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 Falling somewhere between an assassin and a thief,<br> the Rogue belongs to the secretive class of Norrath.<br> She's quite skilled in weaponry, but prefers to make sudden attacks from behind. <br>Shadier skills include Pick Lock and Pick Pockets.
 - EverQuest manual

=Description=
[[File:C rogue.gif|right]]
Rogues are the stealthy thieves and vicious assassins that stalk the shadows of Norrath. Rogues are primarily a melee class, able to wear chain armor and use piercing, slashing and some blunt weapons.

Rogues are sneaky fighters who always seek to take advantage of enemies by attacking from behind. Rogues can backstab enemies for extra damage, using poisoned weapons for added effect. Rogues can detect traps, pick locks and pockets, and fall safely from great heights.

Rogues are known for their ability to sneak and hide. This allows them to move undetected by the living and undead, almost anywhere, exploring the dangers that lie ahead. Combined with rogue items that use illusions, rogues make excellent scouts.

Rogues are a specialist class that works best with a group of friends. Rogues can add greatly to the killing power of a group. The rogue is a good choice for players who like to do heavy damage while walking the dangerous edge of dungeon exploration. Just keep in mind being the best damage dealer comes at the cost of being extremely group dependent.

=== Class Titles ===
{| class="eoTable1" style="width:30%;"
! Level 1-50
! Level 51-54
! Level 55-59
! Level 60
|- style="text-align: center;"
| Rogue || Rake || Blackguard || Assassin
|}

= Creation Guide =

== Picking the Right Race ==

The first thing you have to pick then is your [[Race]], which determines the foundation of your character for the rest of your life in [[Norrath]]. You'll be spending a lot of time with your new character, so it is important to pick one you like.  Most of the Rogue races are well suited to the class, but there are some differences to note.

[[Wood Elves]], [[Dark Elves]] and [[Gnomes]] all have low base [[Strength]], a hindrance to to the overall damage output of the class... especially in their early levels.  [[Barbarian|Barbarians]] and [[Dwarves]], on the other hand, have high Strength to aid them in their early adventures. Consult the charts below to compare starting stats. Also, consider the bigger picture: by the time you reach end-game content, stats are capped and race differences become minimal, if not completely eliminated. 

[[Halfling|Halflings]] have a small [[Experience]] bonus, and [[Barbarian|Barbarians]] have a small Experience penalty. 

To make up for the Experience penalty, [[Barbarian|Barbarians]] get a racial [[Slam]] ability, which does damage and briefly stuns the target.  They can also wear both large and medium armor, and use large race throwing weapons. 

[[Barbarian|Barbarians]] and [[Human|Humans]] are the only races with no night vision and will have to live with that disadvantage until you can find items to remove this deficiency.  

Finally, consider reputation of your race: [[Dark Elves]] are generally hated throughout most of Norrath.  It's ironic that most Rogues will not have faction trouble in the most popular cities. 

Each race has different cultural items obtained via quests or crafting that you might consider, as well.

== Starting Statistics ==

{| class="eoTable2 sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Race !! Str !! Sta !! Agi !! Dex !! Wis !! Int !! Cha !! Physical !! Mental !! Total !! Bonus
|-
| style="text-align: left"| '''[[Barbarian]]''' || 103 || 95 || 92 || 80 || 70 || 60 || 55 || 370 || 185 || 555 || 30
|-
| style="text-align: left"| '''[[Dark Elf]]''' || 60 || 65 || 100 || 85 || 83 || 99 || 60 || 310 || 242 || 552 || 30
|-
| style="text-align: left"| '''[[Dwarf]]''' || 90 || 90 || 80 || 100 || 83 || 60 || 45 || 360 || 188 || 548 || 30
|-
| style="text-align: left"| '''[[Gnome]]''' || 60 || 70 || 95 || 95 || 67 || 98 || 60 || 320 || 225 || 545 || 30
|-
| style="text-align: left"| '''[[Half Elf]]''' || 70 || 70 || 100 || 95 || 60 || 75 || 75 || 335 || 210 || 545 || 30
|-
| style="text-align: left"| '''[[Halfling]]''' || 70 || 75 || 105 || 100 || 80 || 67 || 50 || 350 || 197 || 547 || 30
|-
| style="text-align: left"| '''[[Human]]''' || 75 || 75 || 85 || 85 || 75 || 75 || 75 || 320 || 225 || 545 || 30
|-
| style="text-align: left"| '''[[Wood Elf]]''' || 65 || 65 || 105 || 90 || 80 || 75 || 75 || 325 || 230 || 555 || 30
|}

