tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939436127538793273.post7910362769763685570..comments2024-03-28T18:26:09.321-07:00Comments on Crawdads and Dragons: The Thief is not guilty, part 3Doc Grognardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04084635785043015262noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939436127538793273.post-41692380120921406272011-09-09T18:31:28.940-07:002011-09-09T18:31:28.940-07:00Didn't the things thieves do all exist before ...Didn't the things thieves do all exist before the thief class? Other characters did all those things anyhow. That said, I'd like to keep a thief/rogue type character class and remove the cleric, which is so loaded with setting assumptions it's crazy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939436127538793273.post-23272706057867772902011-09-03T13:12:07.869-07:002011-09-03T13:12:07.869-07:00Thieves are combat engineers, scouting, clearing o...Thieves are combat engineers, scouting, clearing obstacles and setting traps for the enemy. Pickpocket and reading scrolls are more like intelligence gathering.Rainforest Gianthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05240761465708154282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939436127538793273.post-65291938282976201922011-09-03T10:52:43.909-07:002011-09-03T10:52:43.909-07:00I'd add in a point 5.
5: Gary himself created...I'd add in a point 5.<br /><br />5: Gary himself created and wrote about one the iconic greyhawk characters of all time: Gord the thief.Dangerous Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11494853825931603065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939436127538793273.post-6828041164056655112011-09-03T08:08:26.650-07:002011-09-03T08:08:26.650-07:00*slow clap**slow clap*Anthony Simeonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04312134763577949405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939436127538793273.post-67654593760835565692011-09-02T21:04:08.596-07:002011-09-02T21:04:08.596-07:00This makes a lot of sense.
And as a Moldvay acol...This makes a lot of sense. <br /><br />And as a Moldvay acolyte, I really don't see how you can't have thieves. They just FEEL right.Jaysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03652611193354218021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939436127538793273.post-28129529542595027132011-09-02T17:28:58.860-07:002011-09-02T17:28:58.860-07:00I agree. Love the thief class!I agree. Love the thief class!Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04732052814850525574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939436127538793273.post-81036452502416539022011-09-02T14:55:17.516-07:002011-09-02T14:55:17.516-07:00Elves could move invisibly in CHAINMAIL and in 0d&...Elves could move invisibly in CHAINMAIL and in 0d&d and the knock spell appears in the LLB's. Hobbits also exist in chainmail predating the 'thief' of greyhawk. <br /><br />Like the ranger and the paladin the thief is a mismashed archetypes of cudgel, gray mouser (who fritz-lieber described literally as a "fighter-thief") and bilbo. <br /><br />Perhaps a fighting man subclass that only wears leather armor and has an affinity for using magic items without all the need for the skill system.UWS guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01277557128674527225noreply@blogger.com