It wasn't apparent to me that we had arrived at that conclusion. I was responding to Ciele's post in which she said that thieves should rely on their personality to get them into groups, as well as your post in which you said that Ciele's post summed up your ideas.I don't understand why you insist on arguing when we seem to have settled on the fact that thieves could use a little boost.
I'm not. I'm pointing out that despite the benefits thieves get from this skill, it's not enough to balance the class. In no way am I complaining about the usefulness of the Use Magic Device skill, and if it came across that way then I apologize.Why complain about the "limited" spells you can have when you can essentially put any spell into a scroll?
That said, I do not advocate adding enhanced damage to the thief's skill list. I think it would be more appropriate to remove it from the fighter's list, but that's a topic of discussion best suited for another thread.
I just said that combat isn't the only thing on this MUD, thank goodness. But yes, I think an element of flanking is IC for thieves. It makes a lot of sense that when opponents are distracted in battle then a thief should be able to melt into the shadows and reappear with a dagger between an enemy's shoulderblades. And if anyone decides to play a character who is not personable on an RP MUD that's their own choice to make, but it would preclude fighters and mages and priests from grouping just as much as thieves