Breaking into houses to complete quests in a city in the grips of a tyrant is perfect neutral good roleplay. Taking stuff marked in red? No, that would be chaotic action and I were DM I want to hear why its consistent with your understanding of alignment.
I'm not surprised that the game tracks things like this - the Larian CEO has said that Ultima was the game that got him into cRPGs and that game tracked each time the Avatar stole things.
Ive mentioned more than once I only steal from hostile places and enemies. But also break into all houses for gameplay reasons even if I have no obvious reason to be there (yet game itself very often LATER give me the reason especially in act 3 where 70+ of buildings have a quest attached to them). Like you wouldnt break into the house where you find the green ring to find the thief guild (or whatever is the name) by socketing it into the wall next to the building.
