>I havent deleted faior yet, I think he is still there. his
>skill is 75, and no, almost always wielding a dagger and
>nothing else. As per blackjack, the blackjack was always in
>main hand, and mace 100 by the time I was practicing it much.
>There arent exactly many thieves running around, but the one I
>saw with any frequency was the one that could haggle bones off
>of a lich. I forget his name now. He also gave up on
>blackjack. look at his skill too. No, I wasnt using an axe,
>though I know what this is in reference too (whistles
>innocently while thinking of his shifter spam casting spells
>for improvements and wondering why there isnt one)

I have no idea what you are smoking. My last five or six thieves, three of which are on the PBF (Edomm, Lesuoto, Trotat) easily mastered blackjack. I took some practice, but I had it past 90 within an hour and perfected in two. It is one of the most reliable knockout skills in the game. A thief without blackjack, IMHO, is pretty useless.