The Advantages of Stealing?
Picking pockets in most RPGs usually only yield completely useless stuff that never really warrants the large investment in skill points required to make the skill efficient. But towards the end of the game you should usually have some skill points left over, so why not invest in some fun. Advantages: • Other than giving the player something to do, it also gives you a good excuse to revisit many of the game’s locations, because stealing not only works for merchants but for many of the other NPCs as well. • Stealing is part of the game’s achievement system that yields extra skill points for 10, 30, 60, 100, 200, etc. pockets picked. • Loot: Mostly permanent minerals, permanent Potions (100 pockets picked yielded 5 permanent potions), valuable Power-ups, and other small stuff. Tips: • Invest 10 skill points in the Stealing skill to optimize the loot gain. • Before you pick a pocket (steal), always quick save the game, to let you undo the rare case where stealing fails and alerts the NPC.
