What non-Thief skills benefit a Thief character?
This is my first playthrough and having experience with RPGs I want to play a "pure" build in my first playthough. It's gonna be a thief. I realize you can benefit (greatly in some cases) from some warrior/mage skills which is why I would like to know how necessary especially blacksmithing, enchanting and illusion are for a thief and in what order I should learn them.
I have no idea how tight perk points are in the late game and if it's possible to max out all thief skills and still invest points in aforementioned non thief skills.
Regarding blacksmithing/enchanting: Isn't the optimum thief gear stuff you get from quests (Thief guild, Dark Brotherhood)?
Regarding illusion: Doesn't the Shadow Warrior perk in the sneak tree let you escape from sticky situations?
Best Answer
Don't disregard alchemy and the related skills. Potions of invisibility and fortification are highly useful for stealing and sneaking. Unfortunately, the incredibly overpowered chameleon enchanting from Oblivion is gone, but Fortify Sneak/Fortify Lockpicking/Fortify Pickpocketing are still useful enchantments for your armor.
Blacksmithing is less likely to be useful for pure stealth, but an ebony sword is good to have if you're very bad at stealth!
Here's a list of illusion spells: http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Illusion
Some that seem helpful to me:
- Fear
- Muffle
- Invisibility
- Harmony
So if you're crafty, there are many opportunities that present themselves with different schools of learning.
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Alright. Now people will give advice saying to be good at poison, one handed and archery.......that's not a thief. What I am is a thief. My thief is someone who steals and kills only when absolutely necessary to progress. An assassin is the stealthy killer. Make no mistake the two go hand in hand. You could be both easily. But as an absolute thief my skills are in sneak, pickpocket,.....well I'm not too far into yet but both of those skills are at 100. I use a bow but only the distract or kill when instructed. I use my knife to kill non humans like draugar, trolls, ect.
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