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1 The Complete Thief's Handbook
2 Table of Contents=[e-mail]
2 Credits=[e-mail]
2 Introduction
3 Introduction=[e-mail]
3 The Purpose of the Complete Thief's Handbook=[e-mail]
3 The Role of the Thief=[e-mail]
3 Thieves and the Law=[e-mail]
2 Chapter 1: Role-Playing Thieves
3 Role-Playing Thieves=[e-mail]
3 Setting=[e-mail]
3 Social Background=[e-mail]
3 Motivation=[e-mail]
3 Sample Archetypes=[e-mail]
3 Demihumans=[e-mail]
3 Other Nonhuman Races=[e-mail]
3 Demihumans, Cities and Guilds=[e-mail]
3 Code of the Professional=[e-mail]
2 Chapter 2: Proficiencies
3 Proficiencies=[e-mail]
3 Demihumans and Nonweapon Proficiencies=[e-mail]
3 New Proficiencies
4 New Proficiencies=[e-mail]
4 Alertness=[e-mail]
4 Animal Noise=[e-mail]
4 Begging=[e-mail]
4 Boating=[e-mail]
4 Endurance=[e-mail]
4 Fast-Talking=[e-mail]
4 Fortune Telling=[e-mail]
4 Herbalism=[e-mail]
4 Hunting=[e-mail]
4 Information Gathering=[e-mail]
4 Intimidation=[e-mail]
4 Locksmithing=[e-mail]
4 Looting=[e-mail]
4 Navigation=[e-mail]
4 Observation=[e-mail]
4 Reading/Writing=[e-mail]
4 Survival=[e-mail]
4 Tracking=[e-mail]
4 Trailing=[e-mail]
4 Voice Mimicry=[e-mail]
2 Chapter 3: Thief Kits
3 Thief Kits=[e-mail]
3 Kits and Thief Types=[e-mail]
3 Kits and the Thief Classes=[e-mail]
3 Kits and Character Creation=[e-mail]
3 The Thief Kits=[e-mail]
3 Thief Kits and Thieving Skills=[e-mail]
3 Recording Kits on the Character Sheet=[e-mail]
3 Thief Types and Multi-Class Characters=[e-mail]
3 Thief Types and Dual-Class Characters=[e-mail]
3 Creating New Kits=[e-mail]
3 The Thief Kit Creation Sheet=[e-mail]
3 The "Lone Wolf"=[e-mail]
3 "Bluehand" Ajathar, Lone Wolf=[e-mail]
3 Adventure Suggestion=[e-mail]
3 Glossary of Thief Slang=[e-mail]
3 Thief Kits
4 Acrobat=[e-mail]
4 Adventurer=[e-mail]
4 Assassin=[e-mail]
4 Bandit=[e-mail]
4 Beggar=[e-mail]
4 Bounty Hunter=[e-mail]
4 Buccaneer=[e-mail]
4 Burglar=[e-mail]
4 Cutpurse=[e-mail]
4 Fence=[e-mail]
4 Investigator=[e-mail]
4 Scout=[e-mail]
4 Smuggler=[e-mail]
4 Spy=[e-mail]
4 Swashbuckler=[e-mail]
4 Swindler=[e-mail]
4 Thug=[e-mail]
4 Troubleshooter=[e-mail]
2 Chapter 4: Thieves' Guild
3 Thieves' Guild=[e-mail]
3 Developing the Thieves' Guild=[e-mail]
3 Benefits of Guild Membership
4 Benefits of Guild Membership=[e-mail]
4 Training=[e-mail]
4 Equipment=[e-mail]
4 Information=[e-mail]
4 Fencing=[e-mail]
4 Specialist Help=[e-mail]
3 Responsibilities of Guild Membership
4 Responsibilities of Guild Membership=[e-mail]
4 Secrecy=[e-mail]
4 Providing Information=[e-mail]
4 Limited Territory=[e-mail]
4 Other Duties=[e-mail]
4 The Recalcitrant PC Thief=[e-mail]
3 Activities of Thieves' Guilds
4 Activities of Thieves' Guilds=[e-mail]
4 Protection Rackets=[e-mail]
4 Smuggling=[e-mail]
4 Forgery and Coin Clipping=[e-mail]
4 Entertainments=[e-mail]
4 Lawful Operations=[e-mail]
3 Thieves' Guilds in the Campaign World
4 Thieves' Guilds in the Campaign World=[e-mail]
4 Size and Wealth of Communities=[e-mail]
