The problem here, DaveG:
The forest rogue is the only rogue at all, which is easy enough to kill for beginners, but still drops any loot.
All the other easier rogues (e.g. in the sewers) don\'t drop anything - at least as far as I remember from the last month. And all the other rogues which drop loot at all, are too strong for beginners.
Fortunately, the Thugs down in the dungeon just started to drop loot. Maybe I shall check the sewers again, too.