I had the bright idea to pilfer Drelas' Cottage for alchemical supplies. However, my PC isn't an assassin, just a sneak thief so she used Calm. It worked pretty well (though you have to be careful Drelas doesn't snap out of it). He just stood there and said 'you shouldn't be here' or 'that was pitiful, I barely felt a thing' while my PC grabbed everything in sight.

However, what I didn't consider was whether or not you get reported for a crime - after all, there's a witness! But there doesn't seem to be a report as my PC doesn't have a bounty in Whiterun or Morthal. So does this mean you can rob anyone as long as you use Calm or is entering a house and using the same trick with Calm to pacify the occupant and then steal everything guaranteed to generate a bounty? This is easy enough to test but I thought I'd ask you folks as well.

Thanks!

Illusion magik is awesome.

And yes, you can pretty much rob anybody but I think if the person isn't lawful flagged (or whatever) to begin with, you won't get reported.

It always seems like I get bounties if the items are taken as the item is markes as "steal" in game, I thought it was pretty fun, at least this is what I did, I went on a journey to find all the bugs in jar, Dushnik Yal, the dragonfly in jar was marked as stolen item, but I paid for it, so I haven't gotten a bounty yet, I tried taking the jar to the supposed fence in Whiterun, I sold him the jar, bought it back, then dropped the item to see if it was marked stolen, and low behold, it was still marked as "steal"! I was upset because the item was still marked as a "steal" when I had given a few septims for the jar, so I am curious to see if the Orcs in that stronghold will put out a bountry for that or not... since the item is still marked as a stolen item, is there a way on xbox console version to get that "steal" turned into a "take"? Anybody have any ideas?

Well, all the items my PC grabbed from Drelas' cottage were marked with 'steal'. It sounds like your situation may be a bug, not intended behavior.

I think I'll try the same trick in Anise's cabin and see if I can just Calm her instead of killing her. She lets you inside peacefully but then...

I've stolen well over 1500 items (including pickpockets and whatnot) and have ever only gotten one bounty

... and did you use Calm for each theft? I actually stumbled onto the pickpocket option just today. An imperial attacked my PC in the wilderness and when she used Calm, she was close enough that the pickpocket option showed up. She picked him clean and he just mumbled something like 'don't do that'. It was terrific, though I suppose you can still fail. I don't know what happens then, does it break the Calm spell (like when you attack them) or do they just stand there? I sense a crime wave coming in Skyrim...

I have never ever used calm...and I'm an imperial as well as you can tell from my sig

That's actually what I'm trying to figure out - does the Calm spell grant full immunity during a criminal act? In the case of an individual victim outside of a city, it appears to do so. I have yet to try it in a house in town.