NPCs Picking Things Up

[Hoodwink]

I'm just wondering why it is that NPCs in some places of the game instantly pick up any items you drop.  I've found a few nifty items which actually do something if you drop them, and while I'm willing to face a few thieves trying to steal it off the floor, I definately would prefer not to worry about NPCs instantly snatching it.  Is it only in taverns, soldier NPCs, how does this work?  It seems some NPCs do, some don't, but I'm afraid to find out for fear of losing some items.

Hoodwink

[John]

Some NPCs do, some don't. Some pick it up straight away, others don't. I've only seen an elf pick up items and I figure it's IC for elves too. There are plenty of areas you can safely go not to have NPCs steal them, in fact the number of NPCs that don't pick things up far outweigh the number that do.

[Adiadochokinesis]

This is very annoying and leads to weird ass happenenings.

[The7DeadlyVenomz]

OMG - 7 year old thread.

You are an uber thread necromancer.

[Adiadochokinesis]

It's still a major annoyance.

[Gunnerblaster]

A 7-year bump.

That's impressive, especially for such a tiny thread.

But, I do find it slightly obnoxious for some NPC's to insta-grab anything on the floor. Elves snatching things off the ground is pretty... Expected - But I don't like it when I see NPC's carrying things they wouldn't normally carry around - Like a raptor carrying two baobab logs - etwo'ing a lumber axe. >.>

[Riev]

I once saw a raptor wearing ALL the things worn by the hunter it had killed, once the corpse had disappeared.

Nothing like seeing a raptor as a "hooded figure" wielding a flail.

[Marauder Moe]

I once saw a raptor wearing ALL the things worn by the hunter it had killed, once the corpse had disappeared.

Nothing like seeing a raptor as a "hooded figure" wielding a flail.

Clever girl...

[IntuitiveApathy]

I kid you not:

A character of mine was once dragging a barrel through a city street, because it weighed too much for her.

An NPC (human, mind you), nonchalantly picked it up, after my character had come into the room, obliviously dragging it along.

I kind of half wanted to wish up and report the NPC to the nearby soldier as a thief.

[Cutthroat]

Over a year ago:

I was bludgeoned and stabbed by animals packing slingshot pebbles and arrows that hit them (and some that didn't hit them). A tregil bludgeoning you on the head is not fun.

I witnessed the beggar near the Trader's pick up someone's rug. The staff was kind enough to animate said beggar and run around with the rug while we chased him down, which was fun.

I saw a raptor carrying around a new Allanak character's equipment, wielding a sword. It felt so H&S-like to loot coins from an animal.

It's amusing at times, and annoying at others, and I think we would benefit from just seeing that script go away.

[Dar]

Once dropped a bag inside the RS stable, only to have an NPC pick it up. I wished up. The NPC got animated and dropped the bag, which got picked up by a "second" NPC. Then the two NPCs dickered it out, untill finally I ended up buyinng the frigging bag away from both of them. Was funny, but ... kind of annoying.

[musashi]

What about the woman in Tuluk who steals your hitched mounts when you walk by her? She's fun too 

[Medena]

I've had a couple of fun scenes due to the beggar outside the Trader's picking something up.  But, yeah, I agree that generally it is annoying.

[Morrolan]

I saw a Kuraci Sarge in Luir's Outpost gets his sword stolen when he tried to subdue someone and dropped it.

Sidenote: It does make me want to see the tregil fear-script run on some PCs when combat breaks out around them, especially characters with a completely non-combat background.

[Nyr]

I witnessed the beggar near the Trader's pick up someone's rug. The staff was kind enough to animate said beggar and run around with the rug while we chased him down, which was fun.

you're welcome

[tanbiere]

Once dropped a bag inside the RS stable, only to have an NPC pick it up. I wished up. The NPC got animated and dropped the bag, which got picked up by a "second" NPC. Then the two NPCs dickered it out, untill finally I ended up buyinng the frigging bag away from both of them. Was funny, but ... kind of annoying.

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I can feel your pain, I can't even count how many times that's happened to me. It's bad enough it's the stables, but it's just about any darn npc in RS.

[Rotten]

Like a raptor carrying two baobab logs - etwo'ing a lumber axe. >.>

Try three raptors, one wielding a maul.  Ouch.

[brytta.leofa]

Like a raptor carrying two baobab logs - etwo'ing a lumber axe. >.>

Try three raptors, one wielding a maul.  Ouch.

Next time I ride through raptor country, I'm gonna leave a trail of crutches.  (Yes, you can wield them; no, you shouldn't.)

[Zoltan]

One time I had a 'rinthi PC of mine get stopped and questioned by a certain one-eyed templar outside of Trader's. "Lemme see 'at pack" he says. I hand it over, he searches it and finds nothing (thank you myriad wearable items that work as containers!) and tosses it at my knees. Sure enough, the beggar's script kicks in and it's good-bye pack. Luckily, an imm was watching because not one second after the templar's like "give 'im back th' pack", the beggar ingratiatingly goes "just keepin' it safe from thieves I was, Great Lord." I had a good chuckle there. My point is, sometimes it's pretty entertaining when it's not annoying/makes no fucking sense.

[musashi]

It is, I agree. It's nice when staff are around and can make a joke/interesting scene out of it, but when you're an off peak player 9 times out of 10 it's just a shitty inconvienance that makes you almost want to wait for nightfall to gank the NPC and get your crap back.

[RogueGunslinger]

almost?

[musashi]

... almost