Make npcs look away when stealing

[Memmaatre]

It does not seem to be possilbe to talk to an npc to turn them away from storage which you like to loot?! Also building a wall with boxes and stuff dont change their vievcone? Am I wrong or how is it possible to lure npcs like guards and others so they dont see that you are looting the area by stealing?

[Blackfrost]

You can lure guards with Minor Illusion cantrip ( or by summoning or turning into a cat and meowing ).

You can indeed speak to a guard with character A, causing the guard to turn around, then switch to character B mid-discussion and use stealth to your heart's content.

The simplest solution is to cast Fog Cloud / Darkness / use an Arrow of Darkness and then pickpocket or lockpick whatever it is you need.

Or, you can summon a creature ( like elementals or undead ) or have a Druid turn into a creature, and it will make most NPCs run away.

[meowlo]

Try playing an instrument. If you're a bard/proficient, you will draw all nearby NPC's towards you. If not, it will drive NPC's away. Hold down shift to see NPCs' vision cones, place yourself strategically, and you should be able to distract them this way.

Another thing you can try is casting cloud over your target, and robbing them inside of it. Again, use the shift key to be sure, but no one should be able to see inside the cloud if you want to pickpocket.

Turning invisible works as well. Get creative! I'm sure there are other ways to achieve this as well.

[Memmaatre]

Thank you.! It seems it worked suddenly - to speak with main char but only with that one?! Or is it order of party, like the leader of the party is needed for it to work. I have to experiment a little more I guess :)

[meowlo]

Originally posted by Memmaatre:

Thank you.! It seems it worked suddenly - to speak with main char but only with that one?! Or is it order of party, like the leader of the party is needed for it to work. I have to experiment a little more I guess :)

Make sure to ungroup the character doing the stealing from the one doing the talking. Bonus for this strategy: your target won't go looking for the thief until they're out of dialogue, and as long as the thief is far away when that happens, they'll accuse the other party members of theft but because they're technically innocent, nothing will come of it.

[Simbolic]

Originally posted by Memmaatre:

Thank you.! It seems it worked suddenly - to speak with main char but only with that one?! Or is it order of party, like the leader of the party is needed for it to work. I have to experiment a little more I guess :)

Doesn't matter who ever is in Dialogue, generally you can trade off. Depending who is better at what like if someone has a high deception or strength and need to use it for a roll. Then use that characters like for instance I play a druid I had to use Karlach to kick down the door to get to the burning building. Who ever you play takes presidence almost like they take the reigns of the leader.