At level 10 you should be stacking hitroll and damroll on every slot. Backstab is still your primary damage, so treat your dagger as the most important piece. Many items accept tweak rolls; re-check stats when you see the same gear drop again.
Recommended gear
Backstab dagger
- A sharp stick (Lv 8, 3d3, +2 hitroll, +2 damroll, dagger): easy to farm from tree elves throughout Twin Trees
- A khatar (Lv 9, 6d3, dagger): best raw dice at this tier; nomad scouts in the Casshiir Desert carry them
- A copper dagger (Lv 7, 3d4, +2 hitroll, +1 dexterity, dagger): sold at Groek's weapons shop in City of Korpel
Melee weapon
- A barbed scourge (6d8, +4 damroll, +18 HP): handmaidens of Sarooth in the Caves of Zildanric
- A copper longsword (Lv 8, 2d8, +4 hitroll, +3 damroll): Korpel cityguards along the avenues
Light
- A sweet-smelling votive candle (armor -13, +2 wisdom): ground load in The Cathedral of All Saints
- A flameless lantern (Lv 7, armor -12, +3 intelligence): from mobs in The Tk'il Hive
Neck
- A concealed mithril neck sheath (+3 damroll, armor -16): sold by Jorysse at the Zildanric trade house
Body
- A blood stained smock (Lv 10, +2 damroll, armor -14): from torturers in Haaldsten Manor
- A scale mail jacket (+2 strength, +3 hitroll)
- Josef's shop in: the City of Talorien
- the Abandoned Manor dwarf
Head
- A thieves mask (Lv 8, +2 hitroll, +13 HP): masked thieves and outlaws in the Forest of Shadows
- A red-fringed prayer shawl (Lv 9, +36 move, +3 hitroll): from mobs in The Cathedral of All Saints
Legs
- A pair of leather elven leggings (Lv 9, +2 damroll, armor -10): from mobs in Twin Trees
- A pair of bronze leggings (Lv 5, +2 dexterity, +3 hitroll): from mobs in Mordant
Feet
- Pair of worn slippers (+4 hit regen, +5 damroll, -7 mana) in the Ruins of Zakhban are among the best feet in the game for rogues; the mana penalty rarely matters
Hands
- A pair of elven battle mitts (Lv 10, +4 hitroll): tree elves in Twin Trees
Arms
- A pair of golden bracers (+4 constitution, +3 hitroll): Talorien street mobs
Shield
- A wooden buckler, stinking of sewage (Lv 10, +3 hitroll): skaven in the Den of the Rat-King
About
- A wide cape (Lv 8, +19 HP, +0 hitroll): from mobs in Haaldsten Manor
- A plaid woolen cloak (armor -10, +2 strength): from mobs in Aurocon, City of the Minotaurs
Waist
- A rope belt hung with tiny bones (Lv 8, +16 HP, +2 damroll): skaven priestess in the Den of the Rat-King
Wrist
- A sapphire circlet of rejuvenation (+10 hit regen, +10 mana regen): from mobs in The Celestial Fortress
- A spidersilk wristband (Lv 8, +16 HP, +3 hitroll): from mobs in Lair of the Spider Clan
Finger
- A signet ring of Korpel (Lv 9, +2 damroll, armor -11): Korpel cityguards
Hold
- A deck of worn and dirty cards (+2 dexterity, +13 move): from mobs in The City of Talorien
Hip
- An engraved ivory flask (+5 move regen): shop stock in City of Korpel
- A reddish skin of blood-wine (armor -4): from mobs in Caves of the Kuisinara Monks