![]() It forced me to learn perspective, that I needed to know more than just how to talk well. The vast, vast, VAST majority is crap you're never going to use. From an award-winning author of historical fiction comes a story of survival, crime, adventure, and horses in the streets of 19th century New York City. ![]() I only got caught once or twice, but I’m grateful that I did. CaptainPanda 13 years ago 2 Frankly, there are very few 'great items' that can be picked up via pickpocketing. It was simple: avoid all conversation if possible, and if absolutely necessary, smile and point out the farthest adult man within reason as my dad before weaving through the small gaps in the crowd, preferably around taller people, so they couldn’t see or follow me. I learned quick, and by the end of the year, I had perfected my technique. v.Final, 2149KB, 2007 Most Recommended Guide and Walkthrough by Mcondella. Because if I wasn’t harmless, then that meant their world was even more screwed up than they thought. Within about a day, I realized that people saw me as sweet, innocent, and harmless - no, more than that, they wanted to see me as harmless. I would caution and only pickpocket when absolutely necessary though (like for a quest on Roak that requires it). They usually wont drop them if you dont steal them. And it was easier than I thought it would be. Most enemies have two items to steal, one common and one rarer. I don’t know about you, but that certainly sounds like a job to me. I put my time and effort into a certain task, and I obtain money because of it. So, I started working - oh, and by the way, no matter what you think, it is still a job. Really, the only issue with these immediate ideas of every person you see is the fact that it makes people like me - people who understand how these momentary impressions work - able to take advantage of them. None of that is your fault, and actually it’s probably a good thing that you would be wary of people who are acting rather suspicious. Still, that doesn’t change the fact that when you see a well-groomed person in a suit, your mind automatically thinks they are successful, and when you see someone coming at you with a hoodie covering their face and their hands in their pockets, you automatically tense up. Those snap judgements can easily be changed with an open-minded person, sometimes without even needing a whole conversation. I’m not saying that everyone you meet is prejudiced or anything of the sort. Every time you meet someone new or even just pass by them on the street, your mind makes a snap judgement about them. No matter what anybody says, looks really are everything.
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