4 Social Alignment=[e-mail]
4 Special Social Factors=[e-mail]
4 Divided Alignments=[e-mail]
4 Racial Divisions=[e-mail]
4 Religious Factors=[e-mail]
4 Historical Factors=[e-mail]
3 Thieves' Guilds and Other Groups
4 Thieves' Guilds and Other Groups=[e-mail]
3 Thieves and the Law
4 Thieves and the Law=[e-mail]
4 Persecution=[e-mail]
4 Hassle=[e-mail]
4 Opposition=[e-mail]
4 Tolerance=[e-mail]
4 Corruption=[e-mail]
4 Complex/Mix=[e-mail]
3 Thieves and Merchants
4 Thieves and Merchants=[e-mail]
4 Warfare=[e-mail]
4 Opposition=[e-mail]
4 Standoff=[e-mail]
4 Submission=[e-mail]
4 Infiltration=[e-mail]
4 Complex/Mix=[e-mail]
3 Thieves and Other Guilds
4 Thieves and Other Guilds=[e-mail]
4 Craft Guilds=[e-mail]
4 Adventuring Guilds=[e-mail]
4 Thieves and Assassins=[e-mail]
4 Thieves and Beggars=[e-mail]
4 Thieves and Bards=[e-mail]
3 Guildmasters and Guild Structures
4 Guildmasters and Guild Structures=[e-mail]
3 Guild Organizations
4 Guild Organizations=[e-mail]
4 Centralist=[e-mail]
4 Cohesive=[e-mail]
4 Fractionated=[e-mail]
4 Oppositional=[e-mail]
4 Anarchic=[e-mail]
4 Complex/Mix=[e-mail]
3 Guild Leaders
4 Guild Leaders=[e-mail]
4 Guildmaster=[e-mail]
4 Council=[e-mail]
4 Democracy=[e-mail]
4 Leaderless=[e-mail]
4 Complex/Mix=[e-mail]
4 Special=[e-mail]
3 Guild Rulership
4 Guild Rulership=[e-mail]
4 Weak/Strong=[e-mail]
4 Cruel/Just=[e-mail]
4 Despotic/Populist=[e-mail]
3 Designing a Thieves' Guild
4 Designing a Thieves' Guild=[e-mail]
4 Using the Tables=[e-mail]
4 Guild Background=[e-mail]
4 Social Alignment=[e-mail]
4 Special Social Factors=[e-mail]
4 Size of Community=[e-mail]
4 Wealth of Community=[e-mail]
4 Attitudes of the Law=[e-mail]
4 Relationship with Merchants=[e-mail]
4 Relationships with other Guilds=[e-mail]
4 Guild Rulership=[e-mail]
4 Guildmembers and The Rest=[e-mail]
4 Experience Levels of Thieves=[e-mail]
4 Multi-classed thieves=[e-mail]
4 Non-Thief Guildmembers=[e-mail]
4 Fleshing out Guildmembers=[e-mail]
4 Alignment=[e-mail]
4 Prime Requisite=[e-mail]
4 Senior Thieves=[e-mail]
4 Junior Thieves=[e-mail]
4 A Final Record=[e-mail]
4 Guild Dues=[e-mail]
4 Normal Resources=[e-mail]
4 Special Resources=[e-mail]
4 Major Activities=[e-mail]
4 The Guildhouse=[e-mail]
3 Thieves' Guild of Mallain
4 The Thieves' Guild of Mallain=[e-mail]
3 Unusual Guilds
4 The Traveling Guild=[e-mail]
4 Unusual Guilds=[e-mail]
4 Piratical Guilds=[e-mail]
4 The Guild of Honorable Gentlemen=[e-mail]
4 The Good-Aligned Guild=[e-mail]
3 Player-Character Guildmasters
4 Player-Character Guildmasters=[e-mail]
4 Determining Guildmembers=[e-mail]
4 Guild Income=[e-mail]
4 Levels of Operations=[e-mail]
4 The Long Arm of the Law=[e-mail]
4 Guild Morale=[e-mail]
4 New Followers=[e-mail]
4 Special Events and Occurrences=[e-mail]
3 Blueprint Profiles
4 Blueprint Profiles=[e-mail]
4 Guildmaster Septien Selfareine, the "White Lily"=[e-mail]
4 Guildmaster Tulmara Zir Bharann, "Cruelty's Mask"=[e-mail]
4 Quartermaster Marmel Raveiz=[e-mail]
4 Durdlan Silverpalm, Master Fence=[e-mail]
