Stealing

Summary

Players can use the Stealing skill to take certain items from another player
Base success chance to steal an item is (75% * (Stealing Skill / 100))
A minimum of 80 Snooping skill is required to make any Stealing attempts
Players cannot make Stealing or Snooping attempts for 2 minutes after death
Stealing an item is considered "using" an item, and therefore will have the standard 500ms delay before another item can be used or moved afterwards
Players will not be Perma-Flagged for stealing against a player who attacked them first
Players who Snoop and trigger a Trapped Pouch on another player will activate a 2 minute temporary grey flagging against that player (can be freely attacked by them in that time period)
Stolen items cannot be lifted by any player for 30 seconds
Players who makes a stealing attempt (success or fail) cannot use the Eject or Help/Stuck feature of a house for 5 seconds
Read about the Thieves Guild and Thieves Codex which further enhance the Stealing skill

A player who is wearing a Disguise Kit no longer gains a +25% bonus to stealing success chances
A player who is Hiding while making their stealing attempt has a +25% bonus to stealing success chances (they will be revealed after the stealing attempt is made)
A player making a stealing attempt against a Disarmed target has a +25% bonus to stealing success chances
A player making a stealing attempt against a Hamstrung target has a +25% bonus to stealing success chances

Item weight does not factor into stealing success chances, but the the maximum weight an individual item a player can steal is (10 * (Stealing Skill / 100)) stones
If an item is stacked (such as gold or reagents), a successful stealing attempt will steal a number of the item equal to ( (5 * (Stealing Skill / 100)) / Individual Item Weight * (Random value between .9 and 1.1))
For example, a stealing attempt at 100 Stealing skill will steal an average of 50 Reagents or 250 Gold from a stack

When a player makes a criminal stealing attempt (against a blue target), they have a chance to be noticed by other players and human NPCs
If a thieving player is noticed by players or human NPCs while outside of town, it will simply generate a system message notification (no other consequences)
If a thieving player is noticed in town by any human NPCs, they will call guards and the thief will be killed
If a thieving player is noticed in town by any players, if they call guards within 15 seconds after the action occurs the thief will be killed
Each non-friendly player (not in their guild) within 8 tiles of the thief increases the notice chance by 10% (reduced to 5% if not in LOS of the thief)
Each human NPC within 8 tiles of thief increases the notice chance by 5% (reduced to 2.5% if not in LOS of the thief)
Players will also potentially have an increased chance to be noticed if they have raised any "Suspicion" in a town (see below)

When a player is noticed in a town after a stealing attempt, their amount of "Suspicion" in that specific town is raised
Each time a player is noticed after a stealing attempt in an individual town, they will suffer a cumulative 10% increase in chance to be noticed when making future stealing attempt in that same town for the next 12 hours (the player must go 12 hours without a guard related death to clear their Suspicion in a town)
Players can view their current Suspicion levels for each town by saying "I must consider my sins" or [ConsiderSins

Players can now use Lockpicking against Locked Containers in other player's backpacks
Players will no longer be able to drag/drop/stack items into Locked Containers in their backpack

Buy a Pack Llama or Pack Horse from a Stablemaster, and train stealing on it.

Skill	Activity
0-50	Train from NPC
50-75	Steal from your own pack animal on Shelter Island
75-100	Continue Stealing from a pack animal or another player/character

If you have access to a pickpocket dip use it to train.

Skill	Activity
0-50	Train from NPC
50-75	Use a Pickpocket Dip on Shelter Island
75-100	Use a Pickpocket Dip outside of Shelter Island