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Perfect backstabber?
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2001 9:27 am
by Rodion Raskolnikov
Any ideas on which equipment to give to a perfect backstabber in BG?
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2001 1:29 pm
by Misfit
Originally posted by Rodion Raskolnikov:
<STRONG>Any ideas on which equipment to give to a perfect backstabber in BG?</STRONG>
Shadow Armer, Short Sword of Backstabbing or maybe if he can use it the Long Sword +2, and these boots of stealth or what they call them.....
Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2001 2:00 am
by Gruntboy
Dagger of venom is a good idea too.
Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2001 2:42 am
by Vehemence
Don't forget ring of invisibility. Necklace of missiles is handy to have too... creeping along and,
boom, fireball them before they even know what hit 'em
Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2001 4:59 am
by Misfit
Originally posted by Vehemence:
<STRONG>Don't forget ring of invisibility. Necklace of missiles is handy to have too... creeping along and,
boom, fireball them before they even know what hit 'em
</STRONG>
So you backstab with a fireball do you?
You should probably have lots of invisibility potions....
Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2001 6:53 am
by Laurelei
There is a short sword +2 that is available pretty early in the game. It takes quite a while to get the short sword of backstabbing, and the Dagger of venom is quite expensive, so you might consider this short sword until you can get one of the others. It is found on an ogre on the map south of High Hedge.
Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2001 7:09 am
by Gruntboy
Good point laurelei.
The shortsword +2 is available early - the ss +3 is avialable far too late.
But the shadow armour and dagger of venom should be easily purchased by a solo character early in the game.
The Boots of speed would be better than boots of stealth (if your stealth points are high enough).
Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2001 9:21 am
by ThorinOakensfield
And if you already have a decent stealth plus the shadow armor, stick on the boots of speed, but when you're in the wild, keep the boots on your frontline fighter, because you don't want your rogue wandering ahead alone.
Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2001 11:51 am
by Xyx
1 - Can't you backstab with longswords in BG1?
2 - The Dagger of Venom is one of the best weapons in the game, probably second only to Drizzt's Defender +5.
Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2001 9:21 pm
by Vehemence
Originally posted by Misfit:
<STRONG>So you backstab with a fireball do you?
</STRONG>
Of course not, but they are handy after you've backstabbed and are running away
Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2001 10:19 pm
by Aegis
Just like you Veh, hit and run!
Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2001 12:54 am
by Vehemence
Originally posted by Aegis:
<STRONG>Just like you Veh, hit and run!
</STRONG>
He who fights and runs away, lives to fight yet another day