not, that perk is for unarmed and melee characters, no for a smallgunner, wtf!!
It is for small gunners too, but only for pistol users.
While Sneaking, if you hit a critter in the back, you will cause double damage using a HtH attack. Silent Death is just that kind of perk.
i know that!!! WTF smallguns, "silent" death, WTF!!
Chance for no armor bypass is very low, so its almost always bypass.
If you want to make enemies, try to change something.
Double damage, the easier way to achieve that would be toning down the uncalled table's damage modifiers.
Which is why I asked about how crit bursters were doing in this version