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Just a quick question, sorry if it's been posted and answered before, I tried to use the search faacility but to no avail.

Right then I'm thinking of playing a thief for the first time in BGII. Now I know in the rule book it says that thieves are limited as to what armours they can wear, but do any of the armours that they are allowed to wear effect their thieving skills.

Eg. In PnP ADnD a thief wearing "no armour" gets a bonus to certain thieving skills, a thief wearing studded leather gets a penalty, a thief wearing elven chain gets an even greater penalty and a bard wearing normal chain (thieves can't wear normal chain) gets an even greater penalty than that of elven chain. Do these bonuses, and or penalties follow through into BGII.

yes, you will also find some armour that improves some skills.

While I know that certain armours (notably the shadow armour from BGI) specifically enhance certain skills. I am talking about generic armour types eg. do thieves get a big mius for wearing elven chain as they would in PnP

The manual says they do but it may not be in the game. If you look in the back of the manual it has some charts for armours and race bonuses and penaltys.

Can someone post up the tables in question from the SOA rule book as I seem to have mislaid my copy and I know they're not in the TOB book.

Thanks in advance

Originally posted by Saruman:
<STRONG>Can someone post up the tables in question from the SOA rule book as I seem to have mislaid my copy and I know they're not in the TOB book.

Thanks in advance</STRONG>

There is PDF file in BG directory, that contains manual.

Armor definitely affects your thieving skills; when I put Elfin Chain on my thief his skills were decreased. I believe that Studded Leather or lower has no effect.