| I believe it's five traps. I have soloed the entire game with a thief, a bounty hunter and an assassin. All of them pure.
Assassination is a nice ability but I didn't really find it too useful. Well, only if I needed to get out of a tight situation. I used traps a good ammount but the first form I disposed of with backstabs. The second was killed by traps. You can set them if you can't see him. I find Time Traps useful too because you can squeeze in an extra backstab or run out of their line of sight and set a few traps.
Also, BBD on a backstab? Why would you do that when you have the Iron Golem? That form has the most damaging weapon in the game. The armor that grants the most AC and still lets you retain your thief abilities is the White Dragon Scale found in the maze of the third level of Watcher's Keep. I believe it's AC is better than that of Shurplak's Plate. I ALWAYS used a single weapon and a shield as dual wielding increased and already high AC bonus.
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