Talk:Guild thief

Should we merge guild thief with Shadow Thief of Amn?
Let's put aside the fact that there isn't an article for the second class yet.

I'm not necessarily in favor such a motion, but they're exactly the same prestige class, mechanics wise, except for the adjustment between 3.0 and 3.5 editions. But on the other hand, lore wise, they're quite different. One is a more generic, "guild thief" that could be of any guild whereas another is much more specific, with ties to Shar and the complicated politics of Amn. Niirfa-sa 02:55, December 15, 2009 (UTC)

I concur.
I agree with the previous statement. This class is just the Shadow Thief of Amn scrubbed for 3.5...however there isn't anything about the original that conflicts with the 3.5 ruleset so I say leave it at that.

I disagree.
This page in no way should be merged with the Shadow Thieves.

As the original poster noted, one has ties to a general guild while the other ties directly to the Shadow Thieves.

At the very least I could see the two having extreme similarities, but not the same all together.


 * I see your point, though "guild thief" is a very, very general term that could apply to any rogue (or even bards, assassins, or fighters) working for a thieves' guild. Prestige classes make more sense, in my mind, when they're applied to a particular discipline or organization, which this is not. More to the point, it is mechanically identical (aside from 3e to 3.5 rule changes), just as the harper agent and harper scout (of which there has been discussion of merging for similar reasons) are essentially the same class (indeed, characters in 3e who had one have in 3.5 the other). Niirfa-sa 21:27, June 8, 2010 (UTC)


 * Perhaps I can offer a different solution. The Shadow Thieves are a specific guild, so this article should contain information and background on this guild and its members. The guild thief article should contain information on the prestige class, and it might make mention that members of the Shadow Thieves would technically be of the guild thief prestige class, too. Fw190a8 (talk &middot; contr) 17:23, July 10, 2010 (UTC)