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<blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 6143752" data-attributes="member: 42582">Plenty of sensible posts in this thread. I tend to agree with&nbsp; [MENTION=40176]MarkB[/MENTION]'s ideas.&nbsp; [MENTION=177]Umbran[/MENTION] also makes a good point about how to structure the &quot;quest&quot; in relation to the theft.My question to&nbsp; [MENTION=95351]Omegaxicor[/MENTION] is: how are you actually intending to resolve the theft at the table?Assuming you're running some version of D&amp;D, none has very sophisticated action resolution rules for theft (other than disarming weapons or picking pockets). If you just fiat the action resolution and tell the players that the thief snatches the item from them and runs off, that could reasonably be taken as GM railroading.&nbsp;[MENTION=21169]Doug McCrae[/MENTION]'s suggestion for the actual action resolution is good in this respect. Provided the players get their Insight/Sense Motive checks (if you're playing an edition that includes such abilities) then you're not actually having to fiat the action resoution mechanics. You're just tricking them, and that's generally fair game (though still needs to be handeld with care, I think).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pemerton, post: 6143752, member: 42582"] Plenty of sensible posts in this thread. I tend to agree with [MENTION=40176]MarkB[/MENTION]'s ideas. [MENTION=177]Umbran[/MENTION] also makes a good point about how to structure the "quest" in relation to the theft. My question to [MENTION=95351]Omegaxicor[/MENTION] is: how are you actually intending to resolve the theft at the table? Assuming you're running some version of D&D, none has very sophisticated action resolution rules for theft (other than disarming weapons or picking pockets). If you just fiat the action resolution and tell the players that the thief snatches the item from them and runs off, that could reasonably be taken as GM railroading. [MENTION=21169]Doug McCrae[/MENTION]'s suggestion for the actual action resolution is good in this respect. Provided the players get their Insight/Sense Motive checks (if you're playing an edition that includes such abilities) then you're not actually having to fiat the action resoution mechanics. You're just tricking them, and that's generally fair game (though still needs to be handeld with care, I think). [/QUOTE]

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