== Spending Your Bonus Points ==

Rogues have a bunch of skills and tools in their box and benefit from several stats. End game buffs from Shaman allow a Rogue to receive roughly +120 STR/DEX without Avatar (+100 STR/DEX/AGI) and +50 STA if you want to plan your starting stats based on this.

*'''Strength''' - Adds to Maximum and Average melee damage, both for normal attack rounds and for Rogues signature skill Backstab. Also affects the rate at which you learn the offense skill. Effects your ability to carry gear and coins.
*'''Stamina'''      - Affects your maximum Hit Points. Gives a small HP boost(roughly 1-2% of base hp for 25 point investment). 
*'''Agility'''      - Helps you avoid physical damage and helps your defensive skills raise a little quicker.
*'''Dexterity'''    - This stat is involved in how quickly you learn offensive melee skills and how often the magical effects of your weapons will activate.
*'''Wisdom'''       - Affects the rate at which your general and craft skills raise if higher than your intelligence.
*'''Intelligence''' - Affects the rate at which your general and craft skills raise if higher than your wisdom.
*'''Charisma'''     - Affects the amount you pay to npc merchants for their wares, and how much they pay you for yours. There is a relationship between faction and charisma in prices and there is a cap.

 '''Allocation Recommendations'''
 Grouping: 25 Strength, 5 Stamina
 Raid Min/Max: 25 Stamina, 5 Strength

== Experience Statistics ==

*Barbarian Rogue: +4.55%
*Dark Elf Rogue: +9%
*Dwarf Rogue: +9%
*Gnome Rogue: +9%
*Half-Elf Rogue: +9%
*Halfling Rogue: +14.55%
*Human Rogue: +9%
*Wood Elf Rogue: +9%

'''What does it mean?'''

Certain races and classes require differing amounts of experience points to attain the same level. For example, a Halfling Rogue requires 85.45% of the experience that a Human Cleric would require to be the same level.

== Religion ==

Generally speaking being agnostic is a fairly safe bet in Everquest.  Religion serves only to get you into trouble in many situations. Following a religion will at worst get you killed in some areas, but generally you can avoid these.  Following [[Innoruuk]] is probably the most dangerous religion as they have the most places in the game where they are Kill on Sight.

The disadvantage of agnosticism is that some items and quests can only be done by followers of certain religions.  As you can see from the [[:Category:Bristlebane Worshiper Equipment|Bristlebane Equipment]] page, Bristlebane has only a few tradeskilled items, while the [[:Category:Brell Serilis Worshiper Equipment|Brell Serilis Equipment]] page similarly shows only tradeskill items plus one Rogue-usable weapon, {{:Stormguard Battle Hammer of Brell}}.  You can find other deities items from [[:Category:Deity Worshiper Equipment]]. 
In the end it will not make an enormous difference to your character which Deity you choose.

