[Poll] Deadly Backstab (New Ability Suggestion!)

[manwithsnake]

I played this mod called Mercenaries (Mod for M & B) and it had a dagger and long dagger which cRPG currently has. Even though they suck, the mercenaries mod made a plus to having a dagger or long dagger, called the Deadly Backstab. Basically if you stabbed someone in the back, it would almost or always kill them. But it is really hard to pull off unless you are pretty fast with athletics and have a high weapon mastery skill in 1h weapons.
This could help ninjas or assassins in the game a lot (Not sure if there are any)

If you could take a look at this link, it is a help page on their mod and what they have. there is a topic about the "Deadly Backstab".
Please take a look

http://www.mbmerc.com/?q=help

If your to lazy to look at the link, I copied the topic.
What the deadly backstab is?
Deadly backstab is a new ability of the daggers. Base damage of this kind of weapon is very low, but when you attack your enemy from behind, daggers become a deadly weapon. In most cases, your enemy will die with one powerful backstab.

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[Leshma]

[Tavuk_Bey]

huge yes

[Bjord]

No.

Mercenaries is a ridiculously unbalanced mod, anything that originates from there should be set on fire.

[Arrowblood]

Hater.

[Leshma]

This could be ultimate buff to pure agi builds (to get them in line with pure str builds).

I can imagine myself with 3/42 build, 14 ath and 12 wm, wearing pilgrim robes and using two daggers and an arbalest (150 wpp in 1h, rest in xbow).

Hunting bagges and other archery scum and finishing them from behind, and shooting at tincans.

Sounds like great fun, no?

[Muki]

This could be ultimate buff to pure agi builds (to get them in line with pure str builds).

I can imagine myself with 3/42 build, 14 ath and 12 wm, wearing pilgrim robes and using two daggers and an arbalest (150 wpp in 1h, rest in xbow).

Hunting bagges and other archery scum and finishing them from behind, and shooting at tincans.

Sounds like great fun, no?

too bad a arby need more str than 3 ):

[Bjord]

This could be ultimate buff to pure agi builds (to get them in line with pure str builds).

I can imagine myself with 3/42 build, 14 ath and 12 wm, wearing pilgrim robes and using two daggers and an arbalest (150 wpp in 1h, rest in xbow).

Hunting bagges and other archery scum and finishing them from behind, and shooting at tincans.

Sounds like great fun, no?

I thought you said you hated archers who kite, Leshma; this is no different.

A weapon you can't block with forces you to run, rather than fight.

[Ptolemy]

Something to buff Ninjas? Surely you jest, sir?! 

[Teeth]

Historically daggers were carried cause they were useful for finishing off knights in plate by stabbing through the eye slits, armpits or other weak points of the plate. This could be a nice simulation for getting the drop on an opponent and stabbing them where it hurts.

[TurmoilTom]

Buffs to high agility characters rock. DO IT!

[Tears of Destiny]

I wonder if I can backstab a horse with this feature.

[Dexxtaa]

Here's a suggestion that won't impact the game much and is put in a large font size in a desperate cry for attention.

Since we have the knockdown feature, why not couple that with the dagger damage, and instead of backstab, they do "finish'er off" damage. ie Massive damage to players who are knocked down onto the ground.

I don't know if there is a "status" for those knocked down players (like polestagger), but if it were possible, daggers will do tremendous damage to downed teammates, and possibly a damage bonus to plate knights as per historical use.

[Life]

                                           give me buff

[Bjord]

Tempting, but no.