What you do not see or smell is Vizzini, the most serious Sicilian when it comes to death known to man.
Ah so that's why the nazgul always hunt the ring bearer. They're store security
Amateur move. The rest of the items are still in the shop.
Anti magic field and guards at the door if he's not naive.
just have an enchanted fitting booth, sealed floor to ceiling and the door leaves no gap.
The price of the spell to undo the invisibility has now gone up to 100,000 gold.
The ring is also cursed to be unremovable. You either need to get used to stealing every single mundane item from clothes to food every single day or pay the shopkeeper to remove it.
You can leave money for purchases on the counter, etc
That could make for a fun little side plot setup. Whole town is convinced it's haunted, but it's just some guy who doesn't have a good grasp on common stuck in a cursed ring of invisibility.
STOP RIGHT THERE CRIMINAL SCUM
Shopkeeper presses the big red button under the counter
Ring explodes
There should be a visible magnetic tag floating in the air.
Huh, I swear I've seen a version of this comic where the shopkeeper has been robbed blind in the last panel.
the one i saw each of the last two panels had progressively more items missing
Yeah, that sounds about right for what I remember, too.
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