Thief: The burning question

Lady Taffer on 9/2/2006 at 03:01

Quote Posted by oozatden

I think the most valid question should be this...when Garrett has had a particularly successful session and has aquired lots of loot, how come none of it ever clinks together and makes a noise and also considering the size of the combined loot where exactly does he store it??:confused:

I always figured the inside of his cloak was sewn with a multitiude of pockets in varying sizes and he put each piece of loot inside a pocket. . or loop (like a belt loop) to hold the golden goblets and such, so if the items in the pockets jostle together, it only makes the soft sound of cloth rubbing.

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how come garett gets a lot of loot, but is always weeks behind on rent?

Crack and hookers. :sly:

Griffin on 9/2/2006 at 03:07

Quote Posted by ganac

how come garett gets a lot of loot, but is always weeks behind on rent?

I hear he's got a serious gambling problem. Dude is always down at the Burrick Track.

Krypt on 9/2/2006 at 04:08

Quote Posted by ZeroFlight

So would the problem be solved if Garrett were to rob the tax collector?

We were actually going to have a little scripted event in T-DS where you do just that. There was going to be a tax collector guy walking up and down the streets in South Quarter 2 (which got cut due to not having much in it) ringing a bell yelling "TAXES! COLLECTING TAXES HERE!" The commoners would hand over their payments and make snarky comments after he had passed. If you robbed him after he had collected taxes and before he dropped them off at his office you would get a big payoff. Also, we were thinking of making the commoners cheer if you took him out right in front of them :laff: It would have been cool, but really hard to script and get it to not look retarded.

ganac on 9/2/2006 at 04:30

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The Baron also charges a pavement tax, burrick cleanup tax, guard uniform tax, even an air tax.

Wha? What does burricks, gaurd uniforms, PAVEMENT and AiR have to do with Taffing?

Lady Taffer on 9/2/2006 at 05:55

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ringing a bell yelling "TAXES! COLLECTING TAXES HERE!"

"BRING OUT YER DEAD! BRING OUT YER DEAD!"
. . man, you should've had one of those guys walking through the streets. . then you could loot the dead bodies when he wasn't looking . .er. . .um. .:sweat:
Well, I think it would have been cool ..

kamyk on 9/2/2006 at 08:26

My real question has always been where the hell does he put all that loot in the first place, and how does he even carry it? Gold is heavy, and a lot of stuff he steals is bulky. If I tried to carry half of the stuff he steals in one mission, I would have to carry a huge sack over my shoulder, and it would probably weigh a ton.

jermi on 9/2/2006 at 15:12

Quote Posted by Krypt

If you robbed him after he had collected taxes and before he dropped them off at his office you would get a big payoff. Also, we were thinking of making the commoners cheer if you took him out right in front of them :laff:

Hmm, that might have been funny. But quite odd, considering a tax collector in The City wouldn't probably ever go anywhere without a bodyguard. Without protection a tax collector would end up dead very quickly, that much is obvious.

ZeroFlight on 9/2/2006 at 16:42

So you KO the body guard(s) then go after the collector. There are gas bombs & gas arrows if you don't feel like a fight if they see you.

Moi Dix Mois on 9/2/2006 at 16:57

Quote Posted by kamyk

He carries a sack labelled 'Swag'.

The plates and vases are slightly unrealistic to be carrying around, but gold and jools could just be stuffed into a little bag hanging from his belt, right?

Krypt on 9/2/2006 at 19:04

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Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that the tax collector would have two guard escorts. There would certainly be an element of risk to it.