Can't speak for Awakening, (don't think I tried to pickpocket even once in my whole play-through) but for Origins: Stealing Bug in Patch 1.03 = "True". Fix = "Not Official". Result of SUCCESSFUL stealing attempt WITHOUT (community-developed) fix is: 1) If plot/named item, receive item. 2) If coin, receive coin. 3) If other (random) item, receive success message but nothing appears in inventory. The fix I use can be found here on Nexus in the DA Files section. It's called "Steal_Dog_CD", 'cuz it fixes the similar problem with the Dog-Fetch script, and reduces the Cool-Down between stealing attempts. helps a ton, thank you m8.