Rogue

This page is about the Rogue class; for the metaclass, see Rogue (Metaclass).

Rogue
Metaclass	Rogue
Locked	No
Starting Life	100
Life Rating	+0
Stat Modifiers
Strength	+1
Dexterity	+3
Constitution	0
Magic	0
Willpower	0
Cunning	+5

Description

Rogues are masters of tricks. A Rogue can get behind you unnoticed and stab you in the back for tremendous damage. Rogues usually prefer to dual-wield daggers. They can also become trapping experts, detecting and disarming traps as well as setting them. Their most important stats are: Dexterity and Cunning

Starting Equipment

• Iron Dagger
• Iron Dagger
• Rough Leather Armor

Secondary Weapons

• Rough Sling
• Pouch of Iron shots

Starting Talents

• Stealth
• Trap Mastery
• Lethality
• Dual Strike

Talent Categories

Class
Type	Name	Mastery	Locked	Talents
Technique	Dual Weapons	1.3	No	Dual Weapon Training	Dual Weapon Defense	Precision	Momentum
Technique	Dual Techniques	1.3	No	Dual Strike	Flurry	Sweep	Whirlwind
Cunning	Stealth	1.3	No	Stealth	Shadowstrike	Hide in Plain Sight	Unseen Actions
Cunning	Trapping	1.3	No	Trap Mastery	Lure	Sticky Smoke	Trap Launcher
Cunning	Dirty Fighting	1.3	No	Dirty Fighting	Backstab	Switch Place	Cripple
Cunning	Lethality	1.3	No	Lethality	Deadly Strikes	Willful Combat	Snap
Techniques	Combat Techniques	1.3	Yes	Rush	Precise Strikes	Perfect Strike	Blinding Speed
Techniques	Combat Veteran	1.3	Yes	Quick Recovery	Fast Metabolism	Spell Shield	Unending Frenzy
Cunning	Poisons *	1.3	Yes	Vile Poisons	Venomous Strike	Empower Poisons	Toxic Death
Generic
Type	Name	Mastery	Locked	Talents
Techniques	Acrobatics	1.3	No	Vault	Tumble	Trained Reactions	Superb Agility
Techniques	Combat Training	1.3	No	Thick Skin	Armour Training	Combat Accuracy	Weapons Mastery
Cunning	Survival	1.3	No	Heightened Senses	Charm Mastery	Piercing Sight	Evasion
Cunning	Scoundrel	1.3	No	Lacerating Strikes	Scoundrel's Strategies	Nimble Movements	Misdirection
Techniques	Field Control	1.0	Yes	Disengage	Track	Heave	Slow Motion

(*) Requires siding with the Assassin Lord in the current or any previous playthroughs.

Strategy

The Rogue is a nimble melee fighter relying on daggers, traps and stealth to defeat its enemies, while dodging or avoiding enemy attacks.

Rogues start with the ability to use ranged weapons, and start with sling and ammo in their alternate weapon slot. Rogues can be quite deadly with a sling (due to their Dexterity and Cunning), and they can even use an off-hand dagger alongside the sling, so they retain their Dual Weapon Defense bonus as well as apply their poisons while shooting.

However, your primary offense will most likely be your daggers. These are a bit underwhelming at the start of the game, but once you find (or purchase) some better daggers, as well as boosting your Dex and Cun, you'll quickly develop into a stabbing machine.

Flurry hits 6 times (3 with each dagger), and is your best single-target killing talent. Sweep hits up to 3 adjacent targets and causes bleeding (damage over time); it can be quite effective if you plan to retreat and let your foes bleed out.

Stealth and traps, however, are what make the class interesting. Stealth can be set for automatic use (strongly recommended), meaning it will typically trigger as soon as you're out of sight of all monsters. While in stealth mode, your light radius is reduced to 0, so you want some infravision or Heightened Senses to compensate. Stealth is almost as good as invisibility -- monsters may not even know you're there, or if they do spot you, they may mistake your exact position, and waste their talents on empty space. With Shadowstrike you can also get huge damage bonuses when striking from stealth. See Stealth_(Gameplay) for a more in depth information on stealth.

Traps (and Lure) give you some additional tools to use against monsters. Be sure to pick up the poison gas trap from the lore in The Maze.

You can learn to poison your daggers by siding with the assassin lord in the Lost Merchant quest. This will boost your damage even further. (Actually, you only have to do that with your first Rogue character. After that, every other Rogue will have the tree unlocked, and your optimal strategy is to kill the assassin lord for his gear and for the merchant's store.) (Unless you want the Tricks of the Trade Prodigy.)

Speaking of Prodigies, Giant Leap is quite awesome for Rogues. You get mobility combined with a devastating multiple-opponent attack. Another very good Prodigy for a rogue is Mystical Cunning, despite being in the Magic tree - if you find a high +Magic stat artifact on another character and have access to the Vault, consider sending it over to a new Rogue and giving it a shot. The Gravitic Trap this prodigy unlocks is one of the most powerful abilities in the game.

Defensively, you can become nearly untouchable by physical attacks due to your Defense score (from Dexterity, from Dual Weapon Defense, and from equipment bonuses). Your bane will be nonphysical attacks (dragon breaths, spells, etc.). You get no talents to help against those (other than Thick Skin of course), so look for equipment with saves, stun/confusion immunity, and elemental resistance.

Antimagic may be worth considering, although it will reduce your mobility (you won't be able to rely on teleport/phase door for escapes).

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