Muggers

as much as the pbase declares they like muggers, it's not true. Armers like the idea of being the mugger, Armers like the idea of the threat of muggers, and Armers like the idea of being the person who chases down and kills the mugger. but if you try to mug an Arm player, you're going to get a death sentence put on your head and if you mug NPCs people will cry twinking.

It's true. If you're a thief in any capacity you better have enough money to bribe the Templerate not to off you because there will be a PC led crusade for your heart and head on a pike the moment you steal over 300 sid from anyone. Doesn't matter if they didn't see you do it anyway, have the same cloak as the thief? Have you ever been caught sneaking, anywhere, ever? Are you the same height as the thief? Did someone managed to look at you and despite having a tdesc set and your entire body covered including your eyes via sunslists they quoted your mdesc to the authorities?

All true, unfortunately. TBH though, I don't think this attitude is unique to Arm.

so to answer ur questions

well some ppl do walk around like its no biggie but most ppl spamwalk or go in groups, unless theyve gotten dumber in the last few years

inspiring builds are any combat class that u can skill up, usually u want to stick with weapons thatll make them fall quicker until ur combat is good enough to make up for that, and thats ur just openly assaulting them

dwarf warriors are no prob. most of the questions u asked can be deduced from the helpfiles, ie bludgeoning weapons knock u out quicker. far as the bludgeon weapon specifics usually the heavier the stronger like most weapons

im pretty sure theres a bonus to sapping if u use weapons designed to do that. yes u can do it with twohanded weapons and that gives a bonus with the weapon skill and twohanded just as with any other damage mod. so yes backstab and sap are ur friends if u want to do it quicker. i wouldnt rely on throwing weapons to get the job done, its more to weaken them or to expect success in really specific circumstances (the guy is bleeding out and is already sitting, etc) where most of the time u could handle them anyway, but i get the cool factor for wanting to try it that way

and yes i agree with the bigger threat thing just be aware that in game pcs and imms usually step in at some pt to show theres a criminal or law element respectively that is managing things and if u do it enough or even just to the wrong target u might get a visit from them and either pulled in or killed depending

plus make sure to rp it all tho and use it realisticly and reasonably or ull have staff either storing/killing ur char or nerfing all the shit that makes it possible to do and fun in the 1st place

I'd stay away from actual combat. You'll be better off just looking and pretending like you're competent. It's not like muggers typically go after well armed folks anyways, and twinking up combat takes frickin' forever. Subdue on the flipside can be increased pretty quickly, and it's pretty intimidating to have used on you. It's a one shot "You're not going anywhere" you can use on wandering merchants and aides that should give you a significant psychological advantage.

And as soon as you do it, you can throw them onto the ground where they won't be able to stand for a few ticks. Pull a weapon and threaten them, boom, you have a low-risk mugging. You'll still get killed eventually, but since it's just the subdue skill that needs raising you're not loosing much.

The solution to spamwalking is easy, and it's called guard.

Guard one direction, watch the other. If someone lonely and weak approaches, guard. Then knock them out with a mace/subdue them, and pray they don't get a lucky roll on their merchant's flee roll.

That said, Allanak isn't very large, and one day you'll be out of 'untouched,' viable mugging spots, at which point a PC soldier will kill you. So, good luck.

kronibas just liked something. I'm curious what he has to say.