Stealing and exp...

[Azriel]

Imagine you want to improve your stealing skill.
Imagine that, to do this, you want to steal from balrogs in TC (that's a good idea : you will get a lot of xp).

So, you steal from a first balrog, you get a Firebrand and a bunch of xp. You are happy. You kill the balrog.
Then, you steal from another balrog. You get another Firebrand that stacks with the first you have. You get no xp. You are not happy. You kill the balrog.

Then, you are aware of that, so you identify the first firebrand BEFORE stealing from the second (or you drop it, because you already have tons of firebrands). The firebrand does'nt stack with the first one. You get the xp. You are happy. You kill the balrog.

Az.