Thief

The Thief is a recurring humanoid class in the Disgaea series first introduced in Disgaea: Hour of Darkness.

Appearance
In Disgaea: Hour of Darkness and its early ports, the Thief was portrayed as a male human with a hat, small boots, and a strange shirt.

In his default coloration, the Thief wears a red hat.

Starting with Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories, and retroactively introduced in Disgaea 1 Complete, the only Thieves seen are female humanoids. They wear goggles with cat eyes, hoods with cat ears, striped socks, very short pants and crop-tops, short jackets with long sleeves, collars with cat-tails, and cat foot like boots.

In her default coloration, the modern female Thief's clothes are mostly colored brown. They wear yellow and white striped socks, have tan hair, and have red eyes.

Characteristics
Stealing is regarded as an advanced technique, so the Thieves' Guild is the largest in the Netherworld and is dedicated to preserving the advanced techniques of stealing. Thieves will steal anything by request and can even steal things not visible to the naked eye, such as emotions. Legend speaks of a legendary Thief King, though it is also suggested that this is a title taken on by skilled Thieves.

Gameplay
They specialize in stealing equipment from other characters in all games they appear in.

Disgaea: Hour of Darkness
The Thief first appeared in Disgaea: Hour of Darkness as a male class. They had horrible Stats, Aptitudes, and Weapon Mastery levels, easily making it the worst class to try and train to keep levels up, as well as learning new skills in order to be able to defend itself. A level 200 Thief is required in order to unlock the Majin class.

Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories
The Thief returns in Disgaea 2, now as a female class. In this game, they have better stats, aptitudes, and weapon mastery levels than the Disgaea incarnation. On top of that, a Thief's Lover in this game allowed it a better chance to steal items from enemies.

Thieves in Disgaea 2 are able to learn skills on their own. These skills do not cause any damage, but rather cause a status effect to one unit. These skills can allow for the destruction of enemies of far higher strength than themselves by putting enemies to sleep and then poisoning them, allowing for easy "cheesing" of battles.

Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice
The Thief in Disgaea 3 is much like the Disgaea 2 Thief, save for now they have only two skills, 'Create Box', and 'Create Barrel'. A level 15 Thief is required in order to unlock the Gunslinger and Gunner classes.

Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten
The Thief returns in Disgaea 4, with much of the same role as prior games and the same skills as in Disgaea 3.

Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance
The Thief returns in Disgaea 5.

Disgaea 6: Defiance of Destiny
The Thief returns in Disgaea 6. The Thief is unlocked by completing the Steeling to Steal quest from the Quest Shop. The quest becomes available after clearing Stage 2-1 and requires the creation of a Martial Artist.

The completion of the Steeling to Steal quest is required to unlock the Archer recruitment quest, On the Hunt, and the Armor Knight recruitment quest, Worthy of Guarding.

Makai Kingdom
Makai Kingdom Thieves, much like the Disgaea Thieves, have bad combat stats, but they have a good Jump and Move stats, a large number of available item slots, and are the only class which can use UFO's, the weapon that is required in order to steal items from enemies.

Soul Nomad and the World Eaters
The Thief of Soul Nomad is known as the 'Bandit'. While it is unknown if a Bandit has a better chance of stealing from the enemy than any other squad, the Bandit is best known for having a high speed, causing most attacks to miss them, and also for its squad leader tactic of 'Fade Out', which makes it invisible to enemy forces until it attacks, uses a Gig Edict or another tactic, or an enemy steps next to them.

Its special attack when it is the leader is known as the 'Lupin Snatch', a possible tribute to Lupin III, a famous anime thief. The attack targets the enemy squad's leader.