To what extent - how closely or how loosely - your class helps define your character is, ultimately, up to you, the roleplayer.
In contrast to Tarot, Osric does use knives as a mainstay. I'll be using Rogue in-game for that purpose, to depict something that otherwise would require a little imagination from everyone involved in such a scene.
As for thieving... pffft. I don't have to let the lore behind Rogue dictate my character's history. He grew up poor and destitute in Limsa, and he stole, robbed, and burgled regularly. That's a roleplay matter; unless the Rogue class quest storyline straight out says "there are no thieves in Limsa anymore" (which I would call total bullshit on, as no city is ever free of crime unless, like, The Flash lives there) then I see no conflict between character backstory and canon lore.
EDIT: To answer the ultimate question posed in the OP... no, I wouldn't go so far as to say that a class must define a character to such an extent that a warrior cannot go around using a pickaxe as his weapon of choice.
In contrast to Tarot, Osric does use knives as a mainstay. I'll be using Rogue in-game for that purpose, to depict something that otherwise would require a little imagination from everyone involved in such a scene.
As for thieving... pffft. I don't have to let the lore behind Rogue dictate my character's history. He grew up poor and destitute in Limsa, and he stole, robbed, and burgled regularly. That's a roleplay matter; unless the Rogue class quest storyline straight out says "there are no thieves in Limsa anymore" (which I would call total bullshit on, as no city is ever free of crime unless, like, The Flash lives there) then I see no conflict between character backstory and canon lore.
EDIT: To answer the ultimate question posed in the OP... no, I wouldn't go so far as to say that a class must define a character to such an extent that a warrior cannot go around using a pickaxe as his weapon of choice.
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