Theivery in Mizahar?

[Yankotsu]

Hello there friendly helpers of Mizahar! I am hoping to start my charactrer as a thief, but I see that this site is very strict on keeping tabs on money, items, and NPCs... So if someone could give me a guide or help me better understand how thievery works around here I would great appreciate it. Maybe a fellow thief with a reference? Someone who has seena thief in action give me some advice on how to go about it? I have never been apart of such an organized Forum before so I'm new to keeping usch tight tabs lol.

[Kirvan Deepseeker]

Thievery counts as a job here under the job list. They work like any other occupation, where you need two job threads a season to get paid by the end. For these job threads, you can control minor NPCs for the sake of simplicity, just remember to play within your skill level.

For stealing from other PCs, you generally should agree on what happens before it does, but if that fails you can ask an ST to weigh in and determine success. Your primary income will be the seasonal wages from your job threads however.

Hope that helps!

[Yankotsu]

What if I steal certain items from the minor NPCs, do they get added to my CS? Or if I sell items that I steal within those threads to a fence or a merchant at the docks? Would I be credited that gold as well as the salary from having the job? Also I read the rules of Syliras, because I plan on having a flashback at some point in that city, and one of the rules is that you cannot create certain NPCs of your own free whim, does that apply to other cities as well or are others more relaxed about minor NPC?

[Imass]

Hey yankotsu,

At the end of every thread, a moderator will grade it for you and let you know the reward. If in the thread you attempt a pick pocket for example, then the moderator at the end tells what actually goes in your pocket (I.e your cs) These thread rewards are in addition to your seasonal wages as a thief.

As for the NPCs question all you have to do is pm a local moderator and they will give you permission to use npcs. Especially syliras. Just pm a storyteller and ask if you can make an npc and they will likely say yes!

Imass

[Yankotsu]

Hello to you too Imass, and thank you for the help.

So what you are saying is that I tell about picking a pocket of a random street NPC, and a mod/storyteller will then tell me what/if anything I get from it?

I guess my last question on the situation is is I am allowed to enter a house, owned by an NPC, and steal items that I can actually see, and if so am I awarded them on CS after a Storyteller approves of the thread?

[Mirage]

Hey Yankotsu!

Imass and Kirvan have done an amazing job with your questions so I just wanted to add a small little tidbit to this . If you are planning any sort of breaking and entering, or even simple theft, make sure you have all of the associated skills. For instance it is very unlikely that a novice in Pickpocketing will be able to steel from anyone without being caught (that doesn't mean you can't make a run for it of course ) and teh same goes for the lock picking skill. If you are a novice lock picker it will take a lot of effort to open even the simplest of locks in the less secure neighborhoods, and most often when you get in there there wont be much worth steeling in the first place. For the more ritzy and rich areas a higher level in the skills above would be required, and perhaps Larceny as well for any true success.

But to answer your question, yes after you turn in the thread where you successfully break in and steal something the ST in your domain will award your thread with what you have taken, but it is up to you to deal with the items afterwards (i.e. selling them, hiding/stashing them, ect). Just be sure you play to your skill level and include the appropriate amount of effort (and failure!) in each thread as is expected of someone of your characters skill level . Good luck!

Question your Reality,
Mirage

P.S. I have not looked at your CS but Stealth is a good skill to have as a thief, as well as slight of hand and other such skills

[Yankotsu]

Hello to you too Mirage!

I would like to thank all of you for your help, you have answered all of my questions to the T and I really appreciate you taking the time! You have helped me out a lot.


But of course any and all advice for thieves is welcome lol

[Kirvan Deepseeker]

Actually, just to clear something up from Mirage's post, most of those activities are listed under one skill: Larceny. It covers pickpocketing, lockpicking, and avoiding simple traps like the kind you'd find in a home or on a chest. Makes it a lot easier to be a thief in general.