The thief was used to be thought of as a dex dependant dodger staler but the modern thief becamse a lot of things possible

How much does STR take into play with thug skills? Isildur said in his thief page that weaponbutt was as unreliable as strangle, are both not str assisted? Does a human not strangle better than an arial?

While an acrobatic thief would probably need dex to dodge bashes, can a dex thief kidney punch and gut shot reliably?

Knocking people out has always been over rated, I don't even need knife but if I were to thief I'd like a high dex/int race to take thug to third attack- Would the rest of the skills be a waste overall?