Determining Experience Gains: After you have fulfilled 30 ranks of Disarm and Picking Locks you will be able to see a much greater increase in the amount of learning you gain from locksmithing. Finding the amount of experience you get is quite easy. First take a look at this sample table outlining a lockpicker with 0 wisdom bonus and 200 skill bonus in picking:

Lock 
Size    Experience 

500     150 
490     145 
480     140 
470     135 
460     130 
450     125 
440     120 
430     115 
420     110 
410     105 
400     100 
390     90 
380     80 
370     70 
360     60 
350     50 
340     40 
330     30 
320     25

For values in between, the experience value is higher (i.e. a 425 lock would be 115 experience).

Now find your max lock with your lockpick. Max lock is your skill bonus plus your wisdom bonus all times your lockpick modifier. Drop that down to the closest +5, and place that number at the top of the table. Now follow the pattern down by subtracting ten. As you see, if Lock Size is within 100 points of your max, then your experience is equal to:

150 - [int((Max-Lock)/10)]*5

If the Lock Size is more than 100 points below your max, then Experience is equal to:

100 - (((Max-100)-Lock)/10)*10

I think it's just easier to use the table though.

Determine your Maximums Determine your Maximums Max Lock Without Lore: (Skill + WI Bonus) * lockpick mod (Round down to nearest 5) Max Lock With Lore: (Skill + WI Bonus + ((Level/2 + Skill/10 + Dex Bonus/4 + Wis Bonus/4)rounded down to nearest 1)) * pick mod (Down to nearest 5) Max Trap Without Lore: (Skill + WI Bonus) (Rounded down to nearest 5) Max Trap With Lore: (Skill + WI Bonus + (Level/2 + Skill/10 + Ref Bonus/4 + Dis Bonus/4)) (Down to nearest 5) Lockpick Modifiers Lockpick Modifiers Lockpick Multiplier -------------------------- Crude 1.1 Common 1.2 Good 1.25 Quality 1.3 Professional 1.5 Jagged Wire 1.8 Mithril 1.9 Precision 1.9 Tapered 2.15 Alum 2.5 This is the amount that your lockpick skill is multiplied, thus someone who has a lockpicking skill of 200 uses a Crude lockpick, it would inturn result in his skill being reflected as 220. If he were to use an Alum lockpick, it would be reflected as 500. Also, while testing my Jagged Wire lockpick, I slightly damaged it. Now, for my tests I was logging the lock size, roll, and any RT I had, as well has how much experience the lock gave me. However, once I damaged the lockpick, I noticed my experience differed from what I had on my chart. For example, picking a -350 with the damaged pick gave me 140 experience, when a -350 is supposed to give me 130 experience based on max lock 395. I also picked a -215 with the damaged pick, and it gave me 50 experience, when it was supposed to only give me 30. What this means is the modifier changed. The modifier dropped one tenth (.1), making it now 1.7, making my max lock a 370, which puts it correct. I will have to do more tests with damaged lockpicks to make sure that this is exactly true. Mind you if you get the lockpick repair, either before you snap it or after, it will go back to the original modifier. Lockpick Values when Loresung Lockpick Values when Loresung By Ashren Rank Highest Lowest Superb 2.5 2.1 Excellent 2.1 1.4 Master 1.8 1.5 Professional 1.6 1.3 Common 1.3 1.2 Crude 1.1 1.1 403 Lockpicking Enhancement 403 Lockpicking Enhancement 30 + 1 per 2 Levels Casting this spell on yourself will give you a bonus to all attempts at lockpicking. When this spell is cast on others, or is cast from an item such as a magical item or a scroll, the bonus imparted is halved. If the spell is cast upon someone by someone that knows the spell, then the Bous will be half of the caster's normal bonus. If the spell is used from a magical item, the bonus is halved. This spell will also give a bonus to attempts with 'Unlock(407)' For each attempt with 407 this spell must be re-cast. This spell, when cast on someone other than the caster will act as half the bonus for the attempt, in this case the Caster's Bonus is halved and imparted to the reciever. .The bonus for each type are as follows: Manual Enhancement: (Caster's Level / 2) + (Casters Lockpick Skill / 10) + ((Caster's Dexterity Bonus / 2) + (Caster's Wisdom Bonus / 2) / 2) his is the bonus given to all manual lockpicking attempts. It has a full duration of 30 seconds plus 1 second per each 2 levels of the caster. To recieve this bonus from the spell, the caster must have a total Skill Bonus that would exceed the magical bonus given by the spell. If the bonus from the spell exceeds the caster's raw skill, then the bonus is decreased to half of their normal picking skill. Magical Enhancement: (Ranks in Minor Elemental Circle / 4) + (Caster's Aura Bonus / 2) This is the bonus given to all Magical enhancement of 407. The casting of this spell will only last for one cast of 407. If a player has no ranks in Minor Elemental Circle, then they will not recieve a bonus from this effect of the spell to castings of 407. 404 Disarming Enhancement 404 Disarming Enhancement 30 + 1 per 2 Levels Casting this spell on yourself will give you a bonus to all attempts at disarming. When this spell is cast on others, or is cast from an item such as a magical item or a scroll, the bonus imparted is halved. If the spell is cast upon someone by someone that knows the spell, then the Bonus will be half of the caster's normal bonus. If the spell is used from a magical item, the bonus will be that of the person activating it. This spell will also give a bonus to attempts with 'Disarming' For each attempt with 408 this spell must be re-cast. This spell, when cast on someone other than the caster will act as half the bonus for the attempt, in this case the Caster's Bonus is halved and imparted to the reciever. .The bonus for each type are as follows: Manual Enhancement: (Caster's Level / 2) + (Casters Disarm Skill / 10) + ((Caster's Reflex Bonus / 2) + (Caster's Discipline Bonus / 2) / 2) This is the bonus given to all manual disarming attempts. It has a full duration of 30 seconds plus 1 second per each 2 levels of the caster. To recieve this bonus from the spell, the caster must have a total Skill Bonus that would exceed the magical bonus given by the spell. If the