Well, its not necesarily metagaming ...
Technicaly even when you enter the room for the first time, you can steal their equipment ... but i agree it dont exactly feel right. :-/

Good point about boat tho ... that scenario is extra anoying, even tho one must admit that its the only place in whole EA where pushing characters to instant death makes sense ... concidering that its just one HUGE edge. laugh

I still dont understand why cant we change Race for our hirelings. frown
Lets us play Githyanki as racist as they trully are! frown