Oh, a lot of times I play a character that just won't steal at all. But if I am a thiefy character, then I base my criminal career on how difficult things are and how likely I am to get caught. Or on whether or not I like the people I might potentially steal from. So like, in my first playthrough of BG3, initially I didn't steal at all from the tieflings and druids, because I was sympathetic to them. Then I found out that the druids were kind of assholes, so I started stealing FROM the druids, but still not from the tieflings. When I got to the goblins, I didn't bother to steal from them because I was already planning to kill them all, and I knew I could just take their stuff then. Then I didn't steal from the folks at the myconid colony, because I liked them.
