What's the rule/etiquette regarding looting the kills of others?

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Originally Posted by Nagoya [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

for the most part, we all now the so-many-times it is super okay to loot some rotting FS and nobody cares or quite the opposite and they'd probably be happy someone enjoys the 5pp instead of the item rotting if someone would ask them. These situations are easy to spot; random corpse alone, dude is killing far away and clearly not looting anything, above level for the zone, etc. many hints lead us to understand it's okay.

I think that's absolutely the case and most here understand that the majority of the time the person doing the killing doesn't care. Having said that, the very first time somebody does care, having looted a thing you didn't kill you'll find yourself squarely in the wrong and at the mercy of the GMs - warning/suspension/ban.

The rule is easy: If you didn't kill it you don't get to loot it.

The etiquette: Assume nothing and just ask the person who killed it if it's ok. It's the nice thing to do.