Each particular action relate to a skill, some just waste energy. Poisoning require you use a poison weapon, as far as I'm concerned, only smith or carpenter sell you poison weapon.
Are you new to illarion? I suggest you don't attempt to play a thief as your first character. There aren't actually skills for a thief, such as "robbing" or anything of the like (poisoning is the closest one), but usually thievery is fully roleplayed.
Learn the basics of the game and the roleplaying side, learn how it works and all.
most basic is: you don't "apply" skills, like you would in UO or similar.
you have skills. you can do everything. the skills affect everything you do. they get better, by doing things. and being better you can do more advanced things, or can do allready known things better.
i was wondering this same thing due to the thievery skill being on the list of already implemented skills on the main site thanks for the clear up guys.
