NPCs + Pickpocketing

[rant] For the love of all that is cherishable, put in a bleeding toggle that sets an NPC to hostile when you catch it pickpocketing you! I lost a bunch of stuff and died to boot when Teleport Without Error failed (no reason why that I could see, since I had it memorized 3 times), and then the area reset on my way back to it.[/rant]

No, seriously. I was visiting a merchant shop, and the moment I enter the door, a hostile NPC yells at me and pickpockets me. I promptly smite him and take my item back (and his in repayment, of course). I then go into the store, and the MERCHANT this time runs over and immediately pickpockets me...repeatedly. I smite him too, and loot....and he instantly respawns right where he'd been originally standing. This occurred repeatedly, even while another door opened and a bandit army came swarming in to attack and pilfer from me. I -don't care- if NPCs pickpocket. I don't care if they take things. BUT FOR THE LOVE-...sorry. However, if you CATCH them taking something...*deep breath* ...they should automatically be set to enemy, and NOT instantly respawn to keep stealing from you!

I agree

Oh, and note, the Merchant never turned hostile on getting caught pickpocketing. I attacked him a round or two after the attempt and he was still 'blue' at the time.

EDIT: [rant] And no, I'm not going to care about breaking factions if this is the kind of OOC crap stuff that gets in the way of proper IC behavior. [/rant]

Friends,
Where did it occur? I'll track down the issue, obviously it is not running as intended.

Be well. Game on!
GM_ODA

The Maze under the Justice Inn. Can't really describe how to get there, so I will show you next time we're both on.

ODA knows where it is

'cording to ODA, merchants are supposed to instantly respawn, and the area was a thief guild. That still doesn't solve the problem of not hostiling when caught stealing.

We will review scripts and locations. Note, Merchants hand a lot of money each day, the next step in our new merchant rollout will include DEFENSES FOR MERCHANT SHOPS this means, attacking a merchant will be generally a bad idea.

Sorry 'bout the confusion, but the merchants in the guild shop, they are supposed to be sneaky and if you are not a member, they will pick your pockets.

Be well. Game on.
GM_ODA

That's fine, I didn't know it was a guild shop. So long as it's not a bug, it's all good. I had thought it was perhaps some part of an undercity or some sort of thing, maybe.