Thief

The Thief (盗賊) is a recurring job in the Tales series.

Job Characteristics
The Thief's weapons of choice are daggers and short swords. In certain games, Thieves are usually related to the Ninja or Pirate jobs. The most recognized attribute of the Thief is to steal items and gald from their opponents. A majority of their attacks involve them jumping into the air and throwing bombs, which makes them perfect at avoiding enemies. The armor types the job can usually equip are light armor, robes, and dresses. The job has moderate physical stats, low Defenses and Magic stats, but have high speed. Standard artes usually associated with the Thief job include Thievery, Search Gald, and Bomb Throw.

Tales of Phantasia: Narikiri Dungeon

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In the original Tales of Phantasia: Narikiri Dungeon, the Thief is a branch of costumes. The default Thief job does not have access to the normal Steal ability. The Burglar job is the only costume in the branch that has access to a stealing type ability. The third costume of this branch, the Assassin, is nothing more than a basic upgrade of the original Thief costume. The last costumes of this branch are the two Ninja costumes, but they have a significant change their fighting style.

The three Thief costumes are:


 * Touzoku (とうぞく 「盗賊」)
 * Oodorobou (おおどろぼう 「大泥棒」)
 * Assassin (アサシン)

The basic Thief and Burglar costumes are available to both Dio and Mel, but the "Assassin" costume is used exclusively by Dio.

Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 2

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The "Thief" is a series of costumes for Frio Sven and Kyaro Orange in Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 2. A costume of any element can be merged with a Lockpick Set root item to get a Thief costume of the same element. All Thief costumes have the unique passive skills Kagiake (かぎあけ 鍵開け), which will allow the the player to pick locks on the map and Wana Kaihi (ワナかいひ ワナ回避), which allows the player to evade traps on the map.

The costumes of this family are:
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|- | Physical: | style="width:10pt;" | | Touzoku (とうぞく 「盗賊」) |- | Wind: | || Spy |- | Water: | || Kaizoku (海賊) |- | Earth: | || Sanzoku (Bandit) |- | Lightning: | || Kaitou (Phantom Thief) |- | Dark: | || Assassin (アサシン) |- | Elemental: | || Treasure Hunter |}

Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 3

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In Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 3, the costume system of the previous game was streamlined and simplified, leaving only the Thief costume.

Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology

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The Thief appears as a job in Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology. The job is one of the basic jobs that the character can start out with at the beginning of the game.

Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2

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The Thief reappears a job in Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2, the class retains the artes from the previous game. The job is involved in the requirements to unlock the Pirate class.