Lockpicking and Unlock

[Denavae]

I'm pretty sure this has come up once or twice in the past ... at least I think I recall reading a post about this once or twice.

Anyways, what I wanted to suggest was getting some type of messaging for failed lockpicking and/or unlocking attempts. Just to let you know if you have a chance to unlock the box or not. In my professional experience, any locksmith with even a basic tutelage under his belt knows how close he is at picking a lock. Generally you can "feel" the tumblers click into place and can tell when you accidentally mess up. So it wouldn't be too farfetched to be able to know without a doubt that you can/can't pick a box through attempting it.

Unlocking should work similarly. From my understanding, a psion uses his/her mental powers to manipulate the tumblers in a lock. At least, that's the RP I go with when using unlock. When Vae can't get the lock, it's because he just can't manipulate those one or two tumblers into place.

Now, I don't remember the fail messaging for lockpicking, but unlock just says, "Nothing happens." Pretty disappointing if you ask me. I'd much rather see something like:

[Seth Ventril]

I forget which game I played (prolly DR), but you could scan a box and mark it for others to see what kind of trap was on it, and what monster it came from (that may have just been looking at the box). But also, you could kinda get an appraisal on how well you'd do trying to disarm/lockpick. While it would be cool if failed messaging was grander than "You fail to pick an acid-pitted eorae strongbox", I'd prefer something you could use from the get, like a scan command which would reveal some details about the box.

[HR-Trevor]

[10.17.07] The Unlock power has been dramatically modified:
- The skill needed to release a lock has been dramatically lowered.
- The focus cost per use of the power has been dramatically increased.
- The psionic will now be provided with messaging that gives an idea of how close they were to releasing a lock on a failed attempt.

I'm going to look into more information for Agents, as well.
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"Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something." -- Plato

-- Trevor Rage / Rich Mondy

[Seth Ventril]

Awesome man!
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Victim: Well, what is the creed?
Assassin: It's very secret, passed down for hundreds of generations. If I told you, I'd have to kill you.
Victim: Aren't you already killing me anyway?
Assassin: That's a good point...The creed is..."Stick them with the pointy end." - Ctrl+Alt+Del parody of Assassin's Creed.
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TELEPATHY [close]:  Yaru Dex - "Great now you made Mickey cry. Thanks a lot, Seth."
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Korell Ventril exclaims, "Choo ain no guard! Choo a crackhead!"

[HR-Trevor]

[10.17.07] Messaging that details the likelihood of success has been added to lockpicking, on a failed attempt.

I didn't add something to tell where a box came from because SENSE already does this.
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"Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something." -- Plato

-- Trevor Rage / Rich Mondy

[Seth Ventril]

Khaz Box:

You get a steel W rake pick from inside your master kit and begin picking a weather-beaten haeleio chest.
Roundtime: 10 sec.

You get a wishbone tension wrench from inside your master kit and continue picking a weather-beaten haeleio chest.
You fail to pick open the haeleio chest.
It will take a bit of luck to pick this lock.

Pretty cool.
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Victim: Well, what is the creed?
Assassin: It's very secret, passed down for hundreds of generations. If I told you, I'd have to kill you.
Victim: Aren't you already killing me anyway?
Assassin: That's a good point...The creed is..."Stick them with the pointy end." - Ctrl+Alt+Del parody of Assassin's Creed.
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TELEPATHY [close]:  Yaru Dex - "Great now you made Mickey cry. Thanks a lot, Seth."
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Korell Ventril exclaims, "Choo ain no guard! Choo a crackhead!"

[Denavae]

[indigone]

While I appreciate the change to unlock, won't I still need to train up security just as high in order to see and disarm traps?
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- Paolo Nutini

[HR-Trevor]

Thanks for the feedback.

Focus cost: Completely intended as this ability essentially replaces an entire highly trained skill and encroaches on one of the Agent specialties.

Disarming: There's a disarm traps ability, which I'll look at implementing. It will also have a high focus cost, though I may juggle those costs for each of these abilities around some.

Between the two, you won't need Security skill. Instead, you offset that with an ability that's less readily usable unless you have only a box or two.
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"Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something." -- Plato

-- Trevor Rage / Rich Mondy

[Denavae]

Ah, gotcha. Highly understandable, and thanks again!
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[indigone]

[HR-Trevor]

In similar vein, two new trap types were introduced last night. One on low level boxes, one on higher end boxes.
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"Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something." -- Plato

-- Trevor Rage / Rich Mondy

[Seth Ventril]

Trevor...I love you. Question though. Do the lower end traps ONLY appear on low end boxes?
_________________
Victim: Well, what is the creed?
Assassin: It's very secret, passed down for hundreds of generations. If I told you, I'd have to kill you.
Victim: Aren't you already killing me anyway?
Assassin: That's a good point...The creed is..."Stick them with the pointy end." - Ctrl+Alt+Del parody of Assassin's Creed.
---
TELEPATHY [close]:  Yaru Dex - "Great now you made Mickey cry. Thanks a lot, Seth."
---
Korell Ventril exclaims, "Choo ain no guard! Choo a crackhead!"

[HR-Trevor]

The "drunk" trap only appears on low level boxes.
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"Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something." -- Plato

-- Trevor Rage / Rich Mondy

[indigone]