Thief/Abilities

TableTree

Lvl	Ability	Group	Type	Usefulness
1	bloodletting stab	Thief melee fighting skills	skill	critical
2	dirt throwing	Thief ranged fighting skills	skill	important
2	dodge	Thief defensive fighting skills	skill	critical
3	trip	Thief melee fighting skills	skill	critical
4	lock picking	Thief tinkering	skill	important
4	searching	Thief stealth skills	skill	critical
5	sneak	Thief stealth skills	skill	critical
6	feint	Thief melee fighting skills	skill	important
7	pickpocket	Thief stealing skill group	skill	critical
8	flick	Thief melee fighting skills	skill	helpful
8	palm	Thief stealing skill group	skill	important
9	backstab	Thief melee fighting skills	skill	critical
10	shoplifting	Thief stealing skill group	skill	important
10	withdraw	Thief defensive fighting skills	skill	helpful
11	flourish	Thief melee fighting skills	skill	helpful
11	hide	Thief stealth skills	skill	critical
12	case	Thief stealing skill group	skill	important
12	vigilance	Thief defensive fighting skills	skill	helpful
13	cloak of darkness	Thief shadow disciplines	skill	critical
13	poison handling	Thief poison skill group	skill	important
14	brew poison	Thief poison skill group	skill	helpful
15	knife throwing	Thief ranged fighting skills	skill	important
15	shadow bind	Thief shadow disciplines	skill	critical
16	poison weapon	Thief poison skill group	skill	helpful
16	steal	Thief stealing skill group	skill	important
17	distract	Thief stealth skills	skill	helpful
17	shadow blades	Thief shadow disciplines	skill	critical
18	brew antidote	Thief poison skill group	skill	helpful
18	examine lock	Thief tinkering	skill	helpful
19	poison lore	Thief poison skill group	skill	helpful
20	crippling strike	Thief melee fighting skills	skill	critical
21	advanced poisons	Thief poison skill group	skill	helpful
22	stealthy movement	Thief stealth skills	skill	critical
23	bribery	Thief stealing skill group	skill	obscure
23	contortionism	Thief defensive fighting skills	skill	important
24	choking cloud	Thief poison skill group	spell	helpful
24	mechanical aptitude	Thief tinkering	skill	helpful
25	reduce antidote	Thief poison skill group	skill	helpful
25	shadow decoy	Thief shadow disciplines	skill	critical
26	poison resistance	Thief poison skill group	skill	important
26	scout	Thief stealth skills	skill	helpful
27	potion throwing	Thief ranged fighting skills	skill	helpful
27	salvage equipment	Thief tinkering	skill	helpful
28	poison cloud	Thief poison skill group	spell	helpful
28	scrap equipment	Thief tinkering	skill	helpful
28	shadow strike	Thief shadow disciplines	skill	critical
29	advanced antidotes	Thief poison skill group	skill	helpful
29	explosives	Thief tinkering	skill	helpful
30	fast talking	Thief stealing skill group	skill	helpful
30	shadow mastery	Thief shadow disciplines	skill	critical
31	flashbombs	Thief tinkering	skill	helpful
31	shadow walk	Thief shadow disciplines	skill	important
32	incendiaries	Thief tinkering	skill	helpful
33	shadowworks	Thief tinkering	skill	helpful
33	trapmaking	Thief tinkering	skill	helpful
34	cloak of fear	Thief shadow disciplines	skill	helpful
34	frostworks	Thief tinkering	skill	helpful
35	shadow asylum	Thief shadow disciplines	skill	important
36	gasbomb	Thief tinkering	skill	helpful
37	evasion	Thief defensive fighting skills	skill	important
38	occult trapcraft	Thief shadow disciplines	skill	helpful
38	skirmish	Thief melee fighting skills	skill	important
39	grenadier	Thief ranged fighting skills	skill	helpful
40	umbral thrall	Thief shadow disciplines	skill	important

Thief melee fighting skills

• bloodletting stabL1
  • tripL3
    • feintL6
      • flourishL11
  • flickL8
  • backstabL9
    • skirmishL38 (also requires hide)
  • crippling strikeL20

Thief defensive fighting skills

• dodgeL2
  • withdrawL10
  • vigilanceL12
  • contortionismL23
    • evasionL37

Thief ranged fighting skills

• dirt throwingL2
  • knife throwingL15
    • potion throwingL27
    • grenadierL39 (also requires evasion)

Thief stealth skills

• searchingL4
  • sneakL5
    • stealthy movementL22 (also requires hide)
      • scoutL26
  • hideL11
    • distractL17

Thief tinkering

• lock pickingL4
  • examine lockL18
  • mechanical aptitudeL24
    • salvage equipmentL27
      • scrap equipmentL28 (also requires metallurgy)
      • trapmakingL33 (also requires trapping)
    • explosivesL29
      • flashbombsL31
        • incendiariesL32
        • shadowworksL33 (also requires shadow mastery)
        • frostworksL34
          • gasbombL36

Thief stealing skill group

• pickpocketL7
  • palmL8
    • shopliftingL10
  • caseL12
    • stealL16
    • briberyL23
    • fast talkingL30

Thief poison skill group

• poison handlingL13
  • brew poisonL14
    • poison weaponL16
    • advanced poisonsL21
    • choking cloudL24
      • poison cloudL28
  • brew antidoteL18
    • reduce antidoteL25
    • advanced antidotesL29
  • poison loreL19
  • poison resistanceL26

Thief shadow disciplines

• cloak of darknessL13
  • shadow bindL15
    • shadow bladesL17
      • shadow decoyL25
        • cloak of fearL34
        • umbral thrallL40
    • shadow strikeL28
      • shadow walkL31
        • shadow asylumL35
  • shadow masteryL30
    • occult trapcraftL38 (also requires trapmaking)