The Thief (THF) class was first mentioned on 27 June 2007, when the 300-point benchmark Goldgrabber was unveiled to the public. On 6 July, just before the week-long break in play thanks to E3, Matt revealed the Thief's Medal as the 350-point benchmark. The Medal was also available to players for a few hours when the Merchant Monkey set up shop on 17 July.

On 2 August, Matt hinted that a certain class "can use Sneak Gloves more effectively." Several brain surgeons were consulted and it's been concluded that this is probably the class to which he was referring. Since then, Vyselocke has confirmed this to be true at Level 10 and has done his usual job of stating the obvious.

The Thief class is obtained by using the Thief's Medal.

Abilities

Level 1: Hide (Go into hiding, disappearing from scoreboard, preventing all attacks and point loss. However, this ends with any questions answered, points gained, or actions taken.) This is rumored to be the greatest skill ever from certain expert hiders, but this cannot be confirmed as they haven't been seen or heard from since.

Level 3: Sneak Attack (Attack with unarmed attack power, and you cannot be counterattacked.)

Level 4: 10% Evasion (from physical attacks)

Level 5: Obscure (At the cost of 25 XP, scrambles one of the day's questions, allowing only the Thief to see the true question)

Level 6: +1 Unarmed Attack Power

Level 7: Throw (Ninja Stars, etc, may be used)

Level 8: Vanish (This is a private action that, at the expense of 25 exp, inflicts Vanish Status on one target.)

Level 9: +1 Unarmed Attack Power

Level 10: +15% Evasion (+25% total)
100% chance of succeeding with use of Sneak Gloves of all types
Steal (50% chance of succeeding)

Level 12: Unarmed Damage + 1

Level 13: Obscurega
Scrambles both questions and all of the potentialanswers - Exp Cost: 50

Level 14: Reverse
Inflicts Reverse status with 75% probability - Exp Cost: 50

Level 15: Unarmed Damage +1

Level 16: Evasion +35%

Level 17: Vanishga
Cast Vanish on any three targets - Exp Cost: 70

Level 18: Unarmed Damage +1

Level 19: Mug
Steal an item and attack with 50% chance of succeeding

Level 20: Initiative
Automatically go first each SOCK

Equippable Weapons
Goldgrabber - Thf 1
Thiefknife - Thf 5

Equippable Armor
Stealthy Garb - Thf 2

Notes
Vyselocke's a level 11 Thief and probably will advance beyond that for a while.