I am beginning to think that playing as a thief is, in fact, more viable once your character has a few levels under his or her belt. However, the answers to that question are only useful if you are able to reach your first dragon encounter.
The discussion around thief survivability when it comes to squaring off with dragons is, in some ways, my question in microcosm. Low armor and generally low damage output (especially once spotted).Any encounter involving more than one foe is.challenging, if not near impossible.You lack sneak-enhancing gear (and decent gear in general).Your sneak skill is obviously quite low.However, I am finding that playing as a low level thief is exceedingly difficult for multiple reasons: I have created and played a few characters in Skyrim and have very much enjoyed all of them.until now.