Daggerfall:Pickpocket

Your Pickpocketing skill is automatically checked whenever you attempt to sneak an item off another person or engage in a little shoplifting. Not surprisingly, those with a higher Pickpocketing skill get caught less often.

Pickpocket's governing attribute is Agility.

This skill increases at attempts at pickpocketing.

• The chance to pick a pocket is (5 ≤ skill + level_difference*5 ≤ 95)%.
• The chance to successfully steal item(s) from the shelf is (skill + cost/32 + weight/4)%.
• Unsuccessful attempts at stealing increase the Stealth skill.
• Stealing from shelves does not increase this skill.

Description

"Pickpocketing is a skill automatically checked whenever one attempts to steal an item off a person or shelf without being detected."

Classes

The following classes have Pickpocket as a skill:

• Primary Skill
  • Bard
  • Thief

• Major Skill
  • Rogue

• Minor Skill
  • Acrobat
  • Assassin
  • Burglar

Factions

The following factions have Pickpocket as a required skill:

• Thieves Guild
• The Resolution of Zenithar

Training

Pickpocket training is offered by the following factions:

• Thieves Guild
• The Resolution of Zenithar

Pickpocketing Messages

You may receive a number of messages when you successfully pickpocket someone:

• "You have pilfered a dirty, sticky handkerchief."

• "All your victim possessed was a greasy hairbrush."

• "Your victim's pockets were empty, except for some string and a bit of paper."

• "You have pilfered a few worthless pebbles."

• "Your victim had nothing worth stealing, just some scraps of snake skin."

• "For some reason, your victim was carrying a dead rat around."

• "There were a few pieces of glass in your victim's pocket with which you almost cut yourself."

• "You have pilfered a small piece of cloth, speckled with blood."

• "There is nothing in your victim's pocket but an ink-stained handkerchief."

• "Your victim was carrying nothing but a small scrap of yellow fabric."

• "All you managed to pilfer from your victim was a shopping list."

• "Your victim's pockets were full of leaves, none of which are particularly rare or unusual."

• "There is a draft for a romantic poem in your victim's pocket. It looks like a bad poem."

• "Your victim was carrying a bit of deer horn in a satchel."

• "There was nothing of interest in your victim's pockets, just some dice for gambling."

• "There were only two buttons and a bit of thread in your victim's pockets."

• "There were a few grapes in your victim's pockets, apparently being saved for later consumption."

• "You have pilfered a crust of bread, apparently once part of a sandwich."

• "There was a small piece of meat in your victim's pocket, apparently once part of a sandwich."

• "There was not much of interest in your victim's satchel, just a bit of bone from a small mammal."

• "There was a small glass marble in your victim's pocket, pretty but useless."

• "You have pilfered a small square of red fabric from your victim's satchel.& [sic]"

• "You have not pilfered much of interest, just a piece of cheese and a scrap of crusty bread."

• "There was some twine in your victim's pocket, but not enough to be of any use to you."

• "There is little [sic] of use in your victim's pockets, just some lint, a bit of thread, and an old button."

• "There is very little in your victim's pockets worth taking, just a few scraps of tattered paper."

• "Your victim's pockets are greasy with oil - apparently something spilled in there."

• "All you pilfer from your victim is a soiled handkerchief.& [sic]"

• "You pilfer a note from your victim, a shopping list for a nearby equipment store."

• "Your victim was carrying two small pieces of wood, apparently something that needed repair."

• "There is nothing of interest in your victim's pocket, just a few flakes of lint."

• "You find nothing in your victim's pockets, just a bit of lint and a piece of string."

• "You find a small, warm, wet ball in your victim's satchel - possibly a bit of bat guano."

• "You have pilfered a small engraving of a woman, apparently your victim's mother."

• "You have pilfered a note, a letter from your victim's father, detailing hometown gossip."

• "You pilfer a few amateurly drawn charcoal sketches from your victim."

• "Your victim had nothing but a letter from a friend, describing life in a nearby village."

• "You find an unmailed letter to your victim's mother, describing the petty crime common to the area."

• "You pilfer a pressed wildflower from your victim, pretty but not uncommon at all."

• "Your victim was carrying a packet of seeds, most of which are blackened with age."

• "There is nothing useful in your victim's pockets, just a small ball of wax."

• "You find nothing of value in your victim's satchel, just a ball of flavored wax."

• "You pilfer a receipt from a faraway tavern."

• "Your victim is carrying nothing of value, just a small square of black velvet."

• "There is nothing of value in your victim's pocket."

• "You successfully search your victim's satchel, but nothing in it is of value."

• "You do not find anything of worth in your victim's pockets."

• "There is nothing in your victim's pocket except a dull letter from a friend in a neighboring village."

• "You pilfer a few pebbles your victim has unaccountably been collecting."

• "All you pilfer from your victim is a contract from a local moneylender for ten gold pieces."

Notes

• This skill is referred to as both "Pickpocketing" and "Pickpocket" in various sources.