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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 9312579" data-attributes="member: 29398">The following assumes I'm a typical stinkin'-rich adventurer type.&nbsp; Answers would be different if I'm another poor person or commoner.LG - pay for the item, then talk to the thief; if there's any potential there, maybe offer employment as a hireling; failing that, report him to the authoritiesNG - pay for the item, then follow the thief and try to determine his circumstances; maybe leave some money-food-etc. on his doorstepCG - quickly assess whether the shopkeeper can handle the loss; if she can, do nothing; if she can't, catch the thief and return the goods then release the thief before the cops arriveLN - catch the thief and turn him in to the authorities as my civic dutyTN - watch and observe while events play out; is the thief acting alone or as part of a group or gang, is he stealing for hunger or for profit, etc.; then mention the theft to the shopkeeper after the thief is gone and leave it for her to sort outCN - join in the fun: start furtively rearranging the shop's contents (maybe or maybe not taking anything for myself, or maybe even adding a thing or two of my own) and then laugh internally as the shopkeeper gets more and more flusteredLE - catch the thief, find out who if anyone he's working for (using force if necessary), then smack him one and let him go; then look into the possibilities of starting a protection racket to fleece the shopkeepersNE - do nothing other than remember the thief's face for later referenceCE - make a loud scene &quot;Thief! Thief!&quot;, then while people are busy/distracted with him, rob the store blind.Edit to add: on reading others' responses, it's interesting how closely we all seem to line up on what the CE person would do. <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&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 9312579, member: 29398"] The following assumes I'm a typical stinkin'-rich adventurer type. Answers would be different if I'm another poor person or commoner. LG - pay for the item, then talk to the thief; if there's any potential there, maybe offer employment as a hireling; failing that, report him to the authorities NG - pay for the item, then follow the thief and try to determine his circumstances; maybe leave some money-food-etc. on his doorstep CG - quickly assess whether the shopkeeper can handle the loss; if she can, do nothing; if she can't, catch the thief and return the goods then release the thief before the cops arrive LN - catch the thief and turn him in to the authorities as my civic duty TN - watch and observe while events play out; is the thief acting alone or as part of a group or gang, is he stealing for hunger or for profit, etc.; then mention the theft to the shopkeeper after the thief is gone and leave it for her to sort out CN - join in the fun: start furtively rearranging the shop's contents (maybe or maybe not taking anything for myself, or maybe even adding a thing or two of my own) and then laugh internally as the shopkeeper gets more and more flustered LE - catch the thief, find out who if anyone he's working for (using force if necessary), then smack him one and let him go; then look into the possibilities of starting a protection racket to fleece the shopkeepers NE - do nothing other than remember the thief's face for later reference CE - make a loud scene "Thief! Thief!", then while people are busy/distracted with him, rob the store blind. Edit to add: on reading others' responses, it's interesting how closely we all seem to line up on what the CE person would do. :) [/QUOTE]

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