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Originally posted by Servii:
There is another interesting combination: Staff of Magi+Use any Item+Cloack of Non-Detection but you can't backstab with staves.
Servii: you
can backstab with some staves. Unfortunately, the Staff of the Magi isn't one. You can use it to get far enough from an enemy to Hide in Shadows, though! Nonetheless, I think Quarterstaves is a better skill than Clubs. You'll find staves which insta-kill golems and each of the three elemental types (though you'll need Use Any Item to use the anti-golem staff) -- and since your Assassin isn't going to have a warrior's ability to handle a fair fight, you'll need every instakill you can get!
Flaming Fist: my two favorite armors for Assassins are Aeger's Hide (prevents confusion, elemental damage reduction) and The Night's Gift +5 (leather armor, AC 2, +20% Hide in Shadows). The former can be bought from Ribald, the latter can be won in the Umar Hills. Boots of Speed are a must, get them on the quest that begins in the basement of the Five Flagons Inn. Do you have ToB? If so, go to Watcher's Keep and do the top level, and you'll get one of the best Scimitars in the game. (Watcher's Keep isn't exactly an easy quest ... unless you have lots of trap skill and a taste for cheese, you may want to leave it for later.) Gloves of Pickpocketing are very handy: they can be found on a trapped table in one of the back rooms of the Copper Coronet. In a different back room, on a quest that you'll get in that very same inn, you'll find the Tungian Bow. It's a short bow that grants you an extra shot per round. Very useful in conjunction with poison! There is a +2 long sword (but +4 to damage) in a tomb in the graveyard district.
Non-worn items of use: the Horn of Valhala can be found upstairs in an empty house in the Bridge District. It summons a warrior to fight for you. It can be upgraded. There are both a Pale Green Ioun Stone and a Spider Figurine in the catacombs under the Graveyard District... you'll like both of them.
I never made the Human Skin Armor... it sounds sweet, but my evil parties never seem to get that far.
-- Nifft