Steal

Steal Icon of the Steal skill in Radiant Dawn. Lets this unit steal an item that is lighter than the unit's strength from an enemy with a slower speed rating.

Type(s) Class Capacity 0 Game(s) Genealogy of the Holy War Thracia 776 The Binding Blade The Blazing Blade The Sacred Stones Path of Radiance Radiant Dawn Three Houses

Steal (Japanese: 盗む Steal) is a utility skill which was introduced in Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War. It is near-universally exclusive to Thieves and their promoted forms, and allows them to use the theft-related abilities central to the class's role in most games, with the skill's exact abilities and criteria varying between games. While in Genealogy it let the user automatically steal an enemy unit's gold in battle, all appearances of Steal since then instead have it allow the skill's user to directly steal items or, occasionally, weapons from the enemy's inventory.

Data

Game	Icon	Effect	Activation	Capacity	Notes
Genealogy of the Holy War		The user steals all of the enemy's gold.	100%, if the user successfully hits the enemy	--	--
Thracia 776		Initiates a trade that allows the user to trade a single weapon, staff or item from an adjacent target's inventory into the unit's own inventory, or from the user's inventory to the target's inventory.	Command, if (user's Spd > enemy's Spd)	--	Cannot take or give weapons/staves with higher Wt than the user's Con. Also grants access to the use of Lockpicks.
The Binding Blade	--	Allows the user to steal a single item from an adjacent target's inventory.	Command	--	Cannot steal weapons or staves.
The Blazing Blade	--	Allows the user to steal a single item from an adjacent target's inventory.	Command, if (user's speed ≥ enemy's speed)	--	Cannot steal weapons or staves.
The Sacred Stones	--	Allows the user to steal a single item from an adjacent target's inventory.	Command, if (user's speed ≥ enemy's speed)	--	Cannot steal weapons or staves.
Path of Radiance		Allows the user to steal a single weapon, staff or item from an adjacent target's inventory.	Command, if (user's Spd > enemy's Spd) and (user's Str > weapon/item's Wt)	0	Cannot steal currently equipped weapons or accessories.
Radiant Dawn		Allows the user to steal a single weapon, staff or item from an adjacent target's inventory.	Command, if (user's Spd > enemy's Spd) and (user's Str > weapon/item's Wt)	0	Cannot steal currently equipped weapons or user-locked items.
Three Houses		Initiates a trade with the enemy.	Command, if (user's speed > enemy's speed)	--	Cannot be equipped by Thieves. Cannot steal weapons.

Availability

Genealogy of the Holy War

Units (As a class skill)	First Generation: Dew Second Generation: Daisy • Patty
Classes	Thief • Thief Fighter
Items	Thief's Band • Thief's Sword

Thracia 776

Units (As a personal skill)	Lara (If promoted to Dancer; considered a class skill otherwise)
Units (As a class skill)	Lara (As a Thief or Thief Fighter) • Lifis • Perne
Classes	Thief • Thief Fighter

The Binding Blade

Units (As a class skill)	Astolfo • Cath • Chad
Classes	Thief

The Blazing Blade

Units (As a class skill)	Legault • Matthew
Classes	Thief

The Sacred Stones

Units (As a class skill)	Colm • Rennac
Classes	Thief • Rogue

Path of Radiance

Units (As a personal skill)	Enemy Ravens in Chapter 13
Units (As a class skill)	Sothe • Volke
Classes	Thief • Assassin

Radiant Dawn

Units (As a class skill)	Heather • Sothe
Classes	Thief • Rogue • Whisper

Three Houses

Classes	Thief
Class mastery	Thief (100 class Exp required)

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
Genealogy of the Holy War	Successful hits steal gold from foes.*	こうげきがあたろと あいてのゴールドを うばう
Thracia 776	When faster than a target, steal items lighter than Con*	重さが 体格よりちいさい アイテムをぬすむ
Path of Radiance	Allows this unit to steal unequipped items or weapons under certain conditions.	??
Radiant Dawn (skill assignment menu)	Steal an item that is lighter than this unit's strength from a slower unit. Cannot unassign	??
Radiant Dawn (help)	Lets this unit steal an item that is lighter than the unit's strength from an enemy with a slower speed rating.	??
Three Houses	Allows unit to steal a non-weapon item from a foe with a lower Spd stat.	自分より速さが低い敵から、 武器以外のアイテムを盗む

Trivia

• In Thracia 776 and The Binding Blade, unlike most other games in the series, enemy units will never automatically drop items when defeated, but will often have desirable items sitting in their inventory nonetheless. The expectation here is that the player will use Steal to take them manually, an act which will likely endanger the Thief.

Etymology and other language

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology and notes
English	Steal	--
Japanese	盗む	Romanized as STEAL in the internal files of Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn.
Spanish	Robar	Steal
French	Voler	Steal
German	Stehlen	Steal
Italian	Furto	Theft
Korean	훔치기	Pinch (as a synonym for steal)
Simplified Chinese	偷窃	Theft
Traditional Chinese	偷竊	Theft