=Skills=

==Combat Skills==

Evade was added February 17, 2000 with the {{Era | Paineel}} Era [https://wiki.project1999.com/Patch_notes#Rogue_Enhancements] [https://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=336261]

'''Evade''' is a special rogue-only ability that allows a rogue to reduce their agro by lowering their position on the hate lists of mobs that are agro to them. To perform an evasion, the rogue must turn off auto-attack, then use the hide skill. The easiest way to incorporate this into combat is to make a hotkey that does the following (assuming Hide is set to Ability 1):

 /attack off
 /doability 1
 /attack on

When attempting to evade, you will receive one of the following two messages to indicate success or failure:<BR>
*"You have momentarily ducked away from the main combat." (Success, generally ~65% of the time)<BR>
*"Your attempts at ducking clear of combat fail." (Fail)<BR><BR>

{| class="eoTable2"
! Skill Name
! Level Obtained
! Must Train
! Max until 50
! Max after 50
|-
| [[Skill_1H_Blunt|1H Blunt]]
| 1
| N
| 200
| 250
|-
| [[Skill 1H Slash|1H Slash]]
| 1
| N
| 200
| 250
|-
| [[Skill Piercing|Piercing]] ***
| 1
| N
| 210
| 250
|-
| [[Skill_Throwing|Throwing]] **
| 1
| N
| 220
| 250
|-
| [[Skill_Defense|Defense]]
| 1
| N
| 200
| 252
|-
| [[Skill_Hand_to_Hand|Hand to Hand]]
| 1
| N
| 100
| 100
|-
| [[Skill_Offense|Offense]]
| 1
| N
| 210
| 252
|-
| [[Skill_Archery|Archery]]
| 1
| N
| 200
| 240
|-
| [[Skill_Dodge|Dodge]]
| 4
| Y
| 150
| 210
|-
| [[Skill_Backstab|Backstab]]
| 10
| Y
| 200
| 225
|-
| [[Skill_Parry|Parry]]
| 12
| Y
| 200
| 230
|-
| [[Skill_Dual_Wield|Dual Wield]] *
| 13
| Y
| 210
| 245
|-
| [[Skill_Double_Attack|Double Attack]]
| 16
| Y
| 200
| 240
|-
| [[Skill_Instill_Doubt|Intimidation (Instill Doubt)]]
| 22
| Y
| 200
| 200
|-
| [[Skill_Disarm|Disarm]]
| 27
| Y
| 200
| 200
|-
| [[Skill_Riposte|Riposte]]
| 30
| Y
| 200
| 225
|}
: * Dual Wield does '''not''' cap at (5 x level) + 5 like other combat skills and instead caps at (6 x level) + 5 - Thus, a level 20 rogue can hit 125 in the skill (as opposed to 105 in other combat skills) and will hit the cap of 210 pre 50, and begin to raise again starting at 51.
: ** Rogues can score a critical hit with throwing weapons starting at level 12. [[Patch_notes#August 26,_1999 | Aug 26, 1999 ]] {{Era | Fear}}
: ** Rogues can score a deadly strike (if thrown from behind the target) with throwing weapons [[Patch_notes#Rogue_Enhancements | Feb 17, 2000]]{{Era | Paineel}}
: *** Rogues have a higher skill cap on Piercing while leveling.

==Miscellaneous Skills==

{| class="eoTable2"
! Skill Name
! Level Obtained
! Must Train
! Max until 50
! Max after 50
|-
| [[Skill_Sneak|Sneak]]
| 1
| Y
| 200
| 200
|-
| [[Skill_Hide|Hide]]
| 3
| Y
| 200
| 200
|-
| [[Skill_Pick_Lock|Pick Lock]]
| 6
| Y
| 200
| 210 (+1/level after 50)
|-
| [[Skill_Pick_Pocket|Pick Pocket]]
| 7
| Y
| 200
| 200
|-
| [[Skill_Sense_Traps|Sense Traps]]
| 10
| Y
| 200
| 200
|-
| [[Skill_Safe_Fall|Safe Fall]]
| 12
| Y
| 94
| 94
|-
| [[Skill_Apply_Poison|Apply Poison]]
| 18
| Y
| 200
| 200
|-
| [[Skill_Make_Poison|Make Poison]]
| 20
| Y
| 200
| 250 (+5/level after 50)
|-
| [[Skill_Disarm_Trap|Disarm Traps]]
| 21 (Listed as 15)
| Y
| 200
| 200
|-
| [[Skill_Alcohol_Tolerance|Alcohol Tolerance]]
| 1
| N
| 235
| 252
|-
| [[Skill_Begging|Begging]]
| 1
| N
| 200
| 200
|-
| [[Skill_Bind_Wound|Bind Wound]]
| 1
| N
| 175
| 210
|-
| [[Skill_Fishing|Fishing]]
| 1
| N
| 200
| 200
|-
| [[Skill_Sense_Heading|Sense Heading]]
| 1
| Y
| 200
| 200
|-
| [[Skill_Swimming|Swimming]]
| 1
| N
| 200
| 200
|}

