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Class:Burglar

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Class: Burglar
  • Skill Level: Advanced
  • Burglars are masters of stealth and misdirection. They are able to confound their foes with a variety of clever and debilitating tricks. Burglars' sleight-of-hand and startling attacks allow their companions to overwhelm adversaries.
  • Role: Debuffer
  • The Burglar's role is to rob monsters of the ability to deal damage and attack at full strength. As the only class that can reliably initiate fellowship manoeuvres (high-yield group-based attacks), its role in groups is a coveted one.
Available To
Class Stats*
Level Might Agility Vitality Will Fate Morale Power
1 14 14 8 11 10 99 143
2 15 16 9 12 11 131 165
3 17 18 10 14 12 163 190
4 18 20 11 15 13 195 212
5 20 22 12 17 14 227 237
6 21 24 13 18 15 259 259
7 22 26 14 19 16 291 281
8 24 28 15 21 17 323 306
9 25 30 16 22 18 355 328
10 27 32 17 24 19 387 353
11 28 34 18 25 20 419 375
12 29 36 19 26 21 451 397
13 31 38 20 28 22 483 422
14 32 40 21 29 23 515 444
15 34 42 22 31 24 547 469
16 35 44 23 32 25 579 491
17 36 46 24 33 26 611 513
18 38 48 25 35 27 643 538
19 39 50 26 36 28 675 560
20 41 52 27 38 29 707 585
21 42 54 28 39 30 732 600
22 43 56 29 40 31 757 615
23 45 58 30 42 32 782 633
24 46 60 31 43 33 807 648
25 48 62 32 45 34 832 666
26 49 64 33 46 35 857 681
27 50 66 34 47 36 882 696
28 52 68 35 49 37 907 714
29 53 70 36 50 38 932 729
30 55 71 37 52 39 957 747
31 56 72 38 53 40 982 762
32 57 73 39 54 41 1007 777
33 59 74 40 56 42 1032 795
34 60 75 41 57 43 1057 810
35 62 76 42 59 44 1082 828
36 63 77 43 60 45 1107 843
37 64 79 44 61 46 1132 858
38 66 80 45 63 47 1157 876
39 67 81 46 64 48 1182 891
40 69 82 47 66 49 1207 909
41 70 83 48 67 50 1232 924
42 71 84 49 68 51 1257 939
43 73 85 50 70 52 1282 957
44 74 86 51 71 53 1307 972
45 76 87 52 73 54 1332 990
46 77 88 53 74 55 1357 1005
47 78 89 54 75 56 1382 1020
48 80 90 55 77 57 1407 1038
49 81 91 56 78 58 1432 1053
50 83 92 57 80 59 1457 1071
51 83 92 57 80 59 1479 1083
52 83 92 57 80 59 1501 1095
53 83 92 57 80 59 1523 1107
54 83 92 57 80 59 1545 1119
55 83 92 57 80 59 1567 1131
56 83 92 57 80 59 1589 1143
57 83 92 57 80 59 1611 1155
58 83 92 57 80 59 1633 1167
59 83 92 57 80 59 1655 1179
60 83 92 57 80 59 1677 1191
61 83 92 57 80 59 1699 1203
62 83 92 57 80 59 1721 1215
63 83 92 57 80 59 1743 1227
64 83 92 57 80 59 1765 1239
65 83 92 57 80 59 1787 1251
*Racial modifiers not included
Trait Based Skills
 Flashing Blades 101 25
 Exposed Throat 101 25
Active Skills
Icon/Name Level Cost
 Subtle Stab 1 1
 Surprise Strike 1 1
 Cunning Attack 1 1
 Trick: Disable 2 20
 Burglar's Advantage 4 32
 Sneak 4 32
 Touch and Go 6 72
 Riddle 8 1 28
 Mischievous Glee 10 3
 Exploit Opening 12 7 20
 Aim 12 7 20
 Burgle 14 19 60
 Addle 14 19 60
 Trick: Dust in the Eyes 16 25 60
 Diversion 18 32 40
 Track Treasure 20 40
 Startling Twist 20 40
 Mischief 20 40
 Reveal Weakness 22 48 40
 Double-edged Strike 24 57 60
 Contact Pedlar 26 67 60
 Cure Poison 26 67 60
 Trick: Counter Defence 26 67 60
 Trip 28 78 40
 Clever Retort 30 90
 Hide in Plain Sight 30 90
 Find Footing 32 102 40
 Provoke 34 115 60
 Ready and Able 36 129 60
 Trick: Enrage 38 144 40
 Well-placed Strike 40 160
 Practical Joke 40 160
 Share The Fun 42 176 40
 Knives Out 42 176 40
 Seize Initiative 44 193 60
 Confound 46 211 60
 Escape Clause 48 230 40
 Location Is Everything 50 250
 Improved Startling Twist 52 270 40
 Improved Hide in Plain Sight 54 291 60
 Lucky Strike 56 313 60
 Feint Attack 58 336 40
 A Small Snag 60 360
 Burglar's Antidote 62 384 40
 Mischievous Delight 64 409 60
Passive Skills
Icon/Name Level Cost
 Evade: Rank 1 5 2 50
 Clarinet Use 5 2 50
 Lute Use 5 2 50
 Parry: Rank 1 7 4 90
 Melee Critical: Rank 1 9 8 10
 Dual Wielding 10 10
 Journeyman 10 0
 Accuracy: Rank 1 11 12 10
 Evade: Rank 2 13 16 90
 Parry: Rank 2 15 22 50
 Daggers Training: Accomplished 15 22 50
 Accuracy: Rank 2 19 36 10
 Adept 20 0
 Clever Devices 20 40
 Tools of the Trade 20 40
 Parry: Rank 3 21 44 10
 Melee Critical: Rank 2 23 52 90
 Accuracy: Rank 3 25 62 50
 Evade: Rank 3 27 72 90
 Melee Critical: Rank 3 29 84 10
 Daggers Training: Expert 30 90
 Master 30 0
 Melee Critical: Rank 4 31 96 10
 Evade: Rank 4 33 108 90
 Accuracy: Rank 4 37 136 90
 Heroic 40 0
 Parry: Rank 4 41 168 10
 Daggers Training: Master 45 202 50
