I have 2 ranks in backstabbing, just starting out.. is there something easier than louts that is backstabbale? It's not that I'm not learning anything from them, but the learning is so tiny it's driving me nuts. I was told a long time ago that you can learn the first couple ranks of backstabbing on rats by ambushing but unless I'm doing that wrong I haven't figured out how to learn it on them.

You need to target particular body parts from hidden, for example, THRUST BACK (easy) or LUNGE NECK (more difficult).

my LE is 20 ranks above BS, and use your abilities to Hunt things you cant BS without your cookies, you'll find that BS fairly Flies that way, mine usually locks within minutes of Hide/stalk