Backstabber

Backstabber Custom Character Point Value: 5 Augmentation Can be Upgraded?: No Can be Removed?: No Can be Swapped?: Yes Description Melee attacks instantly kills sleeping targets and do twice as much damage from behind, but do 10 times the damage if the player is invisible. In-Game Tooltip "Melee attacks from behind do 2X damage. 10X if you are invisible."

Backstabber is a trait in Streets of Rogue. Melee attacks from behind do twice as much damage, but do 10 times the damage if the player is invisible. Melee attacks will also instantly kill NPCs that are sleeping.

Notes

• If used successfully while under Camouflage, the camouflage will not be lost.
• NPCs who have detected you cannot be backstabbed until they lose you, even if you manage to attack them from behind.

Trivia

• This trait's ability to kill sleeping NPCs used to be its own trait called "Sleep Killer", it has since been merged into this one.

Sources

• Assassin starting trait
• Level-up
• Possible Custom Character starting trait