| Thankyou for the help. Although I had tried the things suggested before (except chameleon), I tried them again but with the same lack of success! Obviously thieving and sneaking is not an option for a 'Lawful Good' character who has not practised these things much! I found that immediately I tried to pick the lock, I became visible to the guards. I did try to hide but again, got found out. Perhaps I was too fat to hide behind the door post!! Anyway, what I did in the end was pick the lock (needed to do this successfully on the first try), immediately went through the hatch and recovered a bit of health. Then I went back out and ran for my life (literally) and went back on to the dock side where I found another guard, talked to him nicely and paid my bounty. Then I went back into the ship, through the hatch, stole the goods and waltzed back out as free as you like!!! A sort of cheat but all that I could manage. My reputation stayed the same as before all this thieving etc so hopefully, I am unaffected by it.
Jan |