do people recognise stolen items?

[ITRYIDIEICRY]

im at talmberg at the start of the game and i stole a couple of items from what i can only guess is like a armoury
if i wear armour that i stole would people recognise that im wearing stolen armour or would i be fine?

[MacSuibhne]

Guards and Traders do.

[kris.aalst]

I don't agree with MacSuibhne's reply. For the last few days, I'm wearing a fancy outer garment that I stole and I never get stopped by guards or talked down to by traders, which does happen when I wear something less fancy that's not stolen.

MacSuibhne is right though that guards and traders are able to identify stolen items in two specific situations i.e. when a guard searches you and if you try to sell a stolen item to a merchant. But you don't get treated differently simply because you're wearing stolen items.

[Captain Skinny]

There's a burn off rate for stolen items too. If it sits in your saddlebag for a few days, none's the wiser.

[MacSuibhne]

You're right., i shined on the "wearing" bit. Sorry 'bout that.

[kris.aalst]

Originally posted by Cynocephalus I:

There's a burn off rate for stolen items too. If it sits in your saddlebag for a few days, none's the wiser.

...except for when a guard searches you. Your horse may be on the other side of the map but the guard will see the stolen items and take them from your horse. Not very realistic if you ask me

[MacSuibhne]

Originally posted by kris.aalst:

...except for when a guard searches you. Your horse may be on the other side of the map but the guard will see the stolen items and take them from your horse. Not very realistic if you ask me :yazdsmile:

Not realistic that your horse can have four saddle bags and carry in excess of 400 pounds of cuirasses, longswords,axes, even a halberd, etc..... in bags not much bigger than would accommodate a bag of porridge.

And to a similar extent, your chests--all your goods reachable from anywhere within Bohemia. A blackhole cul-de-sac into another universe. If it were really realistic, you'd be able to stuff your horse in there.

KCD, does a very good job being true to history, realism, and real life. But be practical.The rare cross-over fantasy gamers would be screaming, if real life physics were adhered to too rigidly.

[Captain Skinny]

Originally posted by kris.aalst:

...except for when a guard searches you. Your horse may be on the other side of the map but the guard will see the stolen items and take them from your horse. Not very realistic if you ask me :yazdsmile:

I didn't realize that! I've only been shaken down a handful of times lol

[MacSuibhne]

Originally posted by Cynocephalus I:

I didn't realize that! I've only been shaken down a handful of times lol

Same here in two play-throughs... although I'm not finished with the second (HC)

[lamjr1978]

There are 3 place you could sell stolen good.