How the heck...?

[riant]

I had a thief harassing me last night near Brit bank. He got a target on my pack (I assume), walks away, and a few seconds later comes back gray (not sure why/how...maybe he took something when he first came up next to me). Anyway, at this point I see he's gray and moreover, he has like 15% hp left and no armor. I'm pretty newb, but I'm thinking "no problem", I'm GM Eval. That's one eb. To make a long story short, I must have shot him like 8 times...each eb would only take like a few hitpoints. He just keeps swiping an item, laughing, running around, as I'm plugging away at him with eb's doing almost nothing in damage each time.

Is it possible that GM resist would limit damage to such a low level? Is this something to do with spells in town? He was definitely gray (to me at least).

[Daltrey]

Damage from spells is reduced to 1 in town. I didn't realize that was also true when people flag grey to you, though. Ouch!

Not that this helps with your lost stuff, but have you considered doing your banking elsewhere? West Brit is thief central.

[riant]

aha, thanks. That explains it. He only got some runes. I usually bank elsewhere. Was just there meeting a friend.

[Aminer]

I hear ya. To be honest, 85% of the thieves here are garbage. No skill what so ever. When you see a thief gray in town with minimal health, drop a poison on them. That still works and it annoys the hell out of them, knowing they will be perishing shortly. Perhaps that is what they deserve for being a res-robe thief.

[UnknownLord]

Town pvp = dexxers

[Proselyte]

I got a thief with a successful para - precast para- hally - repeat.

Edit: spelling