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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Zulgyan" data-source="post: 3460501" data-attributes="member: 18785">I made up this houserule... could be a good use.LONG TERM PICK-POQUETINGBasics: Each week spent pickpocketing, the rogue rolls a Sleight of Hand Check vs. a sort of "comunity" Spot Check. If the Sleight of Hand check beats the Spot check, then the Rogue makes money as per the Profession skill (1/2 roll in gp); if the Rogue's check wins by 5-9, he or she earns 3/4 roll in gp. If 10+ he earn roll in gp.If a rogue spends less time, say 5 o 2 days pickpoqueting, simply divide result by 7 and the multiply the result by the number of days spent on activity. Sleight of Hand Modifiers:Thorp                -3Hamlet                -2Village                -1Small Town        +0Large Town        +3Small City        +6Large City        +9Metropolis        +12Note: bigger cities favour hiding and escaping from authorities and also provide more wealthSynergies5 ranks in Move Silently give you +2.5 ranks in gather info give you +2. Spot Modifiers:The DM must determine guard-density and zealousness in law-enforcing.Near to 0 Guard        +2Lightly Guarded           +4 Normal Guarded         +8Heavely Guarded        +12 or more.Special                Varieble to DM appreciations Special: A gather information or Knowledge Local check against a DC of 15 or 20 (your choise) lets the PC know the spot modifier will be facing. He learns about guard-shift time, less controlled areas, which are the best escape routes, guard routine, etc. This check represents prior info gathering to decide if the rougue takes the risk or not. Failure: If the Spot check equals or exceeds the Sleight of Hand check, assume the Rogue is caught on one or two days but escapes, making no profit on those days but still getting some valuables on other days of that week. This would probably mean he or she gets half the normal amount from the Sleight of Hand check. If the Spot check beats it by 1-4 points, say the Rogue gets caught several times and narrowly escapes, making only a little money (one-fifth or so of the normal amount for his skill check). If the Spot check beats his or her Sleight of Hand check by 5 or more points, say he's caught at some point during the week and thrown in jail (or stocks/pillories, or an empty well/pit, or a dungeon, or whatever the locals use for keeping captured criminals out of trouble).How your town's authorities deal with thieves is up to you; in some places they may chop the thief's hands off, or just a few fingers; in other places, they may confiscate all of the thief's money, gems, jewelry, and precious stones, then set him or her free after a few days in the jail/stocks/whatever; and in other places, thieves may be punished by being publically abused, humiliated, and left to suffer for a few days or weeks with little food and little water, until finally set free; all of the thief's possessions might be confiscated by the authorities to repay the victims or pay the salaries of the town guards, or just some of the thief's money may be confiscated to be returned to the victims and pay for the bit of food, drink, and time spent by guards in keeping the thief alive and imprisoned until his or her release.Continued Activity: Each week of continued "activity" the Spot Modifier increases +2, becuase guards are more wary, people are more prudent and the PC starts to gain certain infamy.A rogue that stops activity can reduce those bonuses at -2 per week of non-activity and low-profile.Bonuses may not increase higher than community modifier, but can always increase to at least +2. This are just guidelines and criteria could vary from town to town given the cir<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />ances. Maybe the community hires mercenaries or adventurers to hunt the thief down thus increasing the spot bonus check.While Spot Modifier beacause of "continued activity" is still positive, authorities are still looking for the thieve no matter he stoped stealing. This reflects the communities determination to bring him to justice. They continue looking for the thief until thier spot bonus because of continued activity goes back to zero, each week with a -2 reducing the spot check because of innactivity. This represents that new problems arise for authorities, or that they think that the thief is finnaly gone, etc., so they search with less dedication.DM may have autorities abort search at anytime if he so wishes.Against this spot checks, the PC rolls an opposed hide, bluff, or disguise (the PC chooses).   Escaping Imprisonment: If a character is in jail and wants to escape, you set a DC in acordance to what think is the security level of the jail. Once you got the DC you can have the PC roll a number of abstract checks at your choice. This can be escape artists checks, bluff, open locks, move silenty, BAB (to represent a short combat), disguise, etc. Keep it abstract and simple.If PC fails any of your requirements, he is caught escaping and will be subject to the normal punishment, or worse.</blockquote>

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