Stealth

Summary

Must have at least 80 Hiding to be able to Stealth
Players gain (5 + (10 * (Stealth Skill / 100))) Stealth steps per Stealth activation
After the Hiding Skill Use Timer has expired, you will receive a system message indicating "You feel comfortable enough to begin stealthing."
Players have a 100% * (Stealth Skill / 100) chance to successfully stealth after being hidden for 10 seconds, you are revealed on a failure
While Stealthing, if you have moved more than your available steps before the Stealth Skill Use Timer has expired (10s), you will need to wait to continue Stealthing. You will see a system message "You feel ready to continue stealthing", when you are able to continue without revealing yourself.

If a player has Auto-Stealth enabled, when 10 seconds have passed since their last Stealth usage (skill cooldown) and they still have Stealth Steps remaining, they will now receive a "You will automatically stealth when out of steps" message
If a player has Auto-Stealth enabled and they have reached 0 Stealth Steps remaining, they will receive a "You feel ready to continue stealthing" message if they can immediately continue stealthing (i.e. 10 seconds has passed since last Stealth skill usage)
Toggle Auto-Stealth by typing "[AutoStealth"

A player who is stealthed can perform a Backstab attack against creatures in their weapon range if they meet the following criteria:
- The player has at least 80 Stealth skill and 80 skill in their equipped weapon's skill.

Backstab attacks have the following modifiers:
- A player's accuracy when making Backstab attacks is +25%
- Chance to inflict poison increased by +25%
- Players cannot trigger Weapon Specials or Weapon Abilities on Backstab hits

The Damage multiplier for Stealth Backstabs is any wherefrom +800% to +1600% scaled to the weapon's speed
- Backstab damage is also scaled by (Backstab Damage * (Stealth Skill / 100))
- Backstab damage can be further increased with Mastery Chain Links or Shadow Aspect.
Dice rolls for resolving damage on Stealth Backstabs are now rolled an additional time and take the best result (can stack with additional rolls from other sources)
Players making a backstab attempt receive a 50% Aspect Special chance bonus for the next 30 seconds (Shown in [Stats -> Melee for it's duration). This does not apply if the attempt is made when Stealthed via Shadow Aspect Special

Players attacking other players from stealth will make the same Backstab sound effect, but they will receive no bonuses to the attack.
Relevant skills have 10x their normal chance to result in a skill gain when a Backstab attack is made.

Skill	Activity
0-50	Train from NPC
50-80	Hide and then use Stealth within New Player Dungeon
80-120	Continue Hiding and Stealthing