Bug with Larvae/Thief creature

[diaspora]

Larvae:
On the card its printed that if the user has 3 more cards than the opposing cepter, ST and HP +20. But I've come across occasions where the requirement DIDN'T meet, but Larvae's HP and ST still increased by 20! Anyone else had the same issues?

Thief:
There seems to be some things the Thief can't steal. The colour shields come to mind, though I'm sure there are others. I've experienced situations where Thief wasn't able to steal certain items. Again, anyone else out there experienced this?

[Curse Hawkwind]

The text for Larvae is wrong. It says hand, but actually triggers when Larvae's user has 3 more cards in his/her BOOK than the opponent. As far as Thief goes, there are a number of items and creatures that prevent item destroy/capture effects, such as Tearing Halo and Sage. The shields don't have this ability, but, for example, if a Sage used an Earth Shield, that would stop the Thief's ability. Also, if the Thief already has an item, his ability doesn't work. Hope that helps!

[Captain Garak]

FYI: Other items that ignore the opponent's capture/destroy ability are Bell of Chaos (removes item card used by opponent from all books and hands), Iksear (HP increase), Kris (ST+30), Terrair (ST increase), and Vestment (HP+30).