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* Myau from ''[[Phantasy Star]]''.
* Jeff (a quasi-[[Mad Scientist]]) from ''[[EarthboundEarthBound]]''. In fact, he's the only one who could use the shatteringly powerful Bottle Rocket items, as well as use (and make) other useful things like the Defense Shower or Shield Killer.
** Likewise, [[Spell My Name with an "S"|Lloyd/Loid/Roid]] from ''[[MOTHER 1|Mother]]''. He and Jeff both use special attack items in exchange for not having any PSI abilities like the other party members.
* Boney from ''[[Mother 3]]''.
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** Also in ''[[Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice]]'' is the Gunslinger class, whose abilities revolve almost entirely around granting you more rewards, either through larger bonus gauge increases, more money from defeated enemies, and a chance to create a treasure chest when defeating enemies. Her [[Distaff Counterpart]] has abilities that are geared towards improving damage, but statistically, the two are virtually identical.
** In ''[[Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories]]'', archers had the unique ability that enemies they killed had a 30% chance of turning into treasure chests.
* Virginia in ''[[Wild ArmsARMs 3]]'' who while not a particularly strong fighter, gets this because she's so damn good at using items due to her "Mystic" ability, which lets her make an item hit multiple targets instead of just one, or in the case of certain plot items, cast spells embedded in them for free. Given that she's [[Fragile Speedster|fast]] to boot, means she's always ready for a quick heal/revive to kick off a round. She also keeps the elemental gems from being [[Too Awesome to Use]] (or makes them even better [[Vendor Trash]]).
* Arguably, Midna in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess|The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess]]''. Link's definitely not carrying all his junk, and Midna is seen to teleport the Ordon sword and shield away when you go into Faron Woods' Twilight.
* [[Pokémon]] that have the Pick Up ability can get free items at a random chance after battles and are also generally capable of learning Thief or Covet, which allows them to steal items. They tend to not be good for much else, due to frequently being [[Com Mons]].
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** Strangely enough, in ''[[Fire Emblem]]: The Sacred Stones'' (''FE8''), the '''Item Caddy''' is combined with the heroine... as in, she apparently keeps an entire [[Party in My Pocket|caravan in her pocket]]. So I guess that means it's averted, since she's a good fighter.
** The Laguz from ''Path of Radiance'' and ''Radiant Dawn'' are also Item Caddies in a way. The only items they can actually use are healing items (and special offensive "cards" in ''Radiant Dawn''), while they use their transformations and natural abilities to contribute to the fight. They can use their item slots to carry backup weapons and items for other units, or to unload any treasures that your Beorc (human) characters pick up.
* In ''[[Dungeons and& Dragons]] 3.5'', the [[Eberron]] setting's Artificer class is all about this. They can [[Item Crafting|craft items]] cheaply (and without knowing the spells normally required to do so), [[Tim Taylor Technology|spend multiple uses of a charged item at once to increase its power]], temporarily turn any item into a magic item, or change the effects of magic items. They also get some abilities for healing/damaging [[Golem|Constructs]] - the setting also introduces a Construct race who can treat parts of his body as magic items, meaning that these will see plenty of use. It's generally considered one of the most powerful classes in the game, if [[Difficult but Awesome|one of the most difficult to play]].
* ''[[Dawn of War]]'' 2 has the tactical marine squad lead by Tarkus. Compared to the other squads at your disposal, they are basically middle of the road units (until Tarkus gains the temporary invicibility ability virtually required to win anything on Primarch difficulty) but their main advantage is the huge number of accessory slots they possess. Thus Tarkus is usually the one toting the medkits, grenades and other sundry expendables in many missions.
* In Warhammer Fantasy Battles scrollcaddies are a common use of low level wizards who just walk around ready to dispell enemy spells.
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