Combat-less pickpocketer?

[invertedpanda]

I played a poison master build a month or two ago, getting it up to level 46 or so. It was a LOT of fun to play, but I also relied on my 1h skill (daggers) quite often vs. baddies such as undead, dragons, etc.

 

Once I get done playing my boxer character, I'm thinking of playing a poison/pickpocket build again, but this time, without any direct offensive skills.

 

Right now I'm looking at focusing on pickpocket, sneak, alchemy, enchanting, and to help me deal with unavoidable combat, Illusion. I could also, potentially, go the route of conjuration instead of illusion, but I'm thinking utilizing staves would make that even easier.

 

I'd avoid the main quest until I maxed out the illusion tree, mostly just having fun doing the dark brotherhood/thieves guild quests (the Dark Brotherhood being my absolute favorite questline in game).