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From: faustus@ucbvax.UUCP (Wayne Christopher)
Newsgroups: net.games.frp
Subject: Re: Thieves Backstab
Message-ID: <1666@ucbvax.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 19-Aug-84 14:12:05 EDT
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Posted: Sun Aug 19 14:12:05 1984
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If a thief is to get a bonus for backstabbing with a thrown
weapon, he should be very good with the thrown weapon.  If he is
standing in back of someone, it is not difficult to aim where
the dagger is going to go in, and because he is a thief, he
knows where best to put it. But regardless of whether he knows
where to place an arrow, can he actually hit that particular
point? He would have to be quite a marksman to be able to do
this consistently. I think because of this, backstab bonus
should be restricted to those weapons that can actually be aimed
easily, i.e. handheld weapons (and maybe high-powered rifles
with telescopic sights).

	Wayne