2 Chapter 5: Tools of the Trade
3 Eauipment for the Thief's Skills=[e-mail]
3 Skill Modifiers=[e-mail]
3 Picking Pockets
4 Picking Pockets=[e-mail]
4 Arm Sling=[e-mail]
4 Mini-Blade=[e-mail]
3 Opening Locks
4 Opening Locks=[e-mail]
4 Improvised Lockpicks=[e-mail]
4 Acid=[e-mail]
4 Chisels=[e-mail]
4 Cutters, Files and Hacksaws=[e-mail]
4 Magnifying Glass/Lens=[e-mail]
4 Oil and Funnel=[e-mail]
4 Time Scales=[e-mail]
3 Finding and Removing Traps
4 Finding and Removing Traps=[e-mail]
4 Lockpicks=[e-mail]
3 Moving Silently
4 Moving Silently=[e-mail]
4 Silenced Armor=[e-mail]
4 Strapping=[e-mail]
3 Hiding in Shadows
4 Hiding in Shadows=[e-mail]
4 Camouflage Clothing=[e-mail]
4 Charcoal=[e-mail]
4 Plant Dyes=[e-mail]
4 Weaponblack=[e-mail]
3 Detecting Noise
4 Detecting Noise=[e-mail]
3 Climbing Walls
4 Climbing Walls=[e-mail]
4 Climbing Daggers=[e-mail]
4 Grapples=[e-mail]
4 Special Function Arrows=[e-mail]
4 Spikes and Line=[e-mail]
3 Miscellaneous Equipment
4 Miscellaneous Equipment=[e-mail]
3 Burglary and Theft
4 Burglary and Theft=[e-mail]
4 Glass Cutter=[e-mail]
4 Housebreaker's Harness=[e-mail]
4 Keymaking Set=[e-mail]
4 Limewood Strips=[e-mail]
4 Sharkskin=[e-mail]
4 Skeleton Key=[e-mail]
4 Tar Paper=[e-mail]
4 Wax Pad=[e-mail]
3 Evasions
4 Evasions=[e-mail]
4 Aniseed=[e-mail]
4 Caltrops=[e-mail]
4 Catstink=[e-mail]
4 Dog Pepper=[e-mail]
4 Hand Lamp=[e-mail]
4 Hollow Boots=[e-mail]
4 Marbles=[e-mail]
3 Self-Protectin and Combat
4 Self-Protection and Combat=[e-mail]
4 Blinding Powder=[e-mail]
4 Death Knife=[e-mail]
4 Folding Bow=[e-mail]
4 Pin Ring=[e-mail]
4 Sword Stick=[e-mail]
4 Wrist Sheath=[e-mail]
3 The Joy of Sticks
4 The Joy of Sticks=[e-mail]
4 Blade Pole=[e-mail]
4 Climbing Pole=[e-mail]
4 Hooked Pole=[e-mail]
4 Mirror Pole=[e-mail]
3 Miscellany
4 Blade Boots=[e-mail]
4 False Scabbard=[e-mail]
4 Hand Warming Lamp=[e-mail]
4 Marked Cards and Biased Dice=[e-mail]
4 Water Shoes=[e-mail]
3 Cost and Availability of Equipment
4 Cost and Availability of Equipment=[e-mail]
3 Magical Items for Thieves
4 Magical Items for Thieves=[e-mail]
3 Detection Resistance
4 Detection Resistance=[e-mail]
3 Description of Magical Items
4 Description of Magical Items=[e-mail]
4 Miscellaneous Magic: Clothing and Jewelry=[e-mail]
4 Miscellaneous Magic: Other Sneaky Stuff=[e-mail]
4 Weapons=[e-mail]
2 Chapter 6: The Arts of Deception: Classic Cons
3 The Arts of Deception: Classic Cons=[e-mail]
3 Short-Change Swindles=[e-mail]
3 Gambling=[e-mail]
3 Quackery=[e-mail]
3 Forgery and Counterfeiting=[e-mail]
3 Jewelry Swindles=[e-mail]
3 Robbing the Robbers=[e-mail]
2 Chapter 7: New Rules for Thieves
3 New Rules for Thieves=[e-mail]
3 Poison Antidotes=[e-mail]
3 Mugging-the Thief's KO=[e-mail]
3 Armor and Acrobatic Proficiencies=[e-mail]
3 Armor and Thief Skills=[e-mail]
3 Advanced Locks and Traps
4 Advanced Locks and Traps=[e-mail]
4 Modifying Checks=[e-mail]
4 Building Better Locks=[e-mail]
4 Multiple Locks=[e-mail]
4 Lockpicking/Trap Removing Noise=[e-mail]
