stop sleight of hand pickpocketing?

[the Jester]

Since you're a caster you don't have Spot, but you probably have a high Int or Wis. After you catch him- alarm, explosive runes, glyph of warding, sepia snake sigil, whatever- give him one warning, and let him know that if anyone finds anything missing, you will execute him. Then, when he inevitably can't keep his hands to himself, execute him. If the player whinges, tell him to play a character that doesn't screw the rest of the party over- or don't bother letting him join the party.

 

[StreamOfTheSky]

explosive runes are good

Not when the person triggering them has Evasion.

 

[Trance-Zg]

Trap the backpack with sonic lance spell from SpC.

 

[the Jester]

I think you get the idea- warn him once, then kill him. Don't accept "Nuh-uh, you didn't see me take it!" Counter with "My wisdom is 18 and we caught you before."

Kill him or boot him from the party. Don't show any tolerance for this. He won't stop.

 

[NEXxREX]

hes not bad but iv played with him in other campaigns, right now hes a githzerai lv 2 rogue, and he is a pain with skills, (sleight of hand which is broken as hell as far as the dc's go, move silently/hide, and tumble) and being a dread necro lv 3 i cant really stop him from messing with me cause i "dont know" what happened to my stuff (not to mention my limited spell list). now they dont know im a necro and my items are going to supplement alot of my lack of casting ability, and being items are essential to me (especially when our dm makes necromancy hated throughout the world) if my items start disappearing then its gonna screw me around to no end, im pretty much preparing to take him out if necessary.

but i found the third eye aware in MIC which give a +10 to spot for only 10k (which iv almost saved up, and it cant be stolen) and i can supplement alot of these low lv spells with scrolls which are relatively easy to find (btw were playing freeport campaign so in a city of pirates its something i can say im worried about without metagaming) but i was also thinking about putting one lv in rogue, if i can tumble him for a d/c of 20 (and as a cat folk i have +5 to dex....yes im a catfolk necro...with a few pts in it i could deny his dex if it ever came to a fight, and ranged touch attacks are easy when you have to hit a 10.) but when my amulet of NA +2 and ring of protection +2 went missing i was pretty P/O. and iv seen him mess with others in the party and its all about opportunity so if i beef up my spot and start seeing him doing things ill stop him from messing with me and i can also get past his disguise i can figure out hes not from our plane and get a banishment scroll for about 2.5k, which would end it right there. i was also considering a wand of hold person for only 4.5k as well

 

[RainOfSteel]

i cant really stop him from messing with me cause i "dont know" what happened to my stuff (not to mention my limited spell list).

You're in a party with a rogue. Your suspect list is limited.

Buy some small caltrops, cover them with deep black soot, and fill your pouches with them. The next time he steals from you, he'll hurt his hands (he better not have magic gloves protecting his hands at level 2), bleed all over, and coat himself with soot on top of that (mixing in with the blood). Let him try to explain it away.

Hire someone to shadow you and spot the thief in action. It shouldn't be that expensive.

 

[RUMBLETiGER]

You're a Dread Necro and you can't justify slaying an ally upon the slightest suspicion? You're playing Dread Necro Wrong.

Ask your DM how much a mousetrap would cost in game. Line your pockets.

Seriously... Dread Nacro dude. Glare at him, that should end it.

 

[kitcik]

You're a Dread Necro and you can't justify slaying an ally upon the slightest suspicion? You're playing Dread Necro Wrong.

Ask your DM how much a mousetrap would cost in game. Line your pockets.

Seriously... Dread Nacro dude. Glare at him, that should end it.

I think his stealing was really just a cry of "I want to be a zombie please!"

 

[Dandu]

Perhaps you should shake the rogue's hand for stealing so well.

 

[NEXxREX]

You're a Dread Necro and you can't justify slaying an ally upon the slightest suspicion? You're playing Dread Necro Wrong.

Ask your DM how much a mousetrap would cost in game. Line your pockets.

Seriously... Dread Necro dude. Glare at him, that should end it.

my first problem is were in freeport...a pirate city so w/o meta gaming literally anyone could have done it.

any my main problem is that its a world that necromancers are particularly hunted down, no one likes them, literally everyone and their brother doesn't like them even other evil people (i think my DM just wanted to mess with me cause i wanted to play a necro). but im gonna end up buying the third eye aware (+10 to spot) and once i catch him im going to cast HOLD PERSON in his sleep, and have a little chat. if i see him mess with any of our party hes done pure and simple. i mean i dont like intimidating other party members because i want them to be free to do what their characters would do and i want them to enjoy the game but hes pretty much forcing my hand, and push comes to shove i can cast things that would make him crap himself.

thank you everyone for your help and input and those bags of devouring seem very fun

-NEX