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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Charlaquin" data-source="post: 8232438" data-attributes="member: 6779196">Old school rogues (thieves, that is) were quite bad in a fight. Maybe on occasion they could backstab an enemy who wasn’t aware of them, but in open combat, they would run and hide, or they would die. But you were ok with that because wasn’t their job, it was the fighter’s job. The thief’s job was to open locked doors and chests, find and disarm traps, and sneak into the dragon’s treasure hoard and back out again with the most valuable stuff they could carry.Keep in mind, this was back when you got experience for recovering treasure from the dungeon, not from killing monsters or completing quests. There was no expectation of balance as we understand it now. A balanced party was one where everyone had a different role to fill. The thief stole, the fighter fought, the cleric healed, and the magic user used magic.</blockquote>