help me i need to know how to back stab!!!!!!

[scudgod31]

i would like it if someone could please tell me how to backstab while hidden in shadows on baldurs gate i have completed the first game and still havent figured out how to do it and now that im in BG2 i feel it will be more important that i know how to use this skill!

LOL, why are you private messaged me about this? Dude for a second there I though you asked about how to backstab posters on this forum.

[scudgod31]

can u help me?

Yes lol, check your private message folder [img]smile.gif[/img]

[Firestormalpha]

Simple really, I'll post it here in case there are any others out there who don't know.

-Hide in shadows
-get behind enemy
-attack successfully (i.e. hit the enemy)
-enemy gets damaged with backstab damage modifier
-have a nice day

[Feral]

Firestormalpha - you forgot "run like hell"

[Jorsh]

Firestormalpha you did a good job, but I would just like to add one thing:

Make sure you are using a weapon normal thiefs can use (not sure about the backstabbing ranger kit weapons, but those might work for that kit).
This includes longswords, shortswords, clubs, daggers, scimitars, katanas. I think that's it. I think dualed or multiclassed theifs can use weapons like two handed swords, they can't backstab with them. Gee I hope I got this right.

Good luck!

[scudgod31]

ty guys

[Dirty Meg]

You need either a dagger, short sword or long sword. Imagine a 90 degree arc behind the target - Thats where you need to be. Only thieves (or assassins or bounty hunters - but not swashbucklers) or stalkers can do it (not vanilla rangers or archers).

[ 06-15-2004, 07:37 PM: Message edited by: Dirty Meg ]

[Firestormalpha]

Actually Dirty Meg, any close combat weapon that a theif can use works just fine (yeah, strangely enough that means blunt weapons as well)

However if you are playing a PnP game, the rules could be whatever the DM decides (in most cases logic, the bladed weapons you mentioned, would win out)