Skyrim: 4 DLC Improvements We Want To See
3. Finders Keepers An item in your backpack is yours regardless of how you acquired it. It should not be tagged 'Stolen' for all eternity, unless it is of relevant mission/story/world value. If I steal an item, was not caught, and travel from one end of the land to the other, drop it in front of a guard and pick it up, the game will still think I am stealing it and will penalize me accordingly. In my game, and in an effort to relieve myself of the overburdened status, I dropped a few insignificant items in a specific area under the pretext that I will be back for them. Of course, and as fate would have it, a soldier was garrisoned smack next to my items and when I attempt to pick them up, he attacks me instantly because they were originally stolen items. I won't go in to the justice system and its righteous, all-knowing skill that spots a stolen fork in your inventory if you are eventually caught, however, if the item has no significant value, say an iron sword, it is mine and I should be able to sell it at the least.