By Dark of Night
By Dark of Night
Thief Multiclassing Options The thief class is a versatile concept in Conan the Roleplaying Game. The skill rules further permit customisation by allowing any skill points realised from high Intelligence scores to be spent on any skill as though it were a class skill. Still further, thieves can take levels in other classes to compliment their own combat abilities or further expand their skills and special qualities. This chapter presents possible ways to combine the thief with the rest of the classes presented in Conan the Roleplaying Game, presenting advice on feat and racial choices and other options available when the character gains new abilities from new levels in alternative classes. With any sort of multiclassing, the character will lose access to the high level abilities of the thief character class. All of these combinations include this inherent weakness. These character concepts lose additional sneak attacks, additional special abilities, improved Trap Sense and additional sneak attack styles. This chapter assumes that the character’s main focus is the thief aspect, taking levels in other classes to alter their basic thief concept slightly. Other character classes taking levels in thief to compliment their primary focus will be covered in other chapters or in other Conan the Roleplaying Game supplements. The advancement rates offered herein are not to be taken as the final word on the subject but merely as guidelines to meet a particular character concept.
Ruffian
�Thief/Barbarian�
From the streets of Shadizar to the frontier villages of the Westermarck, ruffians are thieves who are barbaric in their nature. They are support combatants and stealth attackers, dirty fighters and backstabbers. They are tough and deadly, using ingenuity and deception to place opponents at a disadvantage, attacking
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with surprise when they can and making optimum use of the available terrain. Ruffians can be hot-tempered, fuelled by rage and frustration.
Strengths
A ruffian gains a number of benefits from adding barbarian levels to his thief class. Fortitude & Reflex Saves: The ruffian has much improved rate of Fortitude and Reflex saves. The ruffian is well-equipped to survive the rigours of the urban wilderness compared to the straight class thief. The improved Reflex save has the added bonus of improving the character’s Initiative.
