.DT new home owner Discworld home help new home owner .SH Theft .SP 5 5 Theft from your home is always an unfortunate event. To avoid theft make sure that all your valuables are kept in a locked container. A thief may not pick the lock on a container in a home or take the furniture from a home if the owner of the home is not also a PK. However, a thief is able to take any items that are lying on the floor or in un-locked containers. Taking items from open containers constitutes theft and, in Ankh-Morpork, will count towards the thief's quota. This leads to some slightly unexpected results. If a non-thief takes something from a table in your home they will find that they have committed unlicensed theft! We hope that this arrangement strikes a good balance between the rights of thieves to steal and the rights of owners to protect their property. .EP