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January 16th, 2022, 17:12 #1
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How do you pick pocket when nobody had pockets?
So my assumption is that the average peasant back in middle ages would not have had pockets, coins I guess would be held in bags? It seems that stealing a coin bag would be a lot harder then picking a pocket.
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January 16th, 2022, 17:40 #2
Smack head with hammer, liberate coinage.
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January 16th, 2022, 17:45 #3
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While violent mugging is an option regardless, folks did have personal bags, pouches, and the like that could be liberated.
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January 16th, 2022, 17:47 #4
It has the same meaning as cutpurse. Some game systems call it legerdemain or sleight of hand, but it's still basically used for the same purpose.
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April 12th, 2022, 20:54 #5
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The small bag tied to the belt is a purse and is not the feminine fashion item we are now familiar with. A cutpurse would literally cut the bottom of this purse to allow coins to fall out. Small knives and razors were commonly used. Less commonly, a ring with a small blade facing the palm.
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July 10th, 2022, 21:53 #6
The phrasing in D&D5E of Slight of Hands over the old Pickpockets is better. They did a great job of phrasing things to mean what they want in 5E.
The old AD&D phrasing (if that is where you got it from) is a bit off but it does imply more than just pockets. "Picking pockets (or folds of a garment or a girdle) also includes such activities as pilfering and filching small items. It is done by light touch and sleight of hand."
This is the time for a small amount of roleplaying. The player needs to do a little more than roll dice, have them choose how they go about it. As mentioned by others a small pouch (or leather dice bag many players use) could be lifted or cut open. They could also shake a person's hand and try for a ring or bracelet. Bump into them in a crowd and reach into a doublet to snag a pouch/purse. Reach into a flap of a backpack. Like in the Lord of the Rings, Pippin replacing the Palantir with a stone while Gandalf slept.
Also in 5E calling it Sleight of Hand could allow you to do some non-magic, magic trick to entertain the kids or make some coin on a street corner while others pick the pockets of the crowd.
Just some thoughts.
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July 10th, 2022, 22:30 #8How do you throw a fireball or heal said fireball when the average peasant didn't have those abilities?
(btw, they did have pouches)
Plus the peasants are revolting.
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July 16th, 2022, 17:27 #9
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Just pretend they do. Maybe just used as a figure of speech so us moderns get the gist of what the game maker was trying to convey.
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