Stores, Chests, Lockpicks, & Loot

1.  There are now chests and things to use lockpicks on in various zones.  More doors will be made lockpick-able eventually.

2.  There is a now a guy who sells lockpicks of all three qualities.  He’s not too difficult to find.

3.  Stores now remove all non-original merchandise (stuff they bought from players) at the end of each day (about 9pm, game-time).  These items go in a chest in their stores.

3a. The chests can be picked with a lockpick, if you are daring enough a thief to try.  If you successfully pick the lock on a chest, you can try to take the goods inside.

3b. However, there is a good chance that the merchant will notice and report your ass to the cops.  If an Ordinator is called because you were caught stealing, he will attack you.  If you’re in a peaceful store (most likely), he’ll drag you to a nearby room to beat the crap out of you.  If you’re in a peaceful room with no exits, the Ordinator will slap you with a bounty (or add to your existing bounty).

3c. If you manage to loot items from a merchant’s chest without being caught, the item will be marked as Looted.  Looted items can now NOT BE SOLD in normal stores.  However, if you can find the sleazy guy who sells the lockpicks, he may be willing to make you a deal…

3d. An item that was removed and put in the chest at the end of the day has about a 15% chance of being restocked the following day.

4.  If a store buys over a certain amount in goods each day, it will be able to stock some rarer, better quality merchandise the next day.  Thus, it’s in your interest to sell a lot to stores in order to allow them to get better goods to sell back to you.

- Corwin