List of thief traits

This is a list of thief traits.

Deadly Arts

Tier	Name		Description
Minor Adept	Serpent's Touch		Stealing inflicts poison. While in the downed state, your attacks apply poison.
Major Adept	Dagger Training		Dagger attacks have increased damage and a chance to inflict poison on enemies.
Major Adept	Mug		Deal damage and gain life when stealing. This attack cannot critically hit enemies.
Major Adept	Trapper's Respite	30	Drop a Lesser Needle Trap when you use a healing skill.
Minor Master	Lotus Poison	10	Weaken targets when you poison them.
Major Master	Deadly Trapper		Traps apply vulnerability to enemies and grant you might. Trap recharges are reduced.
Major Master	Panic Strike	20	Immobilizing a foe poisons them. Striking a foe that is below the health threshold immobilizes them.
Major Master	Revealed Training		Gain extra power while you are revealed.
Minor Grandmaster	Exposed Weakness		Deal more damage to your target for each unique condition on them.
Major Grandmaster	Potent Poison		Increased poison duration. Poison deals increased damage. Other Deadly Arts traits apply additional poison stacks.
Major Grandmaster	Improvisation	20	You can use stolen skills twice. One random skill category is immediately recharged when you steal.
Major Grandmaster	Executioner		Deal extra damage when your target is below the health threshold.

Critical Strikes

Tier	Name		Description
Minor Adept	Keen Observer		Critical-hit chance is increased while your health is above the threshold.
Major Adept	Assassin's Fury	2	Gain might when you gain fury.
Major Adept	Signets of Power		Signets gain reduced recharge time and an additional passive effect.
Major Adept	Twin Fangs		Deal increased critical damage while your health is above the threshold. Gain bonus critical-hit chance when hitting a foe from behind or the side.
Minor Master	Unrelenting Strikes	10	Gain fury when you strike an enemy whose health is below the threshold.
Major Master	Sundering Shade	1	Stealth Attack abilities inflict vulnerability and grant fury upon successfully hitting foes..
Major Master	Practiced Tolerance		Gain ferocity based on your precision.
Major Master	Ankle Shots	8	Critical hits with pistols and harpoon guns have a chance to cripple foes. Pistol and harpoon attacks deal increased damage to crippled foes.
Minor Grandmaster	Ferocious Strikes		Gain increased critical damage against foes whose health is above the threshold.
Major Grandmaster	No Quarter	2	Landing a critical hit while under the effects of fury increases the duration of fury. Gain increased ferocity while under the effects of fury.
Major Grandmaster	Hidden Killer		Gain bonus critical-hit chance while stealthed. This bonus lingers for a short duration after you've been revealed.
Major Grandmaster	Invigorating Precision		You are healed for a percentage of outgoing critical hit damage. This healing is increased while you are under the effects of fury.

Shadow Arts

Tier	Name		Description
Minor Adept	Merciful Ambush		Stealth yourself and your target when reviving an ally. You revive allies faster.
Major Adept	Last Refuge		Use Lesser Blinding Powder when your health reaches a certain threshold or when you take falling damage. You take less falling damage.
Major Adept	Concealed Defeat		Create a smoke screen when downed. Deception abilities recharge faster.
Major Adept	Shadow's Embrace		Remove conditions periodically while in stealth.
Minor Master	Meld with Shadows		Stealth skills last longer.
Major Master	Shadow Protector		When you grant stealth to an ally, they gain regeneration.
Major Master	Hidden Thief		Stealing grants you stealth. Gain increased movement speed while in stealth.
Major Master	Leeching Venoms		Venom skills gain reduced recharge and siphon life from struck foes. Siphoning can only occur once per strike.
Minor Grandmaster	Resilience of Shadows		Stealth effects that you apply reduce incoming attack damage.
Major Grandmaster	Cloaked in Shadow		Gaining stealth blinds nearby foes. You cannot be critically hit while stealthed.
Major Grandmaster	Shadow's Rejuvenation		Regenerate health and initiative while in stealth.
Major Grandmaster	Rending Shade		Steal boons from enemies you strike with stealth attacks. Incoming damage from enemies without boons is reduced.

Acrobatics

Tier	Name		Description
Minor Adept	Expeditious Dodger		Gain swiftness upon dodging.
Major Adept	Instant Reflexes	40	Evade attacks when you are struck below the health threshold.
Major Adept	Vigorous Recovery		Gain vigor when using a healing skill.
Major Adept	Pain Response	16	Gain regeneration and remove conditions when struck while your health is below the threshold.
Minor Master	Feline Grace	1	Gain vigor upon successfully evading an attack.
Major Master	Guarded Initiation	1	Remove conditions when striking an enemy while your health is above the threshold.
Major Master	Swindler's Equilibrium	20	Successfully evading an attack while wielding a sword or spear recharges Steal. Swords and spears deal increased damage.
Major Master	Hard to Catch	30	Break stun and refill endurance when you are stunned, dazed, knocked back, pulled, knocked down, sink [sic] , floated, launched, or inflicted with fear.
Minor Grandmaster	Endless Stamina		The effects of vigor on you are enhanced. Gain bonus concentration.
Major Grandmaster	Assassin's Reward		Heal yourself whenever you use a skill that uses initiative. Heal yourself for each point of initiative spent.
Major Grandmaster	Upper Hand	2	Gain initiative and regeneration when you evade an attack.
Major Grandmaster	Don't Stop		While you have swiftness, movement-impairing conditions have reduced duration. When you gain swiftness, lose a movement-impairing condition.

