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Giraxa Vesewith

As one who plays rogues almost exclusively when given a choice, it seems simple to me.

This is indeed an rpg.  as such, the rogue should be allowed to thieve and to pickpocket at will.  he/she should also be ready to accept consequences of his/her actions.

the victim should be able to post wanted bulletins and/or bounties for the purloiner of his property.  the act of thieving should nullify the thief\'s no pk settings (but not auto-hostile unless caught in the act AND it was in the presence of the party hostiling) insofar as the victim and his/her allies are concerned.  the rest of the gaming world should have to rely on acceptance of any bounty to be able to override the thief\'s anti-pk settings.

should the victim not immediately catch the thief, said victim should be able (if he/she can afford the beareacratic fee) to file for a bounty on the thief.

remember, there\'s some other thief out there with knowledge of my rogue\'s whereabouts.  a decent rogue\'s gotta have some political ties and alliances.  make the bounty high enough and you\'ll get the info necessary to retrieve your item AND the rogue\'s head, perhaps.  there is, after all, only limited honor among thieves.

the fee could be a percentage (OHHHHH OR A MULTIPLE) of the take, and a npc could act as the arbiter of the bounty.  if the AI would be too hard, then perhaps a non-hostile/neutral certified-public-accountant-like player who could volunteer for that job as an additional role in citizenship in the game world.

the thief could also return the item to that third party with a fee or premium to wipe the slate clean for that particular infraction.

think of it as a baldur\'s gate-esque cowled wizard\'s like thingy...only thievery, not spellcasting, is the infraction involved.

if nothing else, it would add serious depth!

i\'d kill to lay out such an underlying system...i can\'t code though!

sorry about the lower case... am emailing from a tungsten.