1. The best dagger is the Wizard Blade. The first sure Wizard Blade is in the Skull castle in the "treasure room". Save the game and open the chest repeatedly. Success granted.
2. The best off hand dagger is the Assassin Dagger. The second best off hand dagger is Main Gauche +2. The Assassin Dagger is a quest item. The main gauche can be found randomly in Brimloch Roon area. A sure main gauche is, again, in the treasure room of Skull Castle (there are 2 chests there [img]smile.gif[/img] ).
3. Talon Fang. This dagger is cursed seriously and has the stoning ability. I cannot recommend it even if Talon Fang can be blessed. The stoning ability is a nuisance: the stoned monster cannot be attacked (at least, it cannot be attacked with any weapon) and it cannot be looted. Also, you do not get any XP. You have to un-stone the monster and continue killing it.
4. Daggers are good weapons. I tried an assassin with a wizard blade and the assassin dagger. I have seen
- wizard blade: damage mostly above 120. Top damage seen - 196.
- assassins dagger: damage mostly about 100. Top damage seen - 154
Note: the assassin was under Heroic Might, Frenzy and Haste. The damages above are damages in melee combat. They are not backstabs.