Pickpocket Encounter

Pickpocket Encounter

• You see 3 possible marks:
  
  1. You may be able to lift a grimy box from a restless supplicant.
  (It contains a good luck charm, and 3 caltrops.)
  
  2. You may be able to nick bag from an impractical rival.
  (It contains 6 Adamantium coins, a silver key, and a platinum statuette of a god (haloed snail with the head of a scorpion).)
  
  3. You may be able to swipe a khaki cotton purse from an energetic beast tamer.
  (It contains 6 copper coins, and a pair of finger cymbals.)
• You see 6 possible marks:
  
  1. You may be able to snag knapsack from a careful dock worker.
  (It contains 6 copper coins, and a charm against thieves.)
  
  2. You may be able to seize a sturdy saddlebag from a trusting child.
  (It contains a turnip, and a letter of introduction.)
  
  3. You may be able to swipe an animal-skin duffel from a dishonorable captain of industry.
  (It contains 14 silver coins, a piece of malachite, a silver key, and a letter from an enemy.)
  
  4. You may be able to take a sturdy backpack from an accusatory tanner.
  (It contains a legal document entitling the bearer to a sum of money to be collected from Lady Blaline Damares of Southrich, and 3 throwing daggers.)
  
  5. You may be able to lift a rugged purse from a nearsighted guard.
  (It contains a property deed, and several rough drafts of a love letter.)
  
  You may be able to remove an olive green wool saddlebag from an impudent hunter.
  (It contains breadcrumbs.)
• You see 5 possible marks:
  
  1. You may be able to pinch a new purse from a giddy hero.
  (It contains a piece of amethyst, a pouch of herbs for a soporific tea, and a statuette of a god (leaping koi with the head of a cachalot whale) carved out of ash.)
  
  2. You may be able to make off with a modest reticule from an inexperienced butler.
  (It contains 5 copper coins, a piece of lapis lazuli, a jade amulet carved with the image of a cornucopia, and a letter announcing a wedding.)
  
  3. You may be able to pinch reticule from a bookish homesteader.
  (It contains a piece of amethyst, a handkerchief, and a detailed floor plan of a noble manor.)
  
  4. You may be able to snag a skillfully woven haversack from a well-fed belle.
  (It contains 5 Cold Iron coins, a small bag containing 8 crystal beads, and a crumpled wanted poster.)
  
  5. You may be able to acquire a threadbare purse from an old crone.
  (It contains 3 brass coins, and a prayer book.)
• You see 4 possible marks:
  
  1. You may be able to narrowly escape with a skillfully woven case from a deep-voiced passenger.
  (It contains 18 gold coins, a letter signed by a ruler giving authority to the bearer (Merullyra Overhill (a sailor berthed on The Victory)), and 1 throwing dagger.)
  
  2. You may be able to snatch a plain apothecaries’ bag from a pitiable miller.
  (It contains 12 copper coins, a piece of Obsidian, a blank book, and a statuette of a god (ancient half-celestial giant owl with horns like an auroch) carved out of apple.)
  
  3. You may be able to make off with a travel-stained backpack from an unlovable trader.
  (It contains 12 copper coins, a ring with 4 brass keys, and a small ringing bell.)
  
  4. You may be able to pinch a moth-eaten box from a hospitable gossip.
  (It contains 3 copper coins, and a pair of dice.)
• You see 1 possible mark:
  
  You may be able to swindle reticule from an earnest queen.
  (It contains 9 Adamantine coins of a foreign denomination, a small bag containing 3 precious gems, and a garrote wire.)