UO Second Age

Tabbing out, however, lets you steal. Someone being stolen from during a battle however could repeatedly attack last in hopes of "disrupting" a steal.

Once the target for stealing is up, if the victim attacks again then it has no effect and the steal is still possible.

I hope just because this is in the demo, it is not definitely era accurate.

Stealing should be functioning in the same manner here. There are patch notes that re-iterate the inability to steal while in combat as a thief with the introduction of the thieves guild, but the ability to steal when tabbed out is maintained.

Just checked on SecondAge, it is possible to steal while in combat.

This is exactly why you keep things in several stacks in several containers. Most importantly bandages, and regs. A nice locked container is a good idea to have as well.
If you can, a trapped box as well.

Gonna have the say that the demo is inaccurate(to our desired timeframe) on this one.

This was actually a very early change to UO. Here are the patch notes that cite the introduction of the restriction. I had been mistaken about the re-iteration of the restriction to stealing however (it was actually just the original patch note that I was recalling):

10/29/97

• You can't steal during combat anymore.

Here is a portion of the UOR patch notes that cites the removal of the restriction to combat stealing:

Thievery Changes

• You will be able to steal items from others while in combat. All requirements for stealing (such as being in the thieves guild) will still apply.

Nice find.

razor macro:

exit war mode
pause .800
useskill stealing
waitfortarget
targetbytype (black pearl or whatever you're stealing)
attacklast



problem solved. go ahead and patch away!

the pause isn't necessary