I may be wrong but assassins in the pnp version (1st edition) used to have a chance to kill humanoid opponents outright instead of backstabbing. The chance of success increased in levels.
I can't see any justification for limiting the thief points each level. Of course in PNP the assassin used to be limited to about 13th level and could be challenged by any 12th level assassin who fancied becoming grandmaster.
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