outsider
First Post
What is it about being a rogue which requires a player must have some sort of annoying behavior such as...
I play alot of rogues, so perhaps I can provide some answers.
*Hording all the loot they find, including the loot they "find" on their friends after one dies in battle.
I've seen characters of all classes do this. It is -extremely- bad form to do it. Nothing ticks me off more than when people don't get their fair share of the loot. The only time I recall stealing from another player was when they grabbed something off of another player's corpse. I stole it and returned it to the proper owner.
*Always pointing out that in the course of normal travel with no expectation of combat that, while the party is walking along the path, the rogue is 30-50 feet ahead of and to the side of them traveling through the woods.
Because when they are with the group, stealth is penalized/useless, and stealth is a big part of the rogue role.
*Frequently seeking opportunities to steal simply for the sake of stealing.
D&D is the game of killing things and taking their stuff. I don't see the problem with skipping the first step once in a while.
I think the rogue class just attracts a certain... let's say, unsavory element. The same sort of person who always plays spies and snipers in Team Fortress 2, or snipers in any other game which allows it...
I play snipers and/or spies in alot of games. I don't see what's unsavory about that.
Now, not all rogues have to be like this. I mean, in my experience, they have been, but it's conceivable that someone else might accidentally wander into the rogue territory and not play the class like a jerk. But I think every group has that one guy who always plays rogues or their equivalents, no matter the game or system.
Yeah, I'm basically that guy.
Ok, I'm done blowing off my steam. Please berate me and tell me that I'm wrong.
For the most part, I don't understand what you are complaining about. Player vs player theft isn't appropriate for most D&D groups, but it's not something that is related to the rogue class. I don't see any of the other complaints as very valid at all.