Dropped Items, are they ersistant Options

[Rubnortax]

Ive been reading around on the forums, ovfficial and these, and iwas wondering, if the player drops items, are they still goign to be left there thorughout the whole game? or will an npc just walk up and grab one? also if i were to cast a fireball spell and send al lthe stuff in a house flying, will all the items remain strewn abotu or will they be replaced as soon as i leavE? i was just htinking if it would be possible to leave piles of loot in places to return to later in the game. thanks. ps first post in the w4o threads

[Darkwing]

Welcome to w4o. Sorry for the delay in replying.

In MW leaving an item lying around was perfectly safe, but now in Oblivion, combined with RAI, i wouldn't recommend leaving any items lying around in the street. Many NPCs will probably 'tidy' them up or just thieve them.

As for items flying all over the place, i should hope that this will come into affect, and that as far as it being resorted afterwards, i guess thats down to the NPC who lives there. I'm sure its a possibility. The world seems fairly persistent as far as NPC activities go.

Don't quote me on this though

And again, welcome to the boards.