Burglar

A master of tricks and bewilderment, the Burglar excels at evading the ire of their enemies. They rely on their mastery of Stealth to remain unseen, using their array of Tricks to confuse and weaken their foes. Preferring to attack from behind, the Burglar is learned in the art of twisting their enemy's will to yield to their own. They draw their strength from revealing an enemy's weaknesses and exploiting their openings to their fullest advantage. Additionally, the Burglar demonstrates great prowess in the art of Crowd Control, enabling them to mesmerize enemies considerably, buying them and their Fellowship ample time to devise their next move. Most importantly, the Burglar is the only member of a Fellowship that can forcefully initiate a Fellowship Maneuver: a special chaining sequence that provides unique Fellowship-wide benefits. While quite adept at standing toe-to-toe with their enemies, the Burglar thrives most in the company of more provocative Fellows, allowing them to bide their time, slowly bringing their opponent to his knees.

Available Races: Man, Hobbit

Role: Support

Is this the class for me?

The Burglar will be the class of choice for players who enjoy using cunning and tricks to defeat their opponents. Using stealth, a Burglar can strike from the shadows, taking his opponents unawares. A Burglar can blind foes by tossing dust in their eyes, or befuddle someone with a riddle. A Burglar's combat style hinges on his ability to outmaneuver and outwit his opponents while hitting them where it hurts.

Strengths

• Tricks are strong debuffs unique to Burglars.
• The Burglar is the only class that can reliably begin Fellowship Maneuvers.
• Burglars are the only class that can use Stealth to change the way they approach combat encounters.

Note: While Hunters have the use of Camouflage and Elves have the racial trait Sylvan Shadows, both of these options have severe drawbacks. Hunters must remain stationary to use Camouflage, and Sylvan Shadows has a long cooldown. If you want to make stealth part of your gameplay experience, Burglar is the go-to.

Weaknesses

• While Burglars can do significant bursts of damage in the right situation, DPS is not their primary focus. In most encounters they will output less sustained damage than a DPS class such as the Hunter or Champion.
• Your weapon selection is severely limited. Burglars only have access to daggers, one-handed maces, and one-handed swords.
• Burglars are notoriously weak at the earliest levels of the game, becoming more competent at level 10 when they gain access to dual-wielding.

Skills and Combat

What makes a Burglar a Burglar? The skills, of course. Early in your career, you'll learn just about everything you need to. By the time you reach Level 12, you'll have your trade's basic tools. After that, the skills you learn are

additional tools for special circumstances or improved and alternate versions of skills you already have.

Passive Skills

Armour Proficiencies

	Weapon	Category	Level	Description
	Light Armour		1
	Medium Armour		10

Combat Characteristics

	Name	Level	Cost	Description
	Evade Rank 1	5	2s  50	Adds 3.0% to Evade Chance
	Parry Rank 1	7	4s  90	Adds 3.0% to Parry Chance
	Critical Rank 1	9	8s  10	Adds 1.0% to Critical Hit Chance
	Accuracy Rank 1	11	12s  10	Reduces Miss by a medium amount.
	Evade Rank 2	13	16s  90	Adds 2.0% to Evade Chance
	Parry Rank 2	15	22s  50	Adds 2.0% to Parry Chance
	Accuracy Rank 2	19	36s  10	Reduces Miss by a medium amount.
	Parry Rank 3	21	44s  10	Adds 1.0% to Parry Chance
	Critical Rank 2	23	52s  90	Adds 1.0% to Critical Hit Chance
	Accuracy Rank 3	25	62s  50	Reduces Miss by a medium amount.
	Evade Rank 3	27	72s  90	Adds 1.0% to Evade Chance
	Critical Rank 3	29	84s  10	Adds 1.0% to Critical Hit Chance
	Critical Rank 4	31	96s  10	Adds 1.0% to Critical Hit Chance
	Evade Rank 4	33	108s  90	Adds 1.0% to Evade Chance
	Accuracy Rank 4	37	136s  90	Reduces Miss by a small amount.
	Parry Rank 4	41	168s  10	Adds 1.0% to Parry Chance

Instrument Proficiencies

	Name	Level	Cost
	Specialized Equipment	1	starting proficiency
	Clarinet Use	5	2  50
	Lute Use	5	2  50

Misc. Passive Skills

	Name	Level	Cost
	Clever Devices	20	40
	Tools of the Trade	20	40

Weapon Proficiencies

	Weapon	Category	Level	Description
	Daggers	1H	1	Chance to land critical hit
	One-Handed Maces	1H	1	Chance to Stun
	One-Handed Swords	1H	1	Increases to-hit chance
	Dual Wielding		10

Burglar Traits

The best Burglars are active, and the more active they are, the more class traits they unlock. Use your Burglar skills as much as possible to unlock the traits that directly modify your class skills, providing more raw power than most race and virtue traits. After you have a few class traits, you can customize your abilities to your play style and develop a more unique Burglar.

