Runebook question

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  1. Sapharious

    Sapharious Active Member

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    Sorrry if asked before, couldn't find it.

    I know Runebooks here are not newby and will be left on your corpse.

    My question is though, can they be stolen by thieves. They have 0 weight but I have been hit by thieves several times and they never target my runebooks.. even when it was clearly the most valuable item.

    I don't want to have to build up a thief just to test this myself. :)
  2. Willy

    Willy Well-Known Member

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    Can be stolen if in a bag that is light enough to steal or by random steal
  3. Mr. Green

    Mr. Green Well-Known Member

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    They cannot be stolen if targeted directly but if a random steal is conducted on your backpack it may be stolen by chance.

    Tip: If you clutter your main backpack with newbied items you lessen the success rate of random steals.
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  4. Sapharious

    Sapharious Active Member

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    Ahh ok, good to know. Thank you Willy and Mr Green!
  5. Southpaw

    Southpaw Active Member

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    Don't know the odds of a random steal on rune books but I dont think its to high.I carry one alot and never had a problem.
  6. Mr. Green

    Mr. Green Well-Known Member

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    The odds would be relative to number of items in pack, or at least that’s how it should work.

    Also, unblessed runebooks aren’t that valuable. Unless you own a courtyard-house and put that rune in said book. But even then the thief wouldn’t know that so...
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  7. Sapharious

    Sapharious Active Member

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    Assuming the thief is out for profit and not the sheer enjoyment of knowing what a PITA it is to rebuild said runebook. :)
  8. bwillb

    bwillb Active Member

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    Some people are willing to pay a thief to avoid that hassle...
  9. M3THMOUTH

    M3THMOUTH Active Member

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    I don't think I've ever had a runebook stolen; swore they were noobied and void from this as long as in main bag. I just hold mine.
  10. Southpaw

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    Yes, I think holding is the safest way to go.
  11. fooka03

    fooka03 Well-Known Member
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    Does disarm work on Runebooks? I know it wouldn't be as effective as disarm + targeted steal since it's random chance but is that possible? Don't want people to have a false sense of security with their books ;)
  12. BlackEye

    BlackEye Well-Known Member
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    You will get a insta whack in cities/guard zones when a NPC is within 20 tiles or so. Though tbh, I am not even sure you can disarm spellbooks, but I guess it should work.

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