Skills for Thieves, Rogues & Desperate Men

The skills listed below will be needed by those characters who have decided to live at the edge of society’s laws and morals and have few if any scruples about doing shady or blatantly criminal acts to plump up their purse with a few silvers. Some of the skills however, might be practiced by law abiding folk, like disarming mantraps or even picking locks. Please bear in mind that possessing a thievish skill is not the same as being a thief.

At the discretion of the gamemaster, he might chose to roll the skill checks for some of these skills in secret, that way the character practising those skills will not be sure if he succeeded or failed in his task. Is there a trap in the alcove with the jewelled statue? Did I conceal that stash safely from prying eyes? etc. Sometimes only time will tell…