I'm going to respond to this and tie up all of my remaining thief thoughts in one fell swoop.

Scrolls aren't going to change at this time. Yes, casting a spell is often one round, but scrolls are up to three spells in one shot. Additionally, this would make a lot of characters that aren't thieves tougher as well.

I don't really see steal getting shorter. A city thief shouldn't need to knock out their victim to rob them blind. If they do, I'd rather address that.

And, in a general sense, let it be noted that I'm aware thieves have some issues. Some of the fixes I have in mind for that are, like recent changes to A-Ps, relatively quick things to implement that you'll probably see sooner rather than later. Others are much more ambitious and scope and far-reaching. You may not see some of those for a long time, but some things I'd just rather do right.

That's all I have to say on that issue for the moment. Have fun!