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Message: <blockquote data-quote="satori01" data-source="post: 5905213" data-attributes="member: 7859">I think Rogues as a class has really become to mean " stealthy, skilled in Intel and criminal matters, and super warrior".This is epitomized by such characters as:The bride form Kill BillRiddick from Pitch Black/ Chron. Of RidickAny modern Spy Thriller featuring James Bond or Tom Cruise. Rogue now means Navy Seal, which is just too much IMHO . I would like to see a Rogue class based off more of these types: Indiana Jones is a Rogue.  Resourceful , smart, a little amoral, sociable, and full of contacts. He is also not the best fighter, a good fighter, but not the best, and he generally uses mobility and terrain to win in hand to hand. CPT Jack Sparrow is a Rogue.  He is flashy, mobile, and does things with panache to large effect, sometimes to his own ill.  Again he is not he best Fighter, but capable.  Also has a lot of contacts. Con Men, From the Oceans 11+ movies, to any number of TV shows, con men again generally not the best Fighters, social, skilled with contacts. Ability/ Power wise I want to see stealth ditched from combat. Just make the Rogue unoticed for a few rounds ,(increasing w/level ?), until they take an overt action.  This way you can set up your damage spikes. I also think Rogues should have the most interrupts.  A Fighter may parry a blow here or there, but a Rogue ducks, weaves and then slides underneath the Ogres legs while cutting his coin purse. A Rogue makes a blow he takes look worse than it is while lessening the damage, then feigns death and comes back or slinks away.Interrupts are fine when a player can trigger them, whenever and the limit is 1 per turn.</blockquote>

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