How do I steal the Druid sacred statue?

[Bastila Shan]

Without getting caught?

[Reyn]

Bring a chest with you to the statue , Open the chest , drag the statue inside of it , close the chest , its not on ur hands so u didnt steal it

[Bastila Shan]

Originally posted by Reyn:

Bring a chest with you to the statue , Open the chest , drag the statue inside of it , close the chest , its not on ur hands so u didnt steal it

LoL good idea, but I was also wonder if there’s a way to steal it without exploiting

[Reyn]

i believe u can spread ur characters , make them talk to the druids doing the summoning to make them look the other way around , send a char in stealth to grab it and fast travel to another spot .

[Reyn]

you know i will try it now

[Bastila Shan]

I wonder if you can use the rogue tadpole power of smoke to hide next to it and steal it?

[asdf]

It's possible to pick up the statue in stealth, but once you have it they'll always confront you about it (the druid that talks to you doesn't even need to be near you, he long distance talks to you). It's possible to pass a skill check to get away with it, but otherwise they'll attack you.

I suppose you technically could just kill the druid that would've confronted you before stealing it, but that's probably not what you had in mind.

[dolby]

I shoved it on to the lift swapped it with the one from the cave and planted the real on to the bugbear. He died from a fall so it looked like he stole it and fell trying to get away.

After i saved the druid from the goblins it was still on bugbear body so i picked it up and gave it to the kids.. got the quest done and didn't start a war..not my fault if those druids don't see the difference between the real one and fake...

[Cocidius]

I thought maybe Mage Hand could be used for this - maybe push it somewhere you can pick it up.

[XALE]

It was simple really.

I casted the Darkness spell and MADE SURE it covered the idol. The fog that comes after removes the druid's line of sight to the idol.

Then I quickly activate forced turn base mode so I don't lose the effects or anything.
Snatch the idol.

And teleport to a different area lmao.

When they investigate the area, I'm nowhere near so they can't fuss about it.


Edit:

If you want to do it relatively legitimately than doing the fast travel thing, you could chug an invisibility potion after snatching the idol.

[cire87]

invisibility ?

[jonnin]

mage hand cannot reach it. The pedestal is too high, so it says.
invis should work.
grab and throw to pick up later may work too.
grab and send to camp may also work :)

[dolby]

The problem is if you don't reset the ownership of the item - idol they will still start the fight sequence even if they don't see you take it.

I looted it way out of the camp there was no one around. But the fight still started... only after i stashed it into the body it didn't trigger found out about reset of the ownership through pickpocketing.

Anyway, there should be a a better ways to steal it and different reaction should happen if you steal it without getting caught.

[Nox]

Invisibility is your best bet if you don't want to exploit.

[Boink]

Originally posted by dolby:

I shoved it on to the lift swapped it with the one from the cave and planted the real on to the bugbear. He died from a fall so it looked like he stole it and fell trying to get away.

After i saved the druid from the goblins it was still on bugbear body so i picked it up and gave it to the kids.. got the quest done and didn't start a war..not my fault if those druids don't see the difference between the real one and fake...

This: you can get a quest from the tiefling young thief guild once if you save the child from the harpies and buttered him up by funding his Baldur's Gate expansion plans. The fake one prevents the Druid's going aggro.