3 Animal Assistants
4 Animal Assistants=[e-mail]
4 The Thief's Fetch=[e-mail]
3 Poison and Sedatives
4 Poison and Sedatives=[e-mail]
4 Campaigns without Nonweapon Proficiencies=[e-mail]
4 Healing Proficiency and Poison=[e-mail]
4 Antidote Effects=[e-mail]
4 Producing Antidotes=[e-mail]
2 Chapter 8: The Thief Campaign
3 The Thief Campaign=[e-mail]
3 Cultural Considerations=[e-mail]
3 The Social Campaign Environment=[e-mail]
3 The Social Overview of Thieves=[e-mail]
3 Detailed and Varied Non-Player Characters=[e-mail]
3 Unique Buildings and Structures=[e-mail]
3 A Well-Defined Economic System=[e-mail]
3 Interesting Objects D'Art and Other Treasures=[e-mail]
3 Well-Defined Legal System=[e-mail]
3 Counter-Thief Tactics=[e-mail]
3 Background of Interesting Conflicts=[e-mail]
3 Challenges To Thief Character Class Abilities=[e-mail]
3 The Thieves' Guild=[e-mail]
3 Basic Storylines for Thief Campaigns
4 Basic Storylines For Thief Campaigns=[e-mail]
4 The Great Artifact=[e-mail]
4 The Mysterious Client=[e-mail]
4 Role Reversal=[e-mail]
4 Foul Betrayal=[e-mail]
4 The Spy=[e-mail]
3 Playing in and Running the Thief Campaign
4 Playing In And Running the Thief Campaign=[e-mail]
4 Wizards Working With Thieves=[e-mail]
4 Levels of Magic in the Thieves' Campaign=[e-mail]
4 Multi- or Dual-Classed Thieves=[e-mail]
4 Henchmen and Hirelings of Thieves=[e-mail]
4 Dens and Hideouts=[e-mail]
2 List of Tables
3 1: Nonweapon Proficiencies-Thieves=[e-mail]
3 2: Suggested Begging Modifiers=[e-mail]
3 3: Fast-Talking Modifiers=[e-mail]
3 4: Thieving Skill, Thief Kit Modifiers=[e-mail]
3 5: Urlar's Skill Adjustments=[e-mail]
3 6: Aljahar's Experience Table and Spells=[e-mail]
3 7: Wealth of Community With Thieves' Guild=[e-mail]
3 8: Legal Attitudes=[e-mail]
3 9: Merchants' Attitudes Toward Thieves=[e-mail]
3 10: Thieves and Other Guilds=[e-mail]
3 11: Thieves in Towns and Cities=[e-mail]
3 12: Guild Rulership=[e-mail]
3 13: Unusual Guild rulership=[e-mail]
3 14: Rulership Style=[e-mail]
3 15: Guild Organization=[e-mail]
3 16: Guild Attitudes Towards Guildless Thieves=[e-mail]
3 17: Experience Levels of Thieves=[e-mail]
3 18: Thief Races=[e-mail]
3 19: Thief Classes=[e-mail]
3 20: NPC Thief Alignments=[e-mail]
3 21: Availability of Resources=[e-mail]
3 22: Modifiers to Guild Income=[e-mail]
3 23: Guild Monthly Income=[e-mail]
3 24: Confrontations with the Law I=[e-mail]
3 25: Confrontations with the Law II=[e-mail]
3 26: Modifiers to Followers Dice Rolls=[e-mail]
3 27: Special Events in Thieves' Guilds=[e-mail]
3 28: Silenced Armor (Elfin Chain) Effect on Skill=[e-mail]
3 29: Grappling Success=[e-mail]
3 30: Special Function Arrows=[e-mail]
3 31: Purchasing Thief Equipment=[e-mail]
3 32: Magical Items for Thieves=[e-mail]
3 33: Potions and Oils=[e-mail]
3 34: Misc. Magic: Clothing and Jewelry=[e-mail]
3 35: Other Sneaky Stuff=[e-mail]
3 36: Magic Weapons=[e-mail]
3 37: Effects of Armor on Acrobatic Proficiencies=[e-mail]
3 38: Effects of Armor on Thief Skills=[e-mail]