Pompous merchant

Pompous merchant
Release date	31 January 2012 (Update)
Race	Human
Members	No
Quest NPC	Let Them Eat Pie
Location(s)	Taverley
Gender	Male
Actions	Talk to, Pickpocket, Examine
Examine	A preening popinjay if ever I saw one.
Advanced data
NPC ID	14911
Links	MRND14911
Infobox • Talk page

Pompous merchants are rude merchants wandering around south of The Pick and Lute pub in Taverley. They can be pickpocketed for coins, giving 8 Thieving experience per successful pickpocket. A failed attempt to pickpocket them results in the player stunned for a few seconds and a loss of life points based on the player's total life points.

They are the same as men and women for pickpocketing, but do not have an "Attack" option, so there is no accidental attacking and other players can't kill your target.

Failing to successfully pickpocket the merchants makes them shout "You oaf. Begone!"

Lowborn oaf!

Pickpocketing

Men, women, and pompous merchants can be used to start Thieving by pickpocketing them at level 1. After the Lost Her Marbles caper from the Thieves' Guild, a successful pickpocket gives 20 coins.

Thieving level	1	Thieving XP	8 XP	Stun time / damage	4.8s / 10 life points
Loot
	Coins	3; 20	Always	3–20	3–20
	Dodgy flyer	1	Unknown	1	1

Dialogue

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Pompous merchant speaks in:

• Let Them Eat Pie

Update history

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• patch 14 October 2019 (Update):
  • Daily Challenge to Pickpocket Pompous Merchants can now only be completed by pickpocking Pompous Merchants & Foppish Pierre, not innocent Men/Women.

• update 31 January 2012 (Update):
  • Added to game.