| Jeffywan |
Meirril wrote:
Personally I'd be more interested in gaining Mind Blank (the spell) for after the theft. High level adventurers have this tendency to not let theft go without trying spells to find out who did it.
Mind Blank would only help if the creature was the target of their efforts. It says nothing regarding the object itself. So if the owner is looking for an items location they could still find it, but would just not observe the thief, I believe non-detection would be better for the scenario that you described as they would start with trying to locate the item taken.
However Modify Memory could make the person think that they did something else with the item entirely and raise no suspicion. Also helpful if the slight of hand fails, as they could immediately forget about the incident.