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Description
The Rogue is not an individual that
is easy to categorise, among their ranks are adventurers, pickpockets, scouts
and even plain thieves. They have different morals and beliefs, with two rogues
even of the same race rarely using their talents for the same cause. They have many skills for a profession that specialises
in combat and can certainly put them to a great variety of uses. Perhaps their most useful
ability out of combat is sneak, a skill which allows them to become invisible to
almost all types of creatures (except those that can see through invisibility).
It can be used to locate a corpse, scout an area and to launch a damaging
surprise attack, complemented with another Rogue skill: Backstab.
Backstab is a Rogues single most
important damage dealing skill in combat, it is one of only a few melee
abilities capable of killing a creature of equal strength to the Rogue and at full health outright. Its only
drawback is the Rogue has to be behind their target to perform the Backstab but
they have several skills to help them get in this position. In addition to their sneak
ability Rogues can lower the aggression a creature has to them and can cause a
monster to run from them in fear (then backstab as it flees).
Their combat effectiveness is not
just
limited to backstabs, Rogues are trained in all the offensive Warrior
skills including Disarm, Double Attack, Dual Wield and Riposte. With all these
offensive skills at their disposal Rogues can make a very significant
contribution in a party, unfortunately because they have so little time for defensive skills
they can't make their presence known when alone. Rogues need to stay light on
their feet and so avoid Plate armour resulting in little protection from direct
blows. They are often quite agile giving them an edge in avoidance but its not
enough to allow them to stand for long when fighting toe to toe.
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Rogue Races
Barbarian, Dark Elf, Dwarf, Gnome,
Half Elf, Halfling, Human, Vah Shir, Wood Elf |
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Stats
Rogues rely on their strength to add
weight to their blows with backstabs benefiting greatly from a powerful thrust.
The only real objective of a Rogue in a party is to inflict as much damage as
possible, with strength a very useful assistant to this goal. Rogues often use
items with magical properties, that occasionally result in a magical attack in
combat. Dexterity increases the chance of these strikes and later the ability to
inflict critical damage.
Without the protection of heavy
armour a Rogue will use their agility to dodge and evade blows. When a Rogues
agility fails they will usually take a hard hit, this can be dealt with more
easily with a solid stance and developed toughness. Stamina is of great benefit
to those two factors, giving the Rogue the ability to take damage with some
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Tips
1. Strength is the base
statistic for the damage you inflict, consider it one of your most important
statistics.
2. A Rogues weapons can
make a huge difference to their effectiveness, armour is only secondary and
shouldn't take priority.
3. Don't neglect your backstab
skill, it needs to be worked on like any other and the damage you can inflict
will suffer if it lags behind your other skills.
4. Try to pick up an item or seek
an enchantment that increases the speed that you can swing your weapons (haste)
when you can.
5. If your offered tips by a more
experienced Rogue always accept them, you don't want all a powerful creatures
attention focused on you and any additional methods to avoid it are very
valuable.
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Screenshots
With thanks to Gromol (Gnome),
Covenante (Halfling), Kitkatt (Vah Shir) and Nashira (Vah Shir) of the Karana server for being the Rogue screenshot
models! |
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Sites
Casters Realm -
http://eq.crgaming.com/menu/rogue.asp
The Casters Realm menu for Rogues,
includes a creation guide and information on disciplines, hunting, skills and
adding poison to your weapons.
The Safehouse -
http://www.thesafehouse.org (User
Requested)
The Safehouse Network, has a useful
section dedicated to EverQuest Rogues and very popular forums, with many
helpful, informative posts.
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Comments |
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1 comments listed at this time, if you would
like to add yours please use the form below. |
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User: guest
Comment: would like the
safehouse added as a link.
www.thesafehouse.org
Response:
Thanks was looking a bit sparse on the rogue links, link added! |
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