Posted by Oft-Arbiter(VIP) on June 8, 2000 at 06:11:56:
Footstomp - Extending his role as a cheap fighter the thief utilizes this ability by stomping on the foot of his opponent, possibly breaking his/her foot and making walking more difficult. If the footstomp is successful the victim will use more moves with each step due to his ailing foot.
Weakest Link - This skill recognizes the thief as being a not-so-great fighter who has to strike at the weakest link much like hyenas will strike at the weakest water-buffalo. This is an automatic skill that will redirect the thief onto the opponent that has the most wounds, causing backstab like damage to that person.
'Possum - Using this skill the thief dresses himself up to look like a corpse. He can also change his appearance slightly so that he doesn't look like himself, instead looking like the corpse of somebody else. When a pk comes up to look into the corpse the trap is sprung and the thief can land a particularly deadly blow. Basically, the victim kneels down to scavenge through the corpse like a vulture and gets a dagger rammed into his/her throat for his/her effort. The skill happens automatically when the person tries to get anything from the corpse. This'll make people think before they go corpse looting.
Now for the really good one(versions of it have been suggested in the past)
Cut-purse - This skill can be used in one of two ways. First is an undirected strike. When undirected the thief tries to slice open the gold pouch of the victim. The victim gets two saves, one for yell/no yell, and one for success/failure. The thief might successfully cut the purse, but cause a yell. The thief might fail, but cause no yell. The thief might succeed with no yell, or fail with a yell. If successful the gold on the victim starts to fall to the ground. The victim might notice or he might not and gets a chance to notice after every 5th step. The tactical advantages to this are good beyond just getting easy gold. If the person walks a long distance without noticing the gold falling from his pouch the thief can track the person much easier.
The second type of cut-purse is a directed type. This one is for those containers that people wear on their body. Backpacks, fur-lined ponchos and so on. The thief tries to slice open these containers, causing the things within to fall to the ground. Again it might cause a yell or not, and might succeed or fail.