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Pick Pocket

Pick Pocket takes gold or an item out of somebody else's backpack. It is rebuilt on this server and works nothing like the one in the base game.

AbilityDexterity
Requires trainingYes
Armour check penaltyYes
Available toEvery class
Counts as an attackYes
Range2 metres from a player, 4 metres from anyone else

Skill point cost by class

One point per rank: Assassin, Bard, Rogue, Shadowdancer, Skald.

Two points per rank: Arcane Archer, Barbarian, Blackguard, Cleric, Divine Champion, Druid, Dwarven Defender, Elite Guard, Fighter, God's Eye Scout, Monk, Northern Templar, Paladin, Pale Master, Purple Dragon Knight, Ranger, Red Dragon Disciple, Shifter, Sorcerer, Warlock, Weapon Master, Wizard.

How many attempts you get

Per rest3 + (your rank / 10)
Against one target6 thefts, ever - after that the target has nothing more to take

Resting clears the first counter. The second does not reset.

The check

Your d20 + Pick Pocket against the target's d20 + Spot + the modifiers below. A tie goes to the target - you must come out ahead.

SituationDifficulty
trying the same target again after failing+5
the target is already hostile to you+5
you are in combat+10
the target is in combat-10
you are sneaking-5
the target has detect mode on+5
the target can see you+10
the target cannot see you-10
the target can hear you+5
the target cannot hear you-5
night, outdoors, and the target has no darkvision, ultravision or true seeing-5

A blind target does not get its Spot at all - unless it has true seeing, which cancels the blindness for this purpose, or Blind Fight, which leaves it a quarter of its Spot, or half if it is a boss.

Losing narrowly still works. If the amount you lost by is within 10% of the target's total, the theft succeeds anyway and nobody notices.

Being caught

  • the target is told, and so are you
  • Greater Sanctuary, Invisibility, Improved Invisibility and stealth are stripped from you
  • you cannot move for 2.5 seconds
  • a player target turns hostile towards you
  • anyone else turns, shouts, and attacks

While mounted

Being on a mount reduces this skill by 50.

Required for

Nothing requires ranks in Pick Pocket.

See also