* Various [[Tradeskills]]
* Picklocks goes up 1 point per level after 50
* If you try to train [[Skill_Disarm_Trap|Disarm Trap]] before 21 it will waste a training point. The same occurs with [[Skill Pick Lock|Pick Lock]] when trained at 5, but the point is returned upon leveling to 6..

==Level 50+ Rogue Traits==
  
*Level 51 - Minimum Backstab Damage (76 and increases each level | 1.5 x level, rounded down)  
*Level 55 - Double Backstab Chance, Sneak Speed starts to increase   
*Level 57 - Bind Wound Cap Increased to 70% health once 201+ skill attained.  
*Level 60 - Chance to Assassinate level 46 and below Humanoids when using Backstab or Thrown, Sneak Speed maxed out

= Disciplines =

(Alt-C to access)

{| class="eoTable2"
! Discipline Name
! Level Obtained
! Description
! Duration
! Reuse Time
! Jan 09, 2001
|-
| Resistant Discipline
| 30
| Grants +3 to all resistances increasing to +10 at 50th level
| 1 Min
| 60 Min
| Duration increased to 5 minutes.
|-
| Fearless Discipline
| 40
| Immunity to "Fear" and all spells that cause "fear"
| 11 Sec
| 60 Min
|-
| Counterattack Discipline
| 53
| Allows you to perfectly time your counter attacks, riposting every incoming blow.
| 9 Sec
| 60 Min
|-
| Deadeye Discipline
| 54
| Focuses your vision on you opponent, vastly increasing your hit rate.
| 18 Sec
| 30 Min
|-
| Nimble Discipline
| 55
| Increases your combat reflexes, allowing you to avoid most attacks.
| 12 Sec
| 30 Min
|-
| Kinesthetics Discipline
| 57
| Increases your combat sense, allowing you to dual wield and double attack every round.
| 18 Sec
| 30 Min
|-
| Blinding Speed Discipline
| 58
| Focuses energy into your arms, increasing your attack speed.
| 18 Sec
| 30 Min
|-
| Duelist Discipline
| 59
| Increase the damage done by all of your melee attacks. [100% increase]
| 12 Sec
| 30 Min
|-
|}


= Rogue-Specific Quests =

Classic:
*[[Scouts Leggings]]**

{{:Class_Race_Quest_List/Rogue}}

= Gearing =

Class specific gear suggestions are cross listed on the [[Players:Gear|Gear Reference]] page.

Check [[:Category:Rogue Equipment | Rogue Equipment]] for the full list of gear usable by rogues.

== Pre-Planar ==

{{#lsth:Players:Pre Planar Gear|[[Rogue]]}}

== Planar ==

{{#lsth:Players:Planar Gear|[[Rogue]]}}

== Kunark ==

{{#lsth:Players:Kunark Gear|[[Rogue]]}}

== Velious Pre-Raid/Group ==

{{#lsth:Players:Velious Pre-Raid Gear|[[Rogue]]}}

== Velious Raiding ==

{{#lsth:Players:Velious Raiding Gear|[[Rogue]]}}

= FAQ =

'''Q:	Which weapon-skills should I practice / train?'''

A:	Piercing... Rogues can use a range of one-handed weapons and even a few two-handed ones, but piercing is the rogue's trademark weapon-skill because that's what you need to have in your primary hand if you want to back-stab. What a rogue holds in their off hand is a matter of personal preference, but every rogue should keep their piercing skill in practice. 


