max dex and thief skills

[Spink]

From the stat ordering page in sloth library:

Dexterity (DEX) strongly affects many thief skills, and a high value improves your
AC (armor class)

Does anyone know what these skills are, and if they are affected by +max dex?

[Dragoth]

after testing between 18 and 20 dex i've seen no noticeable differences between my backstab rates at least.

[Spink]

Between miss/hit rates before and after you mean?

What about damage? Does it change the multiplier or anything?

[Dragoth]

didnt test the damage, miss/hit and tripple stab rate didnt change or at least i didnt notice after 4 hours of testing

[Spink]

Thanks, I guess I might do damage testing on that some day, but it's not high on my priority list after seeing your results.

[Spink]

Got another thief question to ask..

Does anyone know if there's a cap on +stab_dam? Even in regengear (wearing about half my stabgear) the message "Even your fiercest foes cringe at the sight of your approaching blade" shows up, so I can't really tell if the rest of it does anything.

I've got +34 at the moment, and I'm looking to get more, so I wanted to make sure it was worth it.

If no one knows, I'll be looking to poke a few holes in someone soon!

Thanks!

[Teron]

Isn't there a specific message, when you reach a cap in any of your abilities?

I doubt that 34 is the cap

[Spink]

I'm not aware of any cap message, because I've never capped anything.

I agree that 34 would be a weird cap, I just like to plan ahead and I can see reaching around +60 in an ideal situation.

But, if 60 is above the cap, then I can work toward different gear instead, saving some time.

[Stab]

Not verified. I need to do that someday. The way I got from somewherehere is. +Dam adds to stab multiplier,
example 20hp dam at 5dam could yield 5 x 20 = 100hp damage.
+Stab dam is added on after your stab. So given same circumstances
with 15 stabdam. 5x20=100hp+15 115hp. depending on roll? circle dam added after that if you land one in the first round also.??

[Spink]

The way I understood it was this:

stab output = ([damage roll] + [dam]) x [stab multiplier] + [stab_dam]

Also, I thought stab multiplier was dependent on thief levels and thief class position, and no other dependence had been verified.