Just wondering what RP choices people play out when they get caught stealing.....

I obviously will do some of my own but I would like some ideas even if you never done them yourself.


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Steal with the Inspector title up and when caught tell them you're working for the province in tracking down some counterfeit coins, tell them you'll go ahead and take care of the counterfeits they had on them but to be careful in the future to avoid unfortunate consequences.

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one particular time i had an embroidery needle and some of the thread from the tannery shop.... so i immediately got both of those out after getting caught, and proceded to give the person a whole song and dance about how their pants had holes in them, and i was just picking up what fell out of them, and I even offered to sew them up so that it wouldn't happen again!


unfortunately there's no "tailor" title.


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I've done the whole, "Who? That guy? Oh he went that way...<point in any direction>"

So you guys got any serious or funny comebacks for when you get the stern look and verbal warning like,

"Stay out of my pockets."

Or, the stupid one....and I hate these because they don't make sense in most situations.

"You're just trying to be a jerk?" Or "You're just trying to start trouble" Or "You're just trying to pick a fight"

NO, NO, I was trying to steal your coin without getting caught...duh!


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"You're just trying to start trouble". "How am I doing so far, Cap'n Obvious?" :continues to steal:

"You just trying to be a jerk?" :blushes: "No, I'm suffering from condition that makes it seem like I am."
"well, would you mind giving it back?" "Sorry, my condition, you know."

"What are you doing in my pockets?" "My hands were cold."

Sometimes I just love to get into trouble and be obvious about it, so even if I get away with the snatch or not I'll just randomly shout stuff like "OMG, WHY THE HECK DO YOU HAVE A PICKLE IN YOUR POCKET?!" This one's really fun, and I was really surprised I pulled off the stunt that first time.

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considering you can't steal on the gondola.... heh.


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yeah, the gondola became nonsteal a very long time ago-- not from the actions of those of our nefarious profession, but from those pesky finger-wagglin moonmages. How utterly demeaning.


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heh heh.. well.. if you saw me on the gondola, chances are I wasn't out to get you.. But I'll make a point to go for ya next time.. umm.. what was your name again?
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oh, and I don't have to search for ya to find ya in most cases. (Aleyden is beast)

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report: not sure if this is a problem.. but there are two sentinel Kristef's on the streets.

SEND[Abasha] That's not Kristef, that's his evil twin, um... Kristeff. Anyway thanks for the heads up!

Always keep secret your true name. =P


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wow, well, I usually mark my target before stealing, I'm very careful on NOT getting caught. Because, getting caught is first of all, not careful stealing, and second of all, suckage, especially if you steal from a barbarian, or a war-mage. Which is why I mainly steal off of traders, they got all the mula anyways, why not?

How does stealing from a trader (whether AFK or not) count as interference????????????

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report: not sure if this is a problem.. but there are two sentinel Kristef's on the streets.

SEND[Abasha] That's not Kristef, that's his evil twin, um... Kristeff. Anyway thanks for the heads up!

Report: So I was cleaning out this trader's pockets when I failed and it seems they're AFK... whoopsies?

But.. if you have no idea they're AFK, and you steal from them and their script breaks, it's not like you had prior knowledge. You weren't intentionally interfering with an AFK scripter (which is what I thought the GM warnings stemmed from).

I could see if you followed them around for 15 minutes continually stealing if you realize they're AFK, but one or two steals I certainly hope would not warrant a warning.

most of the time stealing from 'em is not gonna break their script, so it wouldn't count as interference.

one of the only thing that possibly could you can't do anymore, but it was done way back when scripting was legal.

After shard opened and many, many traders used to trade down there <there were only the 3 outposts then> including shapeshifter et al, there used to be the door to the traders guild that you could open and close. And by closing the door, they would all be lined up all purty and ready to be plucked right there on the street in the city. I think it was Lilheart that showed me that little trick.


Also "mugging" em would count as interference with a script <the ambush clout, ret, ret, steal person thing. that I wouldn't recommend using.




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<<Anything that causes a script to break is considered as interference with an unresponsive experience-gaining player. By extension, those same actions when properly handled by said script would still count against you if a GM happened to see you doing them. It doesn't matter if you reported or not, if someone else did you'll be the one getting in trouble.>>

If I stole from a player, and a GM suddenly dropped out of the sky saying I was being giving a warning for interference, I would be so astonished I probably wouldn't know what to say. It would be as though they were making immunity from pickpocketing some sort of AFK scripting perk, which I know is not the purpose of the no-interference policy. That would really be an amazing new twist on the old "perverting the spirit of the law by adhering to the letter" concept.

I have trouble believing a GM would enforce that interpretation. Pickpocketing is legal. Slipping someone a rock to stop their juggling or dragging a forager into the next room if they bother us too much isn't. Would be interesting if a GM could weigh in here on this question, seeing as this scenario isn't just some crazy idea but something that could easily occur in game (and probably has many times)

Kaxis

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>>I would LOVE for you to supply a log where stealing from a trader breaks their script. Really! I really want YOU to provide that log. Provide it from both views as well. And make it a legitimate script at that.


Way back, and talking around 1998 there were thieves that would drag someone one room so that it would break their script. It really was done and considered abuse. Of course back then if your trading script did anything more than let you travel between outposts it was considered abuse. Things such as the script handing in contracts were a violation. GMs back then use to do invasions of Cyclops to take care of scripting traders too.

<<Did I say anything about dragging? No... I said STEALING. READ! GIVE A LOG (NOT SOME ANECTDOTE) HAVING SOMEONE STEAL FROM A TRADER AND BREAK THEIR SCRIPT. NOT Drag them over the place. NOT Ambush Clout them to knock them out. NOT Anything else but STEAL.

You really need to relax

~Arwinia

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>>NOT Ambush Clout them to knock them out

Unconscious, prone traders still follow their caravans.

-- Player of Lorz

>I know for a fact that some traders' scripts are broken when they catch a thief. Catching someone in their pockets causes their script to think the caravan has caught up and so they move one more room, but the caravan hasn't actually arrived, so the script hangs.

It's one thing to type out "say , following you." On the other hand, a player isn't responsible for someone running an absolutely terrible script.

>>They may give you a push for an occasional pass, but if you're sticking with the person for more than a few grabs there's little chance of you somehow remaining ignorant of the victim's perceived AFK status.

um, not if their perception is bad or if they just don't care to respond because they know they can't do much and running to a guard house off a trail is not worth the time it takes

stop j'loing up the thread

~Arwinia

The Empath spellbook is a riddle trapped in an enigma hidden inside a lot of suck.-Armifer