Question about Pickpocketing

[Sneakimus]

How does pickpocket actually work?

I was practicing with Hensel, and when I initially started and my skill was <10, I was often able to rummage through his pockets for 6-7 seconds reliably.

However, a few minutes into practice, when my skill was 12 and higher, I notice I am immediately caught the moment I press Rob on him; with the countdown wheel not even appearing. I fail before I even step over the starting line. But other times I can rob him just fine. 2/3 times I am instantly caught, the other 1 times I pickpocket him no problem.

Why do I fail more when my skill level is higher? What causes you to fail outright?

I tried with different armors, full plate, thief outfit, but they didn't seem to have any effect on whether or not I was caught instantly.

[Sneakimus]

Bump, to see if anyone knows

[JordyyFPS]

He's just supposed to be a character to practice on, same with the chest behind him.

I'm guessing at a certain level it fails since you've practiced enough, had the same but now any other NPC works fine.

Time to put the practice to use on npcs

[freddebw2]

Yeah it just gets hard to pick pocket him after a while. you can still do it, pausing for a while then try again, but it will only work like once b4 u need to pause again etc. Run on thieving sprees at night and save after a few succelsful picks, both locks and pockets. Early on I followed those strong patrolling bandits by sneaking at night. Leveled both stealth and agility by like 10 in just 15 minutes or so.

[Mouse Rat]

click the ting to up the timer. and then pick only one thing at a time and get back to the door.
you get experience only for the first item.
so if you wanna level up pick 1 item at a time. and keep doing it till you get max lvl.

if you can craft yourself a henry'fox potion for the XP boost.