As far as Tas goes, Kender are professional adventurers. While he is annoying, he has legitimate skills and knowledge, has been just about everywhere at least once, is as decent a navigator as the setting allows given that the world blew up comparatively recently, and can be exceptionally cunning in his problem solving when he applies himself. Theyre annoyances in the Dragonlance setting because "professional adventurer" is not really a thing unless youre a Kender, but in, say, the Forgotten Realms every adventuring party would want to have a well traveled Kender along.