Picking Pockets

Step

 * Rank+Dex

Action

 * Standard

Strain

 * 0

Skill Use

 * Yes (Novice)

Description

 * The adept combines a deft touch with minor levitation magic to remove an item from the pocket or pouch of another character. The adept makes a Picking Pockets test, the result being the Difficulty Number for attempts made to notice the theft.
 * Anyone able to observe the adept’s action, including the target character, may make a Perception test to notice the action immediately after the act has occurred.
 * Skill Use: The non-magical version of this skill does not include the levitation magic, but is otherwise identical.