>Hey, Qaledus? I was wondering, let's say I wanted my thief
>character to become a Kingpin of one of the membership guilds.
>Would I have to be dedicated in that one particular path or
>could I like mix and match and still becoming a Kingpin in the
>main path?

When I took over thieves the idea was that you had to have a
majority, if not all, of the skills in the path that guild
taught. I'd been bending that rule more and more until we got
a Kingpin who didn't have any of the skills of the guild they
were in charge of.

I think we're going to tighten that back up. Tell you what I'll
do though, is talk to some folks and maybe put an asterisk in
the path helpfiles that show you need to learn at least that
skill to eligible to lead the guild which teaches it.

>Just to note, I really don't mind not having the point scaled
>posted for thieves. I like being able to experiment and figure
>out fun combinations for myself instead of having a table
>posted. But that's just me.

I myself enjoy a lot of mystery in niche areas, and tend to get
really insane about keeping the shapeshifter forms random and
unknown until you get them. However, thieves are of such an
archetype that I really would like to have people 'know' with
a good degree of confidence they can do with them before they
roll up.

Qaledus

How about make thieves MORE like shifters. Meaning you choose your focus -

Stealer
Thug
Poisoner
Binder
Trapper

And then you get a set of random skills from a specified pool of abilities. Then maybe we would see a lot more people playing thieves for the different versatility.