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I finished Assassin’s Creed II yesterday, racking up 940/1000 achievement points. Here are a few tips I figured out along the way:

Kleptomaniac (pickpocket 1000 florins, 10G):
You know those heralds, the guys you can bribe in order to decrease your notoriety? It costs 500 florins to bribe them, and then you can pickpocket them immediately after. It’s like GTA‘s prostitute trick all over again. Do it twice and you’re good to go.

Sweeper (sweep 5 guards at once by using a long weapon, 10G):
First, you need to go to the practice arena in Monteriggioni and learn how to sweep by purchasing Special Moves->Long Weapon. After that, go to the San Marco building in Venice (the constantly-restricted area) and assassinate a guard that has a spear. Take his spear and run around until you get a bunch of people surrounding you. Then just hold the ‘X’ button and sweet until you get five guys at once. You can actually sweep a few guys and sweep some more while the others are still on the ground and the achievement will pop up. You’re going to get hit a lot before you pull it off, so make sure you have lots of health. Takes about two minutes.

Messer Sandman (stun 4 guards at once by throwing sand in their face, 10G):
Like the achievement above, you’ll need to learn how to throw sand at Monteriggioni through Special Moves->Unarmed Combat (this one’s free). Again, at the San Marco building in Venice, get surrounded by a bunch of people, and just throw sand until you get four people at once. Another trick is to throw a smoke bomb first to stun them, giving you time to gather a bunch of sand.