Talk:The Shadow's Blade/@comment-2001:16B8:261B:CD00:4C36:FAF4:D821:F506-20190503145359

It's somewhat ridiculous that you won't get a weapon you're propably proficient with as a thief (and which is described ingame as "the perfect assassin's tool") when you choose the "true thief path" in SoA. If they didn't want to give you all at once, they could have given it to one of Ama's companions, perhaps an actual Assassin or a Fighter dualled to thief who has some pips in shortswords, so you would have to earn it the hard way.

As it is, you don't get any stronghold-only Items (unlike Mages/Sorcerers, Bards, Paladins or Rangers), but you get one Item less than everyone else, only two minor (and disappointing) sidequests, a steady supply of gold, which is nice, but you need to run back every now and then if you don't want to lose the guild.