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===Campaign Information===

====Playing a Mystic Spellthief====

'''Religion:''' With their habit of stealing spells, sometimes even from the divine, a mystic spellthief is often not very religious at all, and more apt to make enemies with clerical types.  Those that do pray often pray to gods of thievery, trickery, and magic.

'''Other Classes:''' Spellcasters fear the mystic spellthief, and rightfully so.  Never quite trusting of them they may be hostile or paranoid.  Rogues can appreciate their magical brothers, and often work close with them.

'''Combat:''' While a mystic spellthief can gain great magic power, such power is very expensive unless the mystic spellthief is willing to wade into direct combat and steal a few spells.  With an appropriate familiar, flanking may be possible alone, but like rogues they work best in groups.  They are destroyers of spellcasters, but merely medicore rogues with other opponents.  Unlike rogues, a mystic spellthief usually has a magical trick up their sleave when facing creatures that cannot be sneak attacked.

'''Advancement:''' The Arcane Trickster is a natural progression to the spellthief, who trades higher level special abilities for greater sneak attack and no loss in spellcasting.

====Mystic Spellthief in the World====

{{quote|Powerful spell you got there chap, mind if I borrow it for a tad?|orig=Pluck Filtchfeather, Halfling Mystic Spellthief}}

'''Daily Life:''' More rogue than caster when it comes to the daily life, a mystic spellthief can vary from the bland and unknown to the flamboyant and loud.  Either way, the thieving power of a mystic spellthief is best kept hush until needed, no need to provoke a potentially powerful spellcaster nearby.

'''Notables:''' A human lady known only as Carmen, or sometimes the Red Baronness, is an absolutely infamous mystic spellthief who is responsible both for massive robberies and humilating powerful spellcasters in public.  She has yet to be caught much to the chagrin of many a caster, and she seems to do it for nothing more than the thrill, as sometimes she returns what is stolen after the damage has been done.

'''Organizations:''' Spellcasters in general do not trust mystic spellthieves for often good reason, and one of the worst enemies you can have is a spellcaster.  While they are great at combatting them, mystic spellthieves in general do not publically congregate together for fear that worried spellcasters would mount force against them.

'''NPC Reactions:''' Many NPCs do not know what mystic spellthieves are, but as the typical commoner is not a spellcaster, the typical commoner often does not care what these strange rogues busy themselves with, so long as they are not a pain themselves.

====Mystic Spellthief Lore====

Characters with ranks in Knowledhe Arcana can research mystic spellthieves to learn more about them.  When a character makes a skill check, read or paraphrase the following, including information from lower DCs.

{| class="zebra d20"
|+ Knowledge Arcana
! DC || class="left" | Result
|- 
| 10 || class="left" | Mystic Spellthieves are dangerous to casters, able to steal spells right out of your mind before you can even cast them.
|- 
| 15 || class="left" | Some mystic spellthieves are rather resilent against magic, both possessing the keen evasiveness of a rogue, the iron will of those with mettle strong, and even the potent armor of spell resistance.
|- 
| 20 || class="left" | Powerful mystic spellthieves are excellent at disrupting enemy casters and turning their own spells against them.  They can track them even when they cannot see.
|- 
| 30 || class="left" | Those who reach this level of success can research particular mystic spellthieves, their whereabouts, motives, recent activities, and more.
|}

====Mystic Spellthieves in the Game====

'''Adaptation:''' It's very easy to tune this into a psionic-stealing class, drawing out powers known and the power points required to manifest them.  Such things are called Chakric Mindthieves.

'''Sample Encounter:''' The wizard Fheon is unable to stop the repeated incursions of a thief into his tower, and he has hired the adventurers to guard his powerful treasures and try to catch the sneaky thief and his bandits.  But the spellthief brings the might of the wizard Fheon himself in tow, having stolen spells from him in his sleep.  This will not be an easy fight.

''EL 15:'' PENDING


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Allowed Alignments	Lawful Good +, Lawful Neutral +, Lawful Evil +, Neutral Good +, Neutral +, Neutral Evil +, Chaotic Good +, Chaotic Neutral + and Chaotic Evil +
Article Balance	High +
Author	Eiji-kun +
Base Attack Bonus Progression	Moderate +
Class Ability	Arcane Spellcasting +, Prepared Spellcasting +, Sneak Attack + and Other +
Fortitude Save Progression	Poor +
Identifier	3.5e Class +
Length	20 +
Minimum Level	0 +
Rating	Unrated +
Reflex Save Progression	Good +
Skill	Appraise +, Balance +, Bluff +, Concentration +, Craft +, Decipher Script +, Disable Device +, Disguise +, Escape Artist +, Gather Information +, Hide +, Intimidate +, Knowledge +, Listen +, Move Silently +, Perform +, Profession +, Sleight of Hand +, Spellcraft +, Spot +, Tumble +, Use Magic Device + and Use Rope +
Skill Points	6 +
Summary	An improved spellthief class that are capable caster slayers, and casters in their own right. +
Title	Mystic Spellthief +
Will Save Progression	Good +