Trickery

Tier	Name		Description
Minor Adept	Kleptomaniac		Stealing gives you initiative.
Major Adept	Uncatchable		Leave behind Caltrops when you dodge.
Major Adept	Burst of Agility		Use Lesser Haste when attacking a foe from behind or from the side.
Major Adept	Thrill of the Crime		When you Steal, you and all nearby allies gain fury, might, and swiftness for 10 seconds.
Minor Master	Preparedness		Increases maximum initiative by 3.
Major Master	Bountiful Theft		Stealing grants you and all nearby allies vigor. You rip boons from your target and grant them to nearby allies.
Major Master	Trickster		Reduces recharge on tricks. Tricks remove conditions.
Major Master	Pressure Striking		Enemies you interrupt are inflicted with torment. This trait can only affect enemies with defiance bars once per interval.
Minor Grandmaster	Lead Attacks		Increases damage and condition damage per initiative spent. Steal recharges faster.
Major Grandmaster	Quick Pockets	8	Gain initiative on swapping weapons while in combat.
Major Grandmaster	Sleight of Hand		Stealing also dazes the target. Reduces the recharge of Steal.
Major Grandmaster	Bewildering Ambush		Stealing also applies confusion.

Daredevil

Tier	Name		Description
Minor Proficiency	Staff Proficiency		You can wield a staff.
Minor Adept	Physical Supremacy		Gain access to the physical skill category. Your maximum endurance threshold is increased.
Major Adept	Havoc Mastery		Grants the player bonus damage to enemies within range.
Major Adept	Weakening Strikes	10	Cause weakness to enemies you critically hit. Weakened enemies deal less damage to you.
Major Adept	Brawler's Tenacity		Physical skills grant endurance when activated and gain reduced recharge.
Minor Master	Driven Fortitude	1	Gain health when you successfully evade an attack.
Major Master	Staff Master		While wielding a staff, gain endurance for each initiative point spent. Deal bonus damage when your endurance is not full while wielding a staff.
Major Master	Escapist's Absolution	1	Remove a condition whenever you evade an attack.
Major Master	Impacting Disruption		Enemies that you interrupt suffer a pulmonary impact. This trait can only affect enemies with defiance bars once per interval.
Minor Grandmaster	Endurance Thief		Gain endurance when you successfully steal from an enemy.
Major Grandmaster	Lotus Training		Your dodge ability now uses Impaling Lotus, firing daggers at nearby enemies. Gain increased condition damage for a period of time after dodging.
Major Grandmaster	Unhindered Combatant		Your dodge ability is replaced by a long-range dash that removes inhibiting conditions and grants swiftness and damage reduction. Removing conditions in this way temporarily reduces endurance gain.
Major Grandmaster	Bounding Dodger		Your dodge ability is replaced by Bound, dealing damage to the area after you evade. Physical damage is increased for a period of time after you dodge.

Deadeye

Tier	Name		Description
Minor Proficiency	Rifle Proficiency		You can wield rifles.
Minor Adept	Deadeye's Gaze		Steal is replaced with Deadeye's Mark, which unlocks new stolen skills and malice generation. Stealth attacks consume malice for bonus effects. Gain access to rifles and cantrips.
Major Adept	Malicious Intent		Marking a target or striking your mark with a stealth attack will immediately grant malice.
Major Adept	Collateral Damage		Trigger Burst of Shadows at your target's location if it dies while marked.
Major Adept	One in the Chamber		When you cast a cantrip, gain a random new stolen skill. (Requires a marked target. Overwrites existing stolen skills.)
Minor Master	Renewing Gaze		Deadeye's Mark recharges if your mark is defeated. Gain regeneration when this recharge occurs.
Major Master	Silent Scope		Enter stealth when you dodge roll with a rifle equipped. Kneeling rifle skills and Death's Judgment gain an increased critical hit chance.
Major Master	Payback		When Renewing Gaze triggers, this trait restores a portion of the recharge time needed by your healing, utility, and elite skills. Excludes racial skills.
Major Master	Premeditation		Deal more damage for each unique boon you have; concentration is increased.
Minor Grandmaster	Iron Sight		Damage dealt to your marked target is increased and damage taken from your marked target is reduced.
Major Grandmaster	Maleficent Seven		Increase maximum malice stack count. Restore initiative and gain boons upon reaching the maximum number of malice stacks.
Major Grandmaster	Be Quick or Be Killed		Gain quickness when marking a foe. Your power and precision are increased while under this effect.
Major Grandmaster	Fire for Effect	0.5½	Hitting your marked target with a stolen skill grants boons to allies around your mark and to allies around you. Cannot grant boons to the same ally more than once per activation.

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