The Baldur's Gate 3 community has gathered round a cheat sheet prepared by one player advocating for newcomers to " unlearn what video games have taught you " in preparation for Larian's latest, unbelievably reactive RPG. The post is a fun read about the logic of CRPGs, but I'm honestly most interested in a side debate that's broken out over one question: is it cheating to buy something and then pickpocket your money right back?
Post author MaralDesa notes that while many "games have taught you 'this does not work,'" Baldur's Gate 3 comes from a line of RPGs that embrace absurd and unlikely methods and outcomes.
In particular, they point out that you can "buy an expensive item, then pickpocket your money back. To the surprise of no one, plenty of players wholly embrace this sticky-fingered self-refund.
Redditor lemoncake90 says that "during my first [Divinity: Original Sin 2] gameplay, my mind was blown with the amount of possibilities! Now, in every Larian game, I'm already looking for different ways to do absolutely everything, especially stealing from all the merchants I just bought from.
Oppositely, folks like Choubidouu have drawn a firm line against this. Stealing from NPCs, no matter the circumstances, obviously isn't cheating in the literal sense.
