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Thieves and Fighters are distinct enough to warrant separate classes. Take away the skills and Backstab (the class's defining features)...

Not what is logical... I would add that in context. So in my world , it is based off of reality, but what if dragons and magic were...

This was questioned in another thread. You could say the thing about any class. You don't need a paladin, you only need a cleric. You...

I like thieves, but because they have a niche: urban stealth. This is often expanded to criminal contacts and techniques. They are not...

Given the amount of TTRPG's that don't have thieves, I'd say we don't need them. Even DnD relegated thieves to a sub-class.

Even when Combat and Magic are also Skill best there are often have extra steps like using mana points or spell slots, and of course...

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Okay. I'm not inclined to argue it further in this thread, since we are already way off topic.

You don't have to call it "thief" or "rogue" (to use the modern parlance), but in order to have a reasonable simulation of a world...

So some thief designers are saying, "okay, we handed out the special powers to the classes. Ugh, you know what we forgot? To make the...

A thief is someone who steals things, who takes what isn't theirs. You can add some nuance to it by dividing them up by method – a...

Broken down to a skill. But yes, it is as close as a system gets to a special power that no other profession can do.

Thieves exist in D&D because of these guys. Who happen to be both thieves and warriors. (also one is a wizard's apprentice too, which...

The same reason real teams need specialists. In the worlds where "thieves" are a thing, need arises from the presence of theifly things...

I invented my own system. I still play it today.