Traits
Icon/Name Type Description Cost to Slot
Ambidextrous Class Increases the damage dealt by your off-hand weapon 11 25
Appraising Eye Class Increased Armour Debuff with Reveal Weakness 61 25
Blind Fury Class Enrage - Suppress ranged skills 61 25
Complicated Terms Class 31 25
Confound the Fools Class 31 25
Cruel Odds Class 31 25
Cunning Wound Class DOT magnitude of Cunning Attack increased 1 25
Dealings Done Legendary 101 25
Disabling Attack Class Disable - Further decrease attack speed 31 25
Even the Odds Class 31 25
Exposed Throat Legendary After using your Double-edged Strike, you spy an opening and seize it doing high damage and having a chance of making your opponent vulnerable to Fellowship Manoeuvres.
Allows use of:
101 25
Flashing Blades Legendary After using your Double-edged Strike, you can make two attacks against your target.
Allows use of:
101 25
Focused Eye Class Reduce the cooldown on Aim 11 25
Footpad Class Increase Effective Stealth Level 31 25
Hidden Dagger Class Decreased chance for Stealth attacks to Miss,Parry,Block,Evade 1 25
Honed Wit Class 31 25
Leaf-walker Class You are able to move more quickly while using Stealth. 61 25
Little Annoyances Legendary 101 25
Opportunist Class Counter Defence - Increase Target Critical Hit Vulnerability 31 25
Overwhelming Odds Class You receive different buffs depending on the colors used in a successful Fellowship Manoeuvre. 61 25
Perplexing Riddle Class Riddle stuns before mezing 1 25
Practiced Bluff Legendary 101 25
Sharp Wit, Sharp Blade Class 61 25
Side-step Class Increased Ability To Evade 11 25
Spatial Sense Class 31 25
Stick and Move Legendary This effect enables you to gain critical responses from both critical responses and evade combat events. 101 25
Strategic Planning Class 1 25
Strike from Shadows Class Increased chance for Stealth attacks to score a Critical Hit 31 25
Sweep the Leg Legendary Trip no longer breaks stealth and it reduces its cooldown by 40 seconds. 101 25
Swift and Subtle Class Subtle Knife deals increased damage 1 25
Trickster Class Dust In The Eyes - Affects multiple nearby targets 11 25
Deeds
Level Name Description
1 Cunning Wound Burglars cannot rely on strength and power to defeat their enemies -- but a severely bleeding wound will often do the trick.
1 Hidden Dagger It is always surprising how many enemies forget to look over their shoulder during a fight.
1 Perplexing Riddle A clever burglar can confuse opponents with odd challenges and riddles.
1 Swift and Subtle With extensive practice, your Subtle Stab will improve in deadliness.
10 Cruel Odds To better twist chance in your favour, you must first master the art of piling victory on top of success.
10 Focused Eye Without the advantage of strength, you must rely on speed and agility. If you are fast enough, you might be able to finish a...
10 Side-step When Orcs are raining arrows down upon you, you had best have a spring in your step.
10 Trickster So what if it is an old trick? The old tricks are the best tricks.
20 Disabling Attack Certain postures will force an enemy to fight with greater caution, limiting their ability to attack.
20 Footpad If you cannot be seen, you cannot be killed. So do not be seen.
20 Opportunist Every creature has its weak spots -- eyes, throat, spleen, something -- you just need to figure out what they are.
20 Strike from Shadows You have only one shot when ambushing an opponent -- make it count!
30 Blind Fury You must master the art of angering someone so much that they forgo their weapons in an attempt to throttle you with their...
30 Leaf-walker Moving silently is easy - moving silently and quickly? That is a challenge....
30 Overwhelming Odds Burglars are notoriously fond of maneuvering their enemies into deadly situations where their allies can quickly defeat them.
30 Sharp Wit, Sharp Blade You must master the combination of a cutting remark and a marking cut.
40 Complicated Terms You have picked up a few new conundrums in your travels, but you will not be able to polish the weaker points until they fall...
40 Honed Wit With practice, the right comeback may no longer require a mind set only to mischief.
40 Spatial Sense No matter how well-placed the strike, there is always room for improvement.
42 The Book of Knives The pages of this book can be found scattered across Angmar, Eregion, Forochel, and the Misty Mountains.

