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Hi all,

One addition to the game that would be helpful in some areas would be the ability to palm items from the ground. It would work similar to stealing, but would allow an individual to pick an item up from the ground or from an object in a room without players or mobiles noticing.

Command: Palm

Example 1 (item from ground to inventory): Palm leaflet

Success: You successfully palm the leaflet without notice.
Failure: You palm the leaflet, but are noticed in the act.

Example 2 (item from inventory to held/worn container): Palm leaflet put bag

Success: You successfully palm the leaflet into the bag without notice.
Failure: You palm the leaflet into the bag, but are noticed in the act.

Example 3 (item from room container or held/worn container to inventory): Palm leaflet get bag

Success: You successfully retrieve the leaflet from the bag without notice.
Failure: You palm the leaflet from the bag, but are noticed in the act.

This would allow individuals to steal objects from the ground or from NPCs and then move them into a container that cannot be peeked. This would be helpful in areas like Capitoline where the locals may not approve of you carrying sacred objects or picking-up items from the ground or from containers.

Sweet idea.

See Skill makes things more complicated, I think.

If there's someone hidden in the room you're not skillful enough to notice, you won't know if you're being observed, or not.

There may be observers in the room who can't see your Palm if their See skill is too low, others who can see it.

Bottom line: you can't know if you're being observed or not, just like Steal or anything else.

Love the idea.

That really is a point. Running with Steal as the example. The command will tell you if your Steal succeeds, that is, if you grabbed the goods and the victim fails to observe you doing it. But there's no guarantee that no-one else in the room sees you. And, you might not even be aware that there's anyone else in the room.

Jordan how do you feel about that, does it change your thinking, or not?

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