Lockbreaking

softaren · Post by **softaren** » Sun Jul 07, 2002 3:55 pm

hello,
so many ppl saying you can open locks with brute natural force. thus not needing a thief.
but it doesnt work... ever for me! or... so far i havent succeded... hmmm.. something wrong here? my str is 18/xx.
thus the weapon your trying to break the lock with affect the success of 'opening' it? or how do you guys do it?

UserUnfriendly · Post by **UserUnfriendly** » Sun Jul 07, 2002 4:29 pm

use draw on holy might for 25 str...even then the tougher locks will have only about 25% chance of being forced...

get a thief, nalia is ok with boosted stats with item, but best of all is knock...always works, and both nalia and immie and jan all can use knock...

or get a good familiar, like the ferret or rabbit, they usually have good stats for opening locks... rabbit is also good for trap detection....

softaren · Post by **softaren** » Mon Jul 08, 2002 6:59 am

yeah i suppose thats a good solution... but i wanna solo

or... not really solo, just be with my love (jaheira) ye know?
and im a paladin.... hmmm can i try to break it up repeatable times or just like one time? so i can break and break and break until its open or will it be ever closed until ive upped my str? my draw upon holy might only adds +3str... for now

gnomethingy · Post by **gnomethingy** » Tue Jul 09, 2002 6:14 am

Softaren, try carrying potions of str..

Frost giant will set your str to 21, +dahm will be 24 and there easy enough to find

Spoiler

Greater potions and plenty of them can be purchased of roger the fence in the sewers