Newbie in need for some assistance.
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AmericanNinja
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After playing the game for a while now, I can with certainty confirm that you backstab whenever your behind your target. In battle, I circle around the mobs to attack them from behind and my damage is way more than it is upfront. Only drawback is that you lose action points from moving, but they go down as flies
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Deadalready
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Is there any command to keep Virgil away, to just have him stand in one specific spot? Whenever I use the F5 command "back off"(?) he just keep following me.
Back off is just for them to keep a bit of a distance, they'll follow if you stray too far.
To Lockpick, is there a specific skill button or do I just _use_ the lockpick set?
You need a set of lockpicks equipped in your tools bar to make use of them.
When pick pocketing, do I have to pay attention to the surrounding NPCs(can they spot me?) or just the NPC that Im stealing from?
I don't believe other characters affect your pickpocketing, but you'll want to make use of your sneak skill to stand any chance of making a sucessful steal. Standing in their face has a high chance of being discovered.
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Thieves are awesome characters to play in Arcanum. I played a backstabber with high sneak and wore a "Smokers Suit"(?) for the entire game and basically no armour.
As a thief, I found followers pointless, sure they're good for carry room but the fact is they get in the way of a good thief. Most items that need to be carried are just sold anyway, what's the point of selling something when a thief can constantly break into a shop and steal all the money every few nights? I must make a good couple of thousand dollars on my first visit to Tarant through stealing. Add to this every couple of nights shops restock their coffers makes stealing effortless.
Sneak is very important, the faster you can pump it the better. Early on consider getting the "Entangle" spell (not sure which spell tree). Entangle is a spell which ties a person to the ground for a short duration, allowing cheap backstab for one or two turns without worry of defence. Entangle makes a certain early encounter possible. Bear traps are possible choices too, but require carrying heavy equipment and simply being able to get someone to step on the right spot.
The funniest thing is having max sneak, since then it's possible to sneak at any point, especially in a battle. Having someone run up to attack and just going into sneak mode makes them stop and stand still.
Steal is a weird skill, there are occassions to use it but not many, stealing keys is probably the best ocassion but I remember it simply not working well even at max level.
Back off is just for them to keep a bit of a distance, they'll follow if you stray too far.
To Lockpick, is there a specific skill button or do I just _use_ the lockpick set?
You need a set of lockpicks equipped in your tools bar to make use of them.
When pick pocketing, do I have to pay attention to the surrounding NPCs(can they spot me?) or just the NPC that Im stealing from?
I don't believe other characters affect your pickpocketing, but you'll want to make use of your sneak skill to stand any chance of making a sucessful steal. Standing in their face has a high chance of being discovered.
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Thieves are awesome characters to play in Arcanum. I played a backstabber with high sneak and wore a "Smokers Suit"(?) for the entire game and basically no armour.
As a thief, I found followers pointless, sure they're good for carry room but the fact is they get in the way of a good thief. Most items that need to be carried are just sold anyway, what's the point of selling something when a thief can constantly break into a shop and steal all the money every few nights? I must make a good couple of thousand dollars on my first visit to Tarant through stealing. Add to this every couple of nights shops restock their coffers makes stealing effortless.
Sneak is very important, the faster you can pump it the better. Early on consider getting the "Entangle" spell (not sure which spell tree). Entangle is a spell which ties a person to the ground for a short duration, allowing cheap backstab for one or two turns without worry of defence. Entangle makes a certain early encounter possible. Bear traps are possible choices too, but require carrying heavy equipment and simply being able to get someone to step on the right spot.
The funniest thing is having max sneak, since then it's possible to sneak at any point, especially in a battle. Having someone run up to attack and just going into sneak mode makes them stop and stand still.
Steal is a weird skill, there are occassions to use it but not many, stealing keys is probably the best ocassion but I remember it simply not working well even at max level.
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