I'm soloing now with an elf F/T and am amazed at how much tougher they are as backstabbers than a strait thief, and my character only has a 14 STR (although I keep several STR potions handy). I mowed through the bandit camp, scattering bits of everyone or poisoning them with arrows. I just took out the Cloakwood Mines in record time for me, wiping my sword on Daeveorn's cloak. By this time his level was at 6/7. The strategy of sneak, backstab, run around the corner or simply out of sight, hide again, repeat, is devastating. As a F/T, especially with a STR potion, the sneak attacks usually work, with far less disappointment of a well planned backstab foiled by the thieves weaker THACO (I still love you Imoen). The fella who I took the boots of speed off of was blown apart in 1 hit at 98 damage. I wonder what it's like to backstab with a two handed sword or halberd;) Now that I have those boots, I feel invincible.
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