Skyrim Perks Guide

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The Thief

Last, but not least, the Thief is the favored constellation for players who enjoy a bit of cloak and dagger instead of upfront battles. Whittle the enemy force down to size with a bit of backstabbing, and steal their weapons right out of their hands. You can even use poisons and potions to improve your effectiveness in combat.

The Thief - Alchemy

• Alchemist: Potions and poisons you make are 20% stronger. (5 ranks)
• Physician: Potions you mix that restore Health, Magicka or Stamina are 25% more powerful.
• Benefactor: Potions you mix with beneficial effects have an additional 25% greater magnitude.
• Poisoner: Poisons you mix are 25% more effective.
• Concentrated Poison: Poisons applied to weapons last for twice as many hits.
• Experimenter: Eating an ingredient reveals first two effects. (3 ranks)
• Green Thumb: Two ingredients are gathered from plants.
• Snakeblood: 50% resistance to all poisons.
• Purity: All negative effects are removed from created potions, and all positive effects are removed from created poisons.

The Thief - Light Armor

• Agile Defender: Increase armor rating for Light Armor by 20% (5 ranks)
• Custom Fit: 25% Armor bonus if wearing all Light Armor: head, chest, hands, feet.
• Unhindered: Light Armor weighs nothing and doesn't slow you down when worn.
• Wind Walker: Stamina regenerates 50% faster in all Light Armor: head, chest, hands, feet.
• Matching Set: Additional 25% Armor bonus if wearing a matched set of Light Armor.
• Deft Movement: 10% chance of avoiding all damage from a melee attack while wearing all Light Armor: head, chest, hands, feet.

The Thief - Lockpicking

• Novice Locks: Novice locks are much easier to pick.
• Apprentice Locks: Apprentice locks are much easier to pick.
• Quick Hands: Able to pick locks without being noticed.
• Wax Key: Automatically gives you a copy of a picked lock's key if it has one.
• Adept Locks: Adept locks are much easier to pick.
• Golden Touch: Find more gold in chests.
• Treasure Hunter: 50% greater chance of finding special treasure.
• Expert Locks: Expert locks are much easier to pick.
• Locksmith: Pick starts close to the lock opening position.
• Unbreakable: Lockpicks never break.
• Master Locks: Master locks are much easier to pick..

The Thief - Pickpocket

• Light Fingers - PIckpocketing bonus of 20%. Item weight and value reduce pickpocketing odds. (5 ranks)
• Night Thief: +25% chance to pickpocket if the target is asleep.
• Extra Pockets: Carrying capacity is increased by 100.
• Cutpurse: Pickpocketing gold is 50% easier.
• Poisoned: Silently harm enemies by placing poisons in their pockets.
• Keymaster: Pickpocketing keys almost always works.
• Misdirection: Can pickpocket equipped weapons.
• Perfect Touch: Can pickpocket equipped items.

The Thief - Sneak

• Stealth: You are 20% harder to detect while sneaking. (5 ranks)
• Backstab: Sneak attacks with one-handed weapons now do six times damage.
• Deadly Aim: Sneak attacks with bows now do three times damage.
• Assassin's Blade: Sneak attacks with daaggers now do a total of fifteen times normal damage.  
• Muffled Movement: Noise from armor is reduced 50%.
• Light Foot: You won't trigger pressure plates.
• Silent Roll: Sprinting while sneaking executes a silent forward roll.
• Silence: Walking and running does not affect detection.
• Shadow Warrior: Crouching stops combat for a movement and forces distant opponents to search for a target.

The Thief - Speech

• Haggling: Buying and selling prices are 10% better (5 ranks)
• Bribery: Can bribe guards to ignore crimes.
• Persuasion: Persuasion attempts are 30% easier.
• Intimidation: Intimidation is twice as successful.
• Allure: 10% better prices with the opposite sex.
• Merchant: Can sell any type of item to any kind of merchant.
• Investor: Can invest 500 gold with a shopkeeper to increase his available gold permanently.
• Fence: Can barter stolen goods with any merchant you have invested in.
• Master Trader: every merchant in the world gains 1000 gold for bartering.

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