Kick-robbing shops?

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Hi.
Is it possible to rob shops by kicking the stuff out? Today I found a
shop with diggable (!) walls but when I try to kick anything, the
super-omnipotent shopkeeper stops me with his telekinetic powers 😵.
So, it would seem that kicking anything in a shop is impossible... but
an article, I read recently on rgra, mentions something called
"kick-robbing". So, is it possible or not? And if it can be done, then
how?

 

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Gabriel Sztorc wrote:

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> Is it possible to rob shops by kicking the stuff out? Today I found a
> shop with diggable (!) walls but when I try to kick anything, the
> super-omnipotent shopkeeper stops me with his telekinetic powers 😵.
> So, it would seem that kicking anything in a shop is impossible... but
> an article, I read recently on rgra, mentions something called
> "kick-robbing". So, is it possible or not? And if it can be done, then
> how?

The shopkeeper only stops you if you are IN their store when you try
to kick the items. Put them in a corner, stand outside the store
boundary (after removing the wall) and kick them diagonally.

....###/##
..[....@.#
@#......#
##......#
##......#
#########

Something like that, if my diagram makes any sense. Kick them
up-right, and they will be outside the store.

 

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Gabriel Sztorc wrote:
> Hi.
> Is it possible to rob shops by kicking the stuff out? Today I found a
> shop with diggable (!) walls but when I try to kick anything, the
> super-omnipotent shopkeeper stops me with his telekinetic powers 😵.
> So, it would seem that kicking anything in a shop is impossible...
but
> an article, I read recently on rgra, mentions something called
> "kick-robbing". So, is it possible or not? And if it can be done,
then
> how?

I suppose that if you were a 13+ monk of any race, you could just kick
a hole in the wall and run out with the stuff, but you'd have to be
prepared to deal with the thugs that the merchant summons.

 

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Stephen White <fake_email_address@fake_domain.com> wrote:
> Gabriel Sztorc wrote:

> This is spoily. It should have spoiler space.

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> > Is it possible to rob shops by kicking the stuff out? Today I found a
> > shop with diggable (!) walls but when I try to kick anything, the
> > super-omnipotent shopkeeper stops me with his telekinetic powers 😵.
> > So, it would seem that kicking anything in a shop is impossible... but
> > an article, I read recently on rgra, mentions something called
> > "kick-robbing". So, is it possible or not? And if it can be done, then
> > how?

> The shopkeeper only stops you if you are IN their store when you try
> to kick the items. Put them in a corner, stand outside the store
> boundary (after removing the wall) and kick them diagonally.

> ...###/##
> .[....@.#
> @#......#
> ##......#
> ##......#
> #########

> Something like that, if my diagram makes any sense. Kick them
> up-right, and they will be outside the store.

Almost good, but walls are considered a part of the shop. The diagram
should like like this:
.........
.[####/##
@#....@.#
##......#
##......#
##......#
#########

But in the actuall game I would do with a pick-axe something like this:

# #
#.##
#..##
#####/#[##
#....@.#@# Two squares dug.
#......###
#......#
#......#
########

One well-calculated zap from wand of digging will do the job too.

brojek.