by vatas » Thu Apr 04, 2024 6:01 am
Foraging does not count as Theft, you can enable "Criminal Acts" to walk over to the claim at the cost of 1 SHP (this damage can KO you if you're already at 1 SHP) and collect all the forage without any additional crimes.
Important to note: "Criminal Acts" is currently "all or nothing" meaning that if you enable it with the intention of just trespassing, have "Theft" -skill, and accidentally take something that DOES count as "theft" - you will, without any further confirmation, become "Red-handed" for a short while, preventing "Travel to Hearth Fire" and then "Outlaw" for three RL days, during which your character can't log out, instead staying in the game world for the duration.
There are some minor alleviations that devs have added over the years:
1) Outlaws can sleep in a bed to gain the TW reduction and healing benefits - but they can be attacked, unlike regular sleepers.
2) The KO window still applies to disconnected characters, taking them home if/when possible after a beatdown.