Posted September 29, 2015
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It's blunt weapons you can't backstab with, which makes the Cleric/Thief (except Kenders in the Krynn games) the most useless combo of them all, IMO.
Also, I believe the rule is that you can backstab with any weapon a single class thief can use. This would include Clubs and Staves (but not the Staff of the Magi, which exists in BG2).
Of course, I have no idea how the Gold Box games implemented these rules. Maybe I need to use Unlimited Adventures to create some test scenarios. (It's nice being able to choose the amount of experience I start with; makes it easy if I want to test with level 40 characters, for example.)