Phantom Thief

 is one of the many subclasses in Elder Tale.

Overview
While they possess thieving skills on par with regular thieves, the Phantom Thief is a gentleman who acts with unique aesthetic and behaviour when it comes to “stealing”.

It is one of the rogue-like subclasses with useful skills for exploration, covert action and trap-dealing. Phantom Thief has the unique feature of receiving some sort of mini-quests befitting of their style: quests set in random dungeons (which more often than not are designed after Western-style buildings) where the player has to send a notice announcing the target they are going to steal then sneak past traps and guards to get the aforementioned treasure.

However, those rewards are mostly interior collectibles to display, disguises such as fake beards, wigs, slender pants and green jackets or jack-in-the-box with pigeons popping out, which are useless in battle. For that reason, Phantom Thief belongs to that category of subclasses people take because they like what they represent, in that case either infiltration action game lovers or challenge-enthusiasts who compete in time trials to steal the treasures.

While stealing in Theldesia is, of course, a crime, is it standard in a medieval world with little to no police force. Even if it’s far easier to rob the wealthy with violence than spectacular theft, Phantom Thieves choose the latter as their trademark. Their methods include breaking in strictly sealed rooms undetected or swapping real treasures with lookalike fakes. Because their efforts are seldom paid back the rightful amount, moreso that some of them do not steal with criminal intent, they are treated more as entertainers than rogues. They are so rare that some believe their existence to be fictional and only appear in fairy tales.