I took a look, and we had a choice between making a 4 MU / 6 Thf class, or sticking to Gnome illusion idea and making you straight thief with some intrinsic illusionist-like abilities built in
Yes, you and Franklin can still get better by getting better gear
DELVE 16b MONSTERS 3 cockatrices @400 xp = 1200 xp TOTAL: 1200 PLAYER SHARE: 400 each TREASURE 2 gems worth 500 gp ea = 1000 gp TOTAL: 1000 gp/xp PLAYER SHARE: gold 333 each, xp 333 ea 733 base xp each Aldbane 38089 + 733 + 37 (bonus) = 38667 Maloof 19999+ 733 + 73 (bonus) = 20805 Maloof is now Leve...
Yes, kill them immediately (being careful to only touch them with our weapons!). Then while we're here we may as well search for secret doors, and for secret compartments in the statue as well. Hopefully the statue won't summon more while we're hanging around! The only thing you find of interest mi...