ShadowThief Skills

Current Skills:

• Ambush
• Backstab
• Hide
• Palm
• Slip
• Sneak
• Steal
• Unhide

Ambush

Skill: Ambush
Usage: ambush
Cost : 367
Minimum Level: 25th in covert.stealth
Description:

Ambush gives a bonus to your first attack based on your skill in the various fighting.combat.melee skills. This bonus can only be applied to weapons or unarmed combat. To ambush, you must not be in combat yourself (although your target may be). Also, being hidden when you ambush gives a substantial bonus to your ambush.

Ambush is only good at low levels before you get backstab. After that, it is of little use to us except for telling if a weapon uses fighting skills.

Backstab

Skill: Backstab
Usage: backstab
Cost : 60
Minimum Level: 40th in covert.stealth
Description:
Backstab is an attack command which allows you to apply your skill in covert.stealth for a highly effective attack on a foe. You cannot be in combat when you attempt to backstab, nor can you backstab a foe in combat. You also get a bonus to this attack if you are hidden.

Well first off, the help file lies. You CAN backstab someone if he is in combat as long as YOU are not in combat. Backstab is a great command. Best results in backstab are obtained with two-handed dancing weapons such as scythes or the Sword of Yanath (SoY). My favorite weapon for backstab is an enchanted SoY.

Hide

Syntax: hide

Allows you to hide in shadows. This allows you to have simple invisibility. It relies on the skill covert.hiding, it costs 10 guild points regardless of if it succeeds or fails.

A hint to check if you are hidden... type 'con all'. If you see 'You consider yourself to be very considering', then you are not hidden. Keep trying to hide again until you don't get that message when you type 'con all'.

Palm

Syntax: palm