean, what's an Fighter/Thief
trained in the Oriental style without proficiency in the Ninja-To?). So far, the mage killer weapons I know of are:
1) Firetooth (35K..
...)
2) Stonefire
3) Flametongue? Will this work on Stoneskins? (Any other Longswords/katanas/Ninja-Tos that work? Spectral Brand is not an option right now...)
4) MMM
5) MM (This bypasses Stoneskin, right?)
6) Any area affect spells...cloudkill, stinking cloud, sleep..
Thanks everyone for the replies...