Wow, I never knew you could steal without a steal skill. That's why I assumed Zors used a phylactery.

>>He made
>>him drop his axe with maledictions and then stole it using a
>>phylactery.
>
>This is partially incorrect.
>
>It used to be that any character, even those without the steal
>skill, could successfully steal vs. a sleeping target
>something like 5-10% of the time. Eventually, this changed --
>a single necromancer or A-P who could sleep you, load you up,
>AND steal all your teleport potions was a bit much.
>
>Edited to add: It's also worth noting that more than a few
>high-end A-P vs. A-P fights of that era went pretty much this
>same way.