stealing questions

[IdleBlade]

All, I am working on a thief character and have a couple of questions.

1. How do you "random steal"? Is it simply targeting a person with the steal target instead of an item in their pack?
2. Can you steal from monsters in this game?

Thanks in advance for any help with this.

[Hicha]

Taken from http://guide.uo.com/skill_33.html

Using Stealing
There are two methods by which a pickpocket may approach his trade; directly or randomly.
To randomly steal an item:

# Click the blue gem next to the skill on your skill list.
# Target a container, creature, NPC or player.

If successful, a random item from your target appears in your backpack.
To approach stealing a bit more selectively:

# Use the Snooping skill to peek inside a container or backpack.
# Select the specific item to steal and drag the item into your inventory.

If successful, the item is moved to your inventory.

Yes, you can steal from some monsters as well.

[Kaivan]

Just a small note, the method of dragging an item to your pack as being your attempt to steal is not accurate to the era. Throughout T2A, UOR, and even AoS, selected stealing was always done by targeting the specific item after using the stealing skill.

With respect to random stealing, in order to random steal, simply target the monster or player instead of a specific item. In that kind of situation it will attempt to steal a random item in their bag.

[IdleBlade]

Thanks everybody, I appreciate the help! Hope to see you in-game