In a game as combat-heavy as Baldur's Gate 3, the strengths of the resourceful rogue go a bit underappreciated. In tabletop Dungeons & Dragons, the limitless nature of the setting allows rogues to get creative with their stealth, persuasion and various disguises. It's not the most effective combat class, but a rogue's ability to circumvent direct confrontation makes them invaluable in a tabletop setting.
From a practical point of view, rogues are also valuable because they don't have any finite resources. Rogues don't have spell slots, superiority dye, powers that can only be used once per rest and so on. Regardless of how long a party has been on their feet, the inexhaustible rogue will still be close to full power.
Players can choose between several main rogue archetypes with varying abilities and traits. However, not all subclasses are made equal.
However, these qualities don't really shine through in Baldur's Gate 3. Sure, there are stealth mechanics and robbing the various merchants of Baldur's Gate can be entertaining, but plenty of quests end in some form of unavoidable combat, which isn't a strong point of the rogue. Also, the abundance of resources in Baldur's Gate 3 means you can spam...
