What type of character do yo play?

[idahongo]

It's been a long time since i played Arcanum and i was wondering what type of character do you play?Thief,warrior,mage or something different.

[The Eyes of Evi]

I've completed it with a half-elf blacksmith/fighter, a female elf debutante mage, a halfling throw-focussed thief and an idiot savant human engineer.

[Deadalready]

My favourite types tend to be either craftsmen or thieves, mages just don't suit my tastes. Thieves I really enjoy, however they are quite weak for a long portion of the game (that's possibly why I like them).

[the shape]

In terms of power play the most powerful I've created was a half-ogre backstab mage. Weaken seems to ease my hth combat a lot if I ever bother to use it on top of the imba half-ogre bonus damage.

Other than that I enjoy playing an evil half-orc slicing my way up with the Bangelian Scourge.

On the tech side a bow/melee hybrid was most entertaining.

I don't really understand what a thief consists of, because I guess he'll probably be using melee/dodge skills anyway and once you have that the backstab skill provides with an excellent spice to it to be left ignored. Most of my chars have 2 points of pickpocket anyway since it makes the game so much easier considering all the keys and stuff people tend to wear, not to mention the thief quests. Well... that's all I can think of for now I guess.

[Deadalready]

Well the thieves I play tend to rely on backstab and Prowling, at max prowl level the character can run without slowing down and becomes invisible to all monsters and characters. Then by standing behind someone and hitting them, it tends to instant kill most monsters.

Prowling is really bizzare at mastery level.

However backstab seems to be tied with melee and a low melee means missed backstabs (annoying and logical).

There are quite a few variations to the thief class though.

[GawainBS]

Most of the times, I play a melee Fighter/Mage, which is by far the most powerful character you can get, I think.
I also enjoyed my gunsmith.
I also tried a tech melee dwarf. He was ok, but got a bit boring after a while.
Next up is a thief/technologist.

[Crougher]

Half-elven, Famale, Wizard (force and transport school). Reputation: -100
I was investing in dodge and melee too.