Breakable Tools - Need Help

I'll annotate the raw hex so that the assembly programmers can work with it.

Code:

Vanilla
C2/39E4:
7A                    PLY

PowerPanda
-> EA                NOP                {I don't understand what's accomplished by pushing the stack pull down}


Vanilla
C2/39E7:
F0 18                BEQ $3A01      (Fail to steal)

PowerPanda
-> F0 17            BEQ $3A00        {The common slot erasure seems to have been removed, this pointer compensates for the pushback}


Vanilla
C2/39FA:
99 09 33             STA $3309,Y    (in both slots)
EE 01 34             INC $3401      (now = 3) (Sets message to "Stole #whatever ")
60                   RTS

PowerPanda
-> EE 01 34            INC $3401      (now = 3) (Sets message to "Stole #whatever ")
7A                    PLY
60                    RTS
EA                    NOP
7A                    PLY                {This gets followed by vanilla fail to steal code}
                                    {which sets Fight as the command for counterattack purposes}

Other than keeping the common item from being overwritten, I can't quite follow what your code is going for here.  I'm going to look at Imzogelmo's multisteal fix and see if the two can be blended, though.