I suggest you play as a Thief, and make the Thief Sign to everybody you meet.
I think CFG1 is the only one of that series that I've actually beaten. I was terrible at the combat system, and I don't think I had worked out that the games are structured such that you really need to spend some time grinding your skills higher in order to succeed.
I decided on the Fighter, and yeah... I suck at this kind of combat as well the whole timing crap, I'm bad at it. But I'll figure it out. I plan on trying all 3 classes. Really enjoying it so far. And the
and playing with my MT-32 is GLORIOUS <3
Play a mage, when something too hard comes along, just spam flame darts. :D