This is just a thought (and I hope I'm posting this in the right place):
Could it be possible to have an event for thieves to raid the town? There would have to be a limited number of participating thieves as there are a limited number of shops to be stolen from. To this I was thinking ONE THIEF PER SHOP (how which thief will raid which shop can be worked out later).
The raiding group would infiltrate the town at the same time and simply use the Shop Stealing rules. But, it would be an event that could potentially create a great night of RP between the thieves and any IG/Shop Workers/Good Samaritans that are IC.
I'm sure there are other little details that would need to be worked out like which IG/Shop Worker/Good Samaritan would be attempting to capture the thief if the that thief's shoplifting roll results in a FAIL. And, other things that I can't think of at the moment..
.. but, is this something that anyone's interested in? Or possible?
For easy reference:
Shop Stealing
Shop Stealing Guide
Thanks!
~Phel~