Backstab
| Backstab | |
|---|---|
| Command information | |
| GP Cost | 90 |
| Learnt At | 60 of covert.stealth & covert.item.weapons |
| Skills Used | Melee, covert.stealth & covert.item.weapons |
| Items Needed | N/A |
| Guild | Thieves and Assassins |
Backstab is a thief and assassin-only command, it is used to launch a covert attack on a target. It is used as a combat opener and thus cannot be used mid combat.
Acquisition
Backstab can be learned at 60 levels of covert.stealth and covert.item.weapons from the recruiter in any thief guild and assassin instructor.
The Thieves' Guild does not teach covert.item.weapons above 50 levels, but this can be bypassed by advancing covert.item.weapons to 50, then covert.item to 60.
Details
To land a successful backstab, the attacker's covert.stealth and covert.item.weapons research If this has been marked on a page, it's because there was something that probably isn't known, that the person who edited the page thinks could be found out. Perhaps you could figure this thing out, and be famous evermore. is checked against the target's adventuring.perception. Once the attack lands, the first attack should nearly always land, unless the attack is a near miss ("somehow avoids the attack") or no attacks are attempted at all. Zero attacks is a long standing bug of the command, but should now be quite rare.
Once a successful attack is launched, the target could receive stat damage; this varies from -1 in one stat, to -1 in all stats for a short period of time. A critical failure of backstab can also cause stat damage on the attacker. The check for this is covert.item.weapons vs covert.item.weapons. research If this has been marked on a page, it's because there was something that probably isn't known, that the person who edited the page thinks could be found out. Perhaps you could figure this thing out, and be famous evermore.
The primary skill for damage seems to be the melee of the attacker, the attacks themselves are checked against the target's defence. There is a maximum of four attacks.
