The cheesyness of SotM

[Thrain]

as soon as you unequip the SotM you become visible.

has anyone tried hiding in the shadows with the invisibility of the SotM on?

[Userunfriendly]

Originally posted by bjorn: A thief can only backstab with weapons he/she would be able to use if he/she were a level 1 pureclassed thief (as Dundee pointed out). A level 1 pureclassed thief can use the Staff of Rhynn and the Staff of the Ram but not SOTM as it is a mage (single- multi- and dualclass) only staff. Its a pitty though, I would really love to be able to. That would be very powerfull

the assassinate special ability allows you to backstab with holy avenger...(can someone confirm this? i've been told it is so, but its not something i've personally tested...)

too bad it only can be chosen once...

unless you're a fighter thief multi...you can pick it many times due to a bug in the class definition...

best backstab weapon is staff of ram anyway...

[Dundee Slaytern]

Aye, as Jim graciously demostrated in his "Biggest Legitimate Damage" thread.

[Imrahil]

Originally posted by Userunfriendly: the assassinate special ability allows you to backstab with holy avenger...(can someone confirm this? i've been told it is so, but its not something i've personally tested...)

I've never tried it with Carsomyr specifically, but I have gotten the "your weapon is unsuitable for backstab" message while using the Assassination HLA, so I assume the normal restrictions apply.

- Imrahil