This is an era accurate feature and should be replicated here as part of the effort to create the T2A experience.Ultima Online: The Second Age Patch Notes for 09/01/1999
These are official patch notes from the release of Ultima Online: The Second Age. These patch notes are were found at [1].
Mini-Update Sep 1 1999 7:36PM CST
The following changes will be in effect after the shards come back from their daily maintenance.
* Characters that are flagged as criminals or aggressors will no longer be able to instantly log out of the game while in their house or in an inn.
* Murderers (reds) who are not flagged as criminals or aggressors will be able to instantly log out of the game while in their house or in an inn.
* A bug involving the Reactive Armor Spell will be fixed.
* The Reactive Armor spell will be reactivated.
* "Young" players will not be able to loot player corpses at all.
* "Young" players will not be able to poison another player with a poisoned weapon.
* Issues involving veteran accounts and “Young” player status will be fixed.
* NPCs will no longer move at a faster than normal rate.
* Chests that spawn items will no longer produce spellbooks.
* Transferring a pet will no longer result in the pet going wild.
Yeah, I'm not a fan of it either but it's era accurate. On the plus side, it does hamper 'house fighting'.