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Baldur’s Gate 3 is a story-rich, party-based RPG set in the universe of Dungeons & Dragons, where your choices shape a tale of fellowship and betrayal, survival and sacrifice, and the lure of absolute power. (Website)

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I don't understand how Thieves' Tools work in this game (pawb.social)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/baldurs_gate_3

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Like, you can consume one to reroll a lockpicking check. That bit makes sense.

But also sometimes you'll pick a lock, not reroll, and it'll consume one of your tools anyway.

Same thing with trap disarming kits.

Do they have a 'durability %' that is just hidden to the player? Does it relate to the difficulty of the lock itself?

Sometimes I'll pick seven doors without a single one being consumed, and sometimes three of them will be consumed in a row.... ?

I don't get it, and I found no explanation for it anywhere in the game.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I usually have Shadowheart in my party so I use guidance for basically everything and adding that 1d4 to Astarion's lockpicking check feels honestly gratuitous at this point (I still do it tho)

[–] Ravaja 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This combo has opened several 30 point locks for me

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I just use a 2nd lvl spell called Knock, why try when you can just succeed. By the time you see 30 locks spending some 2nd lvl spells for knock should be totally fine.