Thoughts on house breaking

[malcolm_mountainslayer]

Some sample ruling:

"With the intention of fairness and wanting theft to be a story driven process, we have a few extra rules regarding burgarly in addition to the normal 1 theft per 24 hour rules.

- when theft is done by means of lockpicking, leave a sign you were there. This could be a note a RP item would count as a calling card. Please don't bash a fixture in addition to stealing something.

- if the burgarly is not actaully stealing anything (could be planting evidence or some other plot), or the value of the stolen item is less than $5000; then no evidence is required

- if more than one burglary is commenced against the same qaurter within a month (in addition to the 24 hour rule limitations) then the burglar needs leave a clear non-griefing sign they were there.

Ruling on clear sign:
Though we do not want to limit or spell out player options, the most clear one could be a note in place of the item stolen. This can be posted on a door if a fixture was stolen or you could even swap it out with another prank fixture. You could even go as far as bragging about your exploits by leaving a note on a public board bragging about it.

Try to make a story out of this freedom versus a way of griefing players. If a character is shownnto have thieving patterns that do not help create a story for all, then we will address the player. (Much like how one lining and PvPing everyone you come across would be frowned upon and against the "be nice rule")"

[ReverentBlade]

I've never seen a quarters thief generate a single line of RP.

[Nobs]

I've never seen a quarters thief generate a single line of RP.

I have seen it happen.

[monkeywithstick]

I've never seen a quarters thief generate a single line of RP.

I have seen it happen.

Likewise, I have seen it happen.

[Zavandar]

Most I ever get is "you've been visited by the midnight mouser"

Cool

[Shadowy Reality]

It does happen, but not very often.

Over all my Arelith years I have had it generate interesting RP once. I think it was one of Xarge's old characters (Sando Saikoro maybe?).

I am all for removing open lock from opening doors. I think being able to sneak when a door is open is good enough, as it actually leaves some sort of counter play open. Likewise, I would like for pickpocket to let one steal keys.

[malcolm_mountainslayer]

I mean all of the above claims are anecdotal.

I have also never been pvp killed or stolen from in a meaningful manner for over a decade. Mostly because neither have really ever happened. I might have been pick pocketed once at a lvl 4 pirate on Cordor who now had no coin to smuggle home and or was kind of funny at the time. I have had 99 problems but burgarly and PvP never been one (extremely anecdotal).