Fighter / Mage / Thief

Fighter/Mage/Thief is a Multi-classing option available in Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn including their expansions as well as in the Enhanced versions of both these games.

The Fighter/Mage/Thief is an extremely versatile class though it suffers from dividing its' experience among 3 different classes causing level progression to be particularly slow. As a Fighter it benefits from High Hit Dice, THAC0 and advanced weapon proficiencies as well as access to all kinds of armor and shields. This enables the character to act as a frontline melee character though it will never be as good as a pure fighter in that respect. As a Mage the character has access to higher lore and mage spells although access to high level spells is only possible at the end of Baldur's Gate II. This means the player will require a thorough knowledge of the tactical applications of his spells if he is to act in that capacity. Also as a downside the character cannot use spells when equipped with armor (with a few exceptions).