Stealing from monsters

[uofuntime]

Is it true that you can steal gold from monsters? I've never heard of this as I never really played a thief before, but a thief friend told me this. Are other loot items also steal-able? Sorry if this question is totally noobish but it seems like a good way to make gold!

[Van Raily]

I remember you could, and it became a big thing recently on OSI shards (getting monster-only stealable rares), but I don't know when it was that you could steal from monsters. Must have been early, though, 'cause I don't remember ever doing it in the later years at all (only had Stealing in the 60s, back when you couldn't lock your skills/stats, and before Thieves Guild).

[Mikel123]

You can, yes. And you don't need to be in the thieves guild to steal from monsters. Not to mention, since they're gray, you don't go gray. It's sometimes fun to steal half the gold from a monster while someones killing it. Then try to out-loot them for the other half.

[emac]

You can, yes. And you don't need to be in the thieves guild to steal from monsters. Not to mention, since they're gray, you don't go gray. It's sometimes fun to steal half the gold from a monster while someones killing it. Then try to out-loot them for the other half.

I use to do this on OSI. I would go to the LL room and steal from the liches/LL while people were EV'ing them from the top. People would get so pissed, but I don't remember anyone attacking me. I think they were afraid of flagging since there was always a ton of people in there.

[uofuntime]

Thanks for the replies everyone.

You can, yes. And you don't need to be in the thieves guild to steal from monsters. Not to mention, since they're gray, you don't go gray. It's sometimes fun to steal half the gold from a monster while someones killing it. Then try to out-loot them for the other half.

Oh excellent! I am wondering when you steal, do you get all the gold at once or little by little? That would be more of a challenge then.

[Mikel123]

You get a random amount within the range of weights you can successfully steal.

[Hicha]

This is also great during events like the Cove Attack where dragons would randomly have trophies. Saw quite a few people steal the trophies before the dragons were dead.

[Wonko the Sane]

I was doing this in a crowded area one day and noticed someone complaining to another that the loot was really terrible that day.

Not for me it wasn't!