Thank you for your praise. That's the kind of encouragement that I need to keep going on this monumental project. It hasn't been easy, but it has been very rewarding, & I hope that once I'm done, I can look back & be proud of this accomplishment, small though it might seem. I hope to add links to each monster eventually. As it is, I'm adding pictures to the monster entries, if their good ones.
The rule for normal/rare steals is listed under the Steal & Mug class feature entries for the Bandit class, & well as breifly mentioned in the Master Thief special armor ability. I've added links in both places; I'll agree that the rules are a tad obscure.