ZEPHYR'S PROFILE

Failure-rates are always annoying cause of the potential wasted turn getting nothing in return. I have a suggestion.

1. It would seem best that the character with the skill actually would have experience with stealing, so there's some reason behind this.
2. Give each enemy that you can steal from a list of items. Start with minor, rather useless item and end with more valuable ones. Now...
3. Steal will always work if there are items to take, but there can be different approaches.
a. Steal in successive order. You will start taking the lesser items. Keep stealing and you will eventually net the valuable ones.
b. Randomize which of the items you grab. You might get lucky and get the valuable ones on the first try, or you might have to keep stealing to get what is more worth.

No matter which approach, the round will not be fully wasted. You will always get something in return. At least until you've ransacked your opponent fully.

author=Ratty524
I wish I could visit the Permian period in Earth's history.

Wish granted! Have a nice trip, you won't be coming back. It's a permanent visit.

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I'll take one wish for getting omnipotence please.

It's also a mystery how it can balance half-way off the table surface.

author=Large

I think you meant the Golden Sun-series.

The use of psynergy there surely made the games more interesting. I've always preferred the approach to using items/magic at your disposal to solve puzzles.

In many games where you have things like magic, it perplexes me how they rarely are used for any other practical means that defeating enemies. You've got fire-magic? "Oh geez, how are we ever getting past this wooden door or patch of poison spore flowers?"

Omnipotence as mentioned earlier. I have no clear wish what I know, so this would make it easier in the future.
It is a bit of a game-breaker here though.