lockpicking question

[Briem]

Is it viable to double in lockpicking and disarming with 403 and 404 (plus 2x percept) and be able to pick like level boxes, or must I triple?

[Cereal Killer]

It is viable.

[Thondalar]

It's (mostly) viable. There are certain threshold levels you'll hit where, depending on what you hunt (to a degree), you'll find some boxes you won't be able to get. Roa'ters, Rotting corpses, and Minotaurs come to mind.

You should be able to get the vast majority of them, though.

[Palcron]

At 91 and 2.5x with lore, I still come across boxes that I can't open. It doesn't happen often, but I probably come across half a dozen or so a month that I have to wedge. But yeah, even at 2x, you should be fine with the majority of boxes you find. Just get through LFM until you can make decent wedges and you should be good to go.

[MotleyCrew]

Instead of starting a new thread, thought I would ask this here. I have heard that the spells light and song of luck can help when picking, true? Any other spells (besides 403 and 404) that help traps/picking?

[Tgo01]

Presence (402), Self Control and Lucksong all help with spotting traps.

Lucksong and Self Control help with disarming traps.

Good lighting helps with spotting and disarming traps so if you're in a room that does not have good lighting the light spell would help. Otherwise the light spell is useless.

[MotleyCrew]

Thanks, I imagine Self Control is hard to come by.

So nothing helps with the actual picking?

[GuildRat]

http://www.krakiipedia.org/wiki/Picking_Locks

The only thing I can think of that would help out side of lock lore would be enhancives for picking.

[Tgo01]

So nothing helps with the actual picking?

Just 403.