The Book...
44 Knee-breaker's Manual The pages of this book can be found scattered across Angmar, Eregion, Forochel, and the Misty Mountains.
46 The Expert's Guide to Dirty Fighting The pages of this book can be found scattered across Angmar, Eregion, Forochel, and the Misty Mountains.

The...
50 Confound the Fools You have come to believe that confusion is only scratching the surface. With a bit of work, you could stupify them where they...
50 Even the Odds Make the most of successful coordination with your allies, be it to strike fast or ready an escape.
50 Strategic Planning If you can internalize the age old maxim, you may find the right location easier to arrive at and more effective than before.
60 A Guide to the Quiet Knife You have heard it whispered that the libraries of Moria yet contain many tomes, while many other volumes were brought by the...
60 The Mines of Moria (Epic) (Burglar) Delve deep into the ruined halls of Moria and face the threats that lie within.
60 The Path of the Mischief-maker You have begun to follow the Path of the Mischief-maker. If you follow this path to its end, you may learn how to become a...
Quests
Level Name Description
2 Intro: Disarming the Competition Your trainer wants you to use your new skills to prove that you are ready to face the many dangers that exist in the world.
15 A Thief in the Night Burglars of great skill are not often chanced upon these days, especially if they do not wish to be found.
15 Instance: A Thief in the Night You and Atherol Took have come to Bamfurlong to prevent the Blackwold brigands from making off with Farmer Maggot's delicious...
25 A Secret Club Burglars throughout Eriador consider themselves members of a secret club, an exclusive brotherhood of those who practice the...
30 A Burglar's Errand A burglar hones his skill by thieving items of little worth, but these excursions are mere dalliances when the fate of the...
30 Instance: A Burglar's Errand Palma Brownlock has convinced you to reacquire the sword Medhrod, stolen by half-orcs at Naerost in the Lone-lands.
50 A Lesson from Bilbo Baggins Sterling Proudfoot thinks that you might be able to learn something from Bilbo Baggins, whose adventure as a burglar has...
50 Articles of Cunning Sterling Proudfoot has agreed to help you fashion a piece of equipment that properly reflects your skill as a burglar.
50 Vol. II, Book 1, Chapter 9: A Weapon of the Elder Days The dwarves are desperate for some means of defeating the Watcher that waits in the Black Pool before the Walls of Moria.
50 Implements of the Night Sterling Proudfoot has agreed to help you fashion a weapon to compliment your great skill as a burglar.
50 The Truest Course is Awareness You are a light shadow flitting against the moon, only seen when you wish to be, a soft breeze on the night air, soon past.
58 The Path of the Mischief Maker
58 The Path of the Mischief-maker You have been instructed to find Celofa in the Foundations of Stone in Moria in order to further your prowess as a Burglar.

Player Entry
It should be borne in mind that the Burglar of Middle Earth is not the same as a burglar more commonly understood. Middle Earth Burglars use their talents only in self-defense, in their struggle against Sauron. The good races of Middle Earth do not break into each other's houses and/or steal each other's belongings, whereas a talented Burglar will happily sneak into a goblin's den or an orc redoubt in order to relieve it of any treasure it might contain.

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