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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AuraSeer" data-source="post: 4269227" data-attributes="member: 1331">Rich folks have plenty of resources, both to defend themselves and take revenge on their enemies. Robbing the noblemen should wind up being a bad idea-- or else why wouldn't every mid-level rogue give up adventuring to become a burglar?As soon as the second house gets robbed, the nobles are going to know something is up. They'll petition the local government to do something about the thefts. If that fails to work (or doesn't make sense in your gameworld), the rich folks will spend some of their own money on protection. At first they'll probably act individually, but if the crime spree continues they're likely to pool their efforts for greater defense.When they get paranoid enough to install magical defenses and hire guards with levels, your thief should have big problems. Some night as soon as he slides open a window, an alarm trap will go off, a Brd4 guard will hose the area with glitterdust (-40 to Hide checks, no save), and then a squad of light-armored fighters will chase him through the streets and try to shoot him full of arrows.For the people who have already been robbed, there are divination spells that could find the identity of the thief. Good-aligned victims are likely to offer a reward for his capture, and also report him to the city guard (even if he can't be arrested without more evidence). Unscrupulous victims may retaliate directly, even going so far as to hire assassins to punish the offender and retrieve their property.And speaking of the stolen property, what does the thief intend to do with it? The loot he gets from the houses will include very little cash; most of it will be jewelry, artwork, silverware, that kind of thing. If he tries to sell all of it on the black market, he'll get pennies on the dollar at best, and the fences will only be willing to buy so much hot merchandise at once.What's more, disposing of all that loot will make it obvious to the underworld that he is behind the string of upper-class burglaries, and someone is certain to snitch on him for the reward. Then the next time he shows up to fence a new haul, the police will be waiting to ambush him with overwhelming force.</blockquote>

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