Okay. I am not overly familiar with thieves as yet, hence why I just rolled up one. So this is to help with my knowledge of the various thief paths. A couple of questions.

As far as the different paths go, which one is best for adventuring and/or soloing in opinion?

Let's say I want to go with the City/Pickpocket path, right? Like I mean all the way. If I decided to learn only the basic skills from the other paths such as Detect Traps or Nimble Fingers just for the knowledge and defense against Trappers and Binders/Kidnappers would that detract from being able to learn all of the Pickpocket skills?