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Originally posted by Pyrates:
I pickpocketed the Umpani Sergeant which lets you in several times, I think 50 or so, everytime successfull.
You can pickpocket successfully without upsetting the NPCs unless you happen to get caught in the attempt in which case you can either back out, reload and try again up until the time before you got caught or try and bribe your way out of them being mad at you.
It's shoplifting that can mess you up. You might get away with it at the time but the next time you come back and see the merchant they are less friendly to you and you have to bribe your way back into their good graces. So technically, the so-called 'nerfing' of PPing that the 12/23 patch caused is only against shoplifting, not PPing per say.
And it is still possible to get your PPing skill up there even with the limitations on shoplifting because my bard ended the game with a natural 75 in it plus the two Filcher's Bands I would equip him with whenever we talked to an NPC raised his level to 105 (+15 each).