Shattered Kingdoms

I learned something new.

Coup De Grace

Pretty darn sure that it is not as strong in damage done as it would be if completed by a person who has the backstab skill trained aka an actual rogue.

I think that backstab should be named to the C-stab, for Caeserea.

And it should make you final strike.

As long as you have a full round action. Yea!

Any class with HP will not "drop" from a BS. Mages, necromancers, warlocks, yes- and thats only with two. I have seen a warlock survive single BS, and I myself have survived double BS many times as a fighter class. Just change 99% to 35%.

A good rogue does not need two backstabs to kill a mage or necro. One should do every time, even when they're not sleeping/resting (assuming the mage is an idiot and doesn't have MI). Two backstabs will kill bards, scouts, and other rogues. Two backstabs and a circle stab will kill everyone else. Rogues are incredibly cheater.

Even swashies and hellions will get dropped by a couple solid backstabs.

One backstab kills a Barbarian! You should try it!

(MUHAHAHAHAHA!) It was in parenthesis, so... pretend it isn't there.

When a sleep spell was cast on me recently, I was awaken by an attack. Not sure by whom but I changed to defensive stance in my sleep and all I saw was being woken and 'You parried the attack' or whatever, of course I immediately fled. This could be just a 'feature' of the sleep spell, perhaps any hostile action taken 'wakes' you before it happens. Maybe it's different if you go to sleep by your own will.

And yes you can change 'stances' while asleep.. I imagine going into a defensive sleeping position, visually, would have shown my character curling up in the fetal position sucking his thumb or something.. Whatever it was I give it credit for making it out of there alive.

On another note I've had a bard and a shaman backstab my rogue while he was sleeping, taking me down to 30% with just the one. Maybe could have outright killed me if they weren't stunning, who knows.