Initially, when you unlock your first few class trait slots, you probably won't have many choices to fill; put whatever traits you have in the slots. Even these will prove advantageous. As you achieve more and more traits, you'll power up your Burglar, and no one will ever mistake you for a common thief again.

Deeds

Name	Level	Reward	Task	Limit per Day
Cunning Wound	1	Cunning Wound	Strike with Cunning Attack (500)
Swift and Subtle	1	Swift and Subtle	Strike using Subtle Stab (1250)
Perplexing Riddle	1	Perplexing Riddle	Pose riddles to your enemies (200)
Hidden Dagger	1	Hidden Dagger	Use your special stealth attacks (300)
Focused Eye	10	Focused Eye	Use Aim in Battle (750)
Side-step	10	Side-step	Evade enemy attacks (1,250)
Trickster	10	Trickster	Use Dust in the Eyes (1,000)
Disabling Attack	20	Disabling Attack	Use Trick: Disable (600)
Opportunist	20	Opportunist	Use Trick: Counter Defence (350)
Strike from Shadows	20	Strike from Shadows	Land critical strikes from stealth (150)
Footpad	20	Footpad	Use Diversion (500)
Overwhelming Odds	30	Overwhelming Odds	Execute conjunctions (150)
Leaf-walker	30	Leaf-walker	Use Hide in Plain Sight (250)	25
Blind Fury	30	Blind Fury	Use Enrage against your enemies (?)

Legendary Deeds
Name	Level	Reward	Task
The Book of Knives	42	Flashing Blades	Find missing pages (8)
Knee-breaker Manual	44	Sweep the Leg	Find missing pages (8)
The Expert's Guide to Dirty Fighting	46	Exposed Throat	Find missing pages (8)

Traits

Name	Level	Source	Description	Line Bonus
Cunning Wound	2	500 Cunning Attacks	+25% on Cunning Attack-DoT	Burglar Skills: +1% Crit
Swift and Subtle	2	1,250 Subtle Stabs	Increases your Subtle Stab by 10%	Burglar Skills: +1% Crit
Hidden Dagger	4	300 Specials from Stealth	While stealthed, gain +hit & -5% to target's defenses	+3% Positional Damage Multiplier
Perplexing Riddle	8	200 Riddles	Riddle cannot be broken by damage for first 5s	+10 Agility
Side-step	12	Evade 1,250 times	+3% evade	+10 Agility
Focused Eye	12	750 Aims	Aim recovers in 1 minute	Burglar Skills: +1% Crit
Ambidextrous	15	A Thief in the Night	+15% off-hand damage	Burglar Skills: +1% Crit
Trickster	16	1000 Dust in the Eyes tricks	Your Trick: Dust in the Eyes is now an AOE	Mischievous Glee: +2% healing & +1 tick
Footpad	20	500 Diversions	+2 to your stealth level	+3% Positional Damage Multiplier
Strike from Shadows	20	150 crits from stealth	+5% crit when stealthed	+3% Positional Damage Multiplier
Disabling Attack	20	600 disable tricks	Trick: Disable affects increased to 20%	Mischievous Glee: +2% healing & +1 tick
Opportunist	26	350 Counter Defence Tricks	Increases the effect of Trick: Counter Defence	Mischievous Glee: +2% healing & +1 tick
Appraising Eye	30	A Burglar's Errand	Reveal Weakness increased to 10%	+10 Agility
Leaf Walker	30	250 Hide in Plain Sights	Increases your movement speed while sneaking	+3% Positional Damage Multiplier
Overwhelming Odds	30	150 Conjunctions	Increases the output of your conjunctions	+10 Agility
Blind Fury	39	400 uses of Trick Enrage	Forces ranged attackers to come to melee range	Mischievous Glee: +2% healing & +1 tick
Exposed Throat (Legendary)	39/41	Complete the book Expert's Guide To Dirty Fighting	Potential Conjunction starter	-
Flashing Blades (Legendary)	39/41	Complete the book Book of Knives	Additional attack after Double-edged Strike	-
Sweep the Knee (Legendary)	39/41	Complete the book Knee Breaker's Manual	Trip no longer breaks stealth, cooldown is reduced	-
Stick and Move (Legendary)	45/50	Complete the level 50 class quests	Evading starts critical response chain	-

Class Quests

Articles of Cunning & Implements of the Night (Level 45)

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