Again that's another rogue, half heretic is better thief then any non rogue and better then some non half rogues. Also if I'm not mistaken u didn't factor in 20% sci bonus from heretic for mod tpa, or perhaps u did with 2.2 u also fail to mention plus 10% op dmg which doesn't effect tpa. Also by mid age the halflings extra pop will allow me tin run extra raw tpa if needed perhaps 8 later in age, but again prolly not necessary as I'll be using my stealth mainly on great riots and ns on attackers, and great gold and rune steals on mages and attackers, or i could even do some crazy fb and kidnap runs. It is in no way a comparison to orc mystic lol, I'm not for sure at all how u could even remotely see it that way. By the way u speak a dwarf rogue would be waste too which I don't like to play but u used as an example. Half heretic is best non rogue thief in game, with no magic drawbacks on halfling will be good enough caster to chuck fbs and nm with heretic mage bonus, and then typical moderate tm attacking. I'll grant they made better heretic last age with plus 2 o spec and 15 pop bonus, and I'll grant elf is slightly better heretic at least if u wanna be mage heavy but halfling and dwarf are prolly tied as 2nd best heretic this age.