Yeah imo thief is the worst class, harder than merchant.
One option is to go for a hurthling, for archery and the extra talent. Go for heir, find the goblin camp, start throwing rocks. The drawback is that you get really low strength and your potential strength limits training.
Another option is to play drakeling, as usual they are arguably the best race. Your starting strength and toughness are.. still not great, but better than most thieves. Acid spit helps out. Pick the candle starsign, get heir and fight in true berserk mode until you find some decent armor.
Orc is not bad either, for find weakness. Troll is also an option, it makes you less of a thief and more of a troll.
Last edited by grobblewobble; 01-09-2019 at 02:41 PM.
You steal a scroll labelled HITME. The orc hits you.