'''Q:	What is the evade skill I've heard about and why can't I train it?'''

A:	Evasion is not a skill in the normal sense of the word, it's a trick that rogues can manage by using hide to lower their aggro in combat. A rogue simply exits combat and presses their hot-key for the [[Skill Hide|Hide]] skill. Most rogues set up a hot-key macro to do this.

Evade does not completely remove aggro, and it does not work when soloing (see [http://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1827512#post1827512 this thread]).

Evade was added February 17, 2000 with the {{Era | Paineel}} Era [https://wiki.project1999.com/Patch_notes#Rogue_Enhancements] [https://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=336261]


'''Q:	How does stealth work?'''

A:	The simple version? Stand very still, press [[hide]] to hide yourself from view and then press [[sneak]]. Unlike other classes, rogues are told if they succeeded or not. If both skills worked, you are now invisible to 99% of mobs on the server as though someone had cast [[Invisibility]] and [[Invisibility versus Undead]] on you. You'll also walk slowly, but that's a small price to pay for the most reliable and effective form of invisibility in the game (your strafe speed will not be affected). <br />
Some creatures can see through the [[Skill Hide|Hide]] skill, most of them rogues, so you should still be careful, but many a low-level rogue has wandered into [[Lower Guk]] or [[Chardok]] unseen.


'''Q:	What are these masks people keep talking about?'''

A:	There are four masks in the game which allow a rogue or bard to disguise themselves as a member of another race; these masks give minor stat boosts and can be clicked from the inventory:
<ul><li>  {{:Guise of the Coercer}} (High Elf)
</li><li> {{:Mask of Deception}} (Dark Elf)
</li><li> {{:Iksar Hide Mask}} (Iksar)
</li><li> {{:Mask of Obtenebration}} (Erudite)
</li></ul>

There are also three masks which were added later in the Velious era or were available for only a brief period:
<ul><li> {{:Flayed Barbarian Hide Mask}} (Barbarian)
</li><li> {{:Desiccated Halfling Mask}} (Halfling)
</li><li> {{:Mask of Tinkering}} (Gnome)
</li></ul>


'''Q:	Where do I buy poisons?'''

A:	You can't. Some poisons are given as rewards for quests, others can be looted from a very small number of NPCs, but the normal way to acquire poisons (once you are level 18 and able to use them) is to make them yourself from a variety of rare and dangerous compounds. You'll want to take a look at the [[Skill Make Poison|Make Poison]] page for more information on that.


'''Q:	Where do I buy poison-making supplies?'''

A:	Unfortunately, unlike most normal tradeskills, the poison-making vendors do not frequent any of the starting cities. In fact, with the exception of a vendor named Toxdil in the tunnels under Freeport, there is no old-world city with a poison vendor. Here is the current list of every known vendor selling poison-making supplies.
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{{ItemWhereRow   | [[Dagnor's Cauldron]]             | [[Conium Darkblade]]          |               | (-236, -826) }}
{{ItemWhereRow   | [[Firiona Vie]]                   | [[Brak Daggermist]]           |               | (-3608, 2359) }}
{{ItemWhereRow   | [[Freeport|West Freeport]]        | [[Toxdil]]                    |               | (623, 200) }}
{{ItemWhereRow   | [[Lake of Ill Omen]]              | [[Nubs Blackgranite]]         |               | (-2517, -2920) }}
{{ItemWhereRow   | [[Western Plains of Karana]]      | [[Gindlin Toxfodder]]         |               | (-2986, -13398) }}
}}


'''Q:	Are [[Poison Vial]]s and [[Suspension]]s meant to be that expensive?'''

A:	Yes, you really will be spending over 2pp just on vials and suspensions. That's why so many rogues learn how to [[Unfired Poison Vial|make their own]].


'''Q:	Does Dexterity increase my hit rate?'''

A:      Dexterity has been shown to increase hit rate in PVP, but there is no evidence it increases hit rate in PVE.

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