it will pick up sceptre, yes. if it has an inventory full of loot, it will not bank until low hp, dueling ring is missing or low charge, or food has run out.
Also, Eagle, I have issues posting my recent logger, I can't get it to copy. The one I pasted was a miracle, all I can say is it's something similar, but changes to some of the other mentioned words... most often "or is owned by someone else" is the error though, and I'm not sure what that means?