Thieves and pockpocketing.

[whenwizardswar]

I am putting this in general so everyone will see it.

I hope the rest of the staff will stand by me with what I am about to say, and I stand very sure and very serious when I say this.

Any ANYONE who is seen continuously pickpocketing the same PC over and over and over and over again and stealing outrageous things and thinking they got away with it will be punished accordingly, this is GRIEFing, and lets face it stealing the shields of two+ people, as well as armor, weapons AND most of their other belongings? I'm sorry but a blind rock would notice the thief doing that.

Any reports of continued, repeatad pickpocketing of the same NPC will be considered griefing and the items will be stripped and returned to the player, and a punishment will be given to the offending player after the staff talks about the situation and agrees on a suitable punishment.

I'm sure most if not the whole staff will agree with me, if you want to be an OOC arse and abuse a system, you will be given a fitting punihsment.

I am not mentioning names here, but I am going to send a PM to each staff member pointing out specific names, and those who fall into the topic this post talks about will be pulled aside and talked to.

Edit:This is really not open for discussion, but if you wish to add something CONSTRUCTIVE please do so, any negative feed back, or finger pointing and i will promptly ask JFN to delete it.

If you have been subjected to the sitaution detailed in this post, please send a PM to myself, ice and the other DMs detailing what you lost, if you lost it all in a row (Within moments of each other) and if you know who the culprit was.

[lorgin2003]

for those playing rogue types, i recommend playing other games to see how the actions actually work before using them in a D&D environment. for stealth, any of the metal gear solid games is good. for any sort of theft, thief:deadly shadows is a perfect tutorial. it's one of the free games that gametap offers, and really lets you see how hard it is to just get a pouch off a person's belt.

[Iceshard]

I stand by Wiz on this one as well. If you are caught (by the player) on the first try and he beats you down.. I will strip the items from you that you took, and do something else to reflect that you got caught.
If its a grieving situation there will be far worse reprocussions for your actions that can result in stripping of gear, booting, or other nasty effects.. As JLF has said, stop the PP of other players until we get a script in for it...

-Ice