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0005242Dwarf FortressAdventure Mode -- Crimepublic2012-02-17 19:182013-11-29 14:55
ReporterKnigel 
Assigned To 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
StatusnewResolutionopen 
PlatformPCOSWindowsOS Version7
Product Version0.34.01 
Target VersionFixed in Version 
Summary0005242: Free to steal: warehouse goods, keep equipment, domestic food
DescriptionThe goods a town has stockpiled in a warehouse will not be considered anyone's property, so you can go inside and take as many as you want without consequence.
Steps To ReproduceGo into a town and quick-travel until your notable structures list has "Warehouse" on it in white (not sure if every town has a warehouse or not), pick up items, carry them out, then talk to someone in town to show they aren't hostile.
Additional InformationI know keeps also have lots of free stuff lying around, but this I genuinely think was an accident while that wasn't.
TagsNo tags attached.
Relationships
related to 0006391resolved Toady One Openly stealing owned items does not make you a Criminal 
has duplicate 0006962resolved Footkerchief Able to take dwarf owned items off the ground in Adv mode. 
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Issue History
Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2012-02-17 19:18KnigelNew Issue
2012-02-17 20:30QuietustNote Added: 0020010
2012-02-17 20:30QuietustNote Edited: 0020010bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=0020010#r7469
2012-02-17 20:33FootkerchiefSummaryWarehouse goods free to steal => Free to steal: warehouse goods, keep equipment, domestic food
2012-02-25 03:14Khym ChanurIssue Monitored: Khym Chanur
2012-02-25 10:44XotanoNote Added: 0020664
2013-11-22 12:22QuietustNote Added: 0024218
2013-11-29 14:55FootkerchiefRelationship addedrelated to 0006391
2014-07-10 11:47FootkerchiefRelationship addedhas duplicate 0006962
2018-04-16 08:51HuntthetrollIssue Monitored: Huntthetroll

Notes
(0020010)
Quietust   
2012-02-17 20:30   
You can also steal the items stored in castle keeps (which is nice, since they can be quite high quality), even while the lord/lady (or even law-giver) is watching.

Food bags in houses also seem to be fair game.
(0020664)
Xotano   
2012-02-25 10:44   
any item laying around anywhere other then shops is "fair game" tho i think the warehouse should be locked and pick-locking or bashing it should make that civ agro.
(0024218)
Quietust   
2013-11-22 12:22   
If the items in the warehouse aren't marked as "$owned$", then the problem is likely the failure to assign ownership.

However, there is an additional problem that stealing owned items fails to make you a criminal. See 0006391 for more information.