Selling before Thief Steal

[larsp360]

Player A is a thief and announces he intents to steal AND discards a card to steal.

Player B is the victim and decides to sell the item before the thief rolls.

Who has priority here?

Thanks.

[Bampop]

If the discard hits the table, you have to resolve the action.

[Andrew Hackard]

Presuming it is player B's turn (because you cannot sell when it is not your turn), if player A has discarded a card to "power" the theft ability, he gets to complete that ability before player B has a chance to sell his stuff. Unless your group REALLY likes cut-throat games where split-second timing matters, I think a player who says "I'm going to try to steal" and obviously tosses a card down has completed the discard even if the card hasn't hit the table yet. I would tend to look with disfavor in most friendly* games upon a player who said "I'msellingItemsnow" in that fraction of a second between the theft declaration and the discard hitting the table.

* You know what I mean.