Items

This section was mainly for magical or unusual items which you may find handy on your travels, some boost covert, some boost fighting and some boost the amount of stolen things you can carry...;) But Squeeka's got her paws on it and has decided that maybe a page with items you'll need as a new thief might be helpful. She's also left the list of stuff that Cold put on here in the first place below her recommendations for new thieves. Heh heh, now I have control of this page again, so thanks to Greyko, I've added the guild shop's inventories to this, so you little newbies can peruse things without risk.

Newbies

First off, lets look at the basic items a thief can start out with.

Ok, first of all lets start with something to carry all the stuff you're gonna either scavenge up or steal. A black backpack works nicely and is readily available in either general shops (at times) or the stall in the Sto Lat market centre. The silk backpacks in CWC are rather nice to and a bit lighter than the leather ones. For those of you that just have to have it all, there's the hunters pack, which is available from player shops, your friendly neighbourhood thief, or Iris, if you're good enough and don't mind being thrown in a dark hole with rats. There's also the close fitting black leather bag in the Thieves Guild shop.

Now, for something to keep you safe (relatively) from harm. A look at the armour pages and the sites listed on them will help. Almost anything you can search out and scrounge up will help too. I suggest getting some trousers and shirt or jacket from the shop in the newbie area and some shoes (don't wanna have cold toes now do we? :P) These will not only keep you warm in the cold Discworld winter but will also offer some protection.

Next, let's look at some weapons. Most thieves are proficient in the use of daggers or stilettos and these are easily obtainable from shops around AM and in the shop in the newbie area. There are also a wide variety of other weapons available in shops and from searching. Be sure to ask on the channel if you need help fixing anything you find, you'll find most thieves are willing to help out other thieves in one manner or another.

Most thieves tend to use sharp or pierce weapons at first, not really worrying about blunt unless they plan on going around and killing the numerous trolls that inhabit Ankh-Morpork, especially Enim Rac (once you're good enough) who tends to have some nice jewellery on her person. If you, however feel the need to use blunt weapons, sais, hammers, maces, etc work well.

Another thing that's very important for a new thief is some kind of light source. Yellow stone rings are available in the Emporium or various players shops, a miners helmet (you just need candles, which are easy enough to steal even at low levels) are available in the Thieves Guild shop, lanterns, torches (our guild has plenty) and of course there's the new fad, lava lamps. These however tend to get in the way, counting as something you have to hold in your inventory which counts against the 10 things you may hold. Yellow stone rings tend to drain GP so my best suggestion would be a miners helmet, or when you can afford it, a permanent light source.

Required Items for a newbie thief are as follows and most can be purchased in the Thieves guild shop. Leather trousers: pockets for carrying more loot or things you don't want to put in the pack (like the keys to anything), trench coat (again, more pockets and some protection), Miner's helmet (go steal the candles, they're hardly anything on your quota and it's fun to steal them), black leather boots (at least until you can get to DJB and get a pair of the ones with sheathes in them), close fitting black leather bag (to hold all your loot, until you get a pack), lockpicks (very important), either daggers or stilettos (both will get you TMs, I prefer daggers but then again, I'm weird), steel breastplate or Grflx scale or something of that nature to protect you from sharp pointy things or blunt stony things, and last but not least... a swag bag.

Special Items

There are also items you can buy from the travelling shop, or more expense at player shops. These generally add stats at a cost, so they're useful for temporary operations such as covert or shoplifting. Although if you have 4 gp regen you can use them over far long periods of times. First off, you can purchase 'black leather gloves', they increase your dexterity by 2, but drop your strength by 1, and also drain gps. Bronze helm, this is a rather handy help for if you struggle with magic. It will add 3 intelligence and 2 wisdom to your stats, and remove 1 from your constitution. You can't wear this helm all the time as it will kill you. The farmers 'flat cap', this will add 3 to wisdom, 2 to intelligence and remove 3 from your strength, again like the bronze helm you can't wear it all the time as it will kill you. Iron gauntlets are very popular right now, and are reaching some good prices, they add 2 to your strength, are relatively good armour and drain 30 gps every minute.

Buffey's Shop

Below is the list from Buffey's shop in the AM guild.

The following items are for sale:
A: a war hammer for A$50 (one left).
B: a two-handed sword for A$20 (one left).
C: a black shafted mace for A$75.50 (one left).
D: a pollax for A$64.25 (one left).
E: a black iron flail for A$65 (one left).
F: a pair of priests for A$1.25 (three left).
G: a pair of leather breeches for 25p (three left).
H: a small wooden shield for 7p (two left).
I: a studded leather jacket for 30p (two left).
J: a brass breastplate for A$7.50 (three left).
K: a hard leather cap for 5p (two left).
L: a vendel helm for A$6.50 (two left).
M: a one-handed battle axe for A$20 (four left).
N: a wooden staff for A$1.50 (five left).
O: a stiletto for A$5 (two left).
P: a thief's dagger for A$337.85 (two left).

You think that the war hammer is an excellent weapon that can be used to bash.
The war hammer is about two feet long and about six inches wide. 
It is made of klatchian steel and could be used as a weapon of type mace. 
The war hammer weighs 3 3/9 lb.

You think that the two-handed sword is an excellent weapon that can be used to slice and pierce.
The two-handed sword is about five feet long and about six inches wide. 
It is made of steel and could be used as a weapon of type heavy-sword. 
The two-handed sword weighs 6 2/9 lb.

You think that the black shafted mace is an excellent weapon that can be used to smash.
The black shafted mace is about two feet long and about nine inches wide. 
It is made of klatchian steel and could be used as a weapon of type mace. 
The black shafted mace weighs 4 4/9 lb.

You think that the pollax is an excellent weapon that can be used to pierce, bash and smash
The pollax is about five feet long and three inches wide. 
It is made of steel and could be used as a weapon of type polearm.
The pollax weighs 6 6/9 lb.

You think that the black iron flail is an excellent weapon that can be used to smash and bash.
The black iron flail is about three feet long and about six inches wide. 
It is made of iron and could be used as a weapon of type flail.
The black iron flail weighs 5 5/9 lb.

The pair of priests is average at stopping blunt attacks.
The pair of priests is very good at stopping sharp attacks.
The pair of priests is good at stopping pierce attacks.
The pair of priests protects your feet.
The pair of priests weighs 6 1/9 lb.

The pair of leather breeches is poor at stopping blunt attacks.
The pair of leather breeches is amazingly poor at stopping sharp attacks.
The pair of leather breeches is amazingly poor at stopping pierce attacks.
The pair of leather breeches protects your legs and abdomen.
The pair of leather breeches weighs 2 2/9 lb.

The small wooden shield is ok at stopping blunt attacks.
The small wooden shield is ok at stopping sharp attacks.
The small wooden shield is average at stopping pierce attacks.
The small wooden shield protects your arms and hands.
The small wooden shield weighs 6 6/9 lb.

The studded leather jacket is average at stopping blunt attacks.
The studded leather jacket is poor at stopping sharp attacks.
The studded leather jacket is poor at stopping pierce attacks.
The studded leather jacket protects your arms, back and chest.
The studded leather jacket weighs 12 2/9 lb.

The brass breastplate is average at stopping blunt attacks.
The brass breastplate is very good at stopping sharp attacks.
The brass breastplate is average at stopping pierce attacks.
The brass breastplate protects your abdomen and chest.
You heft the brass breastplate and guess that it weighs about fifteen pounds.

The hard leather cap is ok at stopping blunt attacks.
The hard leather cap is average at stopping sharp attacks.
The hard leather cap is poor at stopping pierce attacks.
The hard leather cap protects your head and hair.
The hard leather cap weighs 1 6/9 lb.

The vendel helm is average at stopping blunt attacks.
The vendel helm is extremely good at stopping sharp attacks.
The vendel helm is ok at stopping pierce attacks.
The vendel helm protects your head and hair.
The vendel helm weighs 6 lb.

You think that the one-handed battle axe is a good weapon that can be used to hack.
The one-handed battle axe is about two and a half feet long and three inches wide. 
It is made of wood and copper and could be used as a weapon of type axe. 
The one-handed battle axe weighs 3 1/9 lb.

You think that the wooden staff is a rather good weapon that can be used to bash.
The wooden staff is about five feet long and three inches wide. 
It is made of wood and could be used as a weapon of type polearm.
The wooden staff weighs 3 8/9 lb.

You think that the stiletto is a very good weapon that can be used to stab.
The stiletto is about nine inches long and an inch wide. 
It is made of steel and could be used as a weapon of type dagger.
The stiletto weighs 8/9 lb.

You think that the thief's dagger is an excellent weapon that can be used to slash and stab
The thief's dagger is about six inches long and a couple of inches wide. 
It is made of some unidentifiable material and could be used as a weapon of type dagger. 
The thief's dagger weighs 1 1/9 lb

Squeeka - 2003/02/12
Greyko - 2005/03/20
Cold - 2005/03/20