Pickpocket does seem to be broken--but in a way some people will like. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" /> Even with a couple of levels it lets you steal the most amazingly large things in one major try. I see no evidence that you are ever caught. It is patently ridiculous for a party to pickpocket a merchant in such a way that they leave with a suit of body armor and four or five large weapons--yet not get noticed. But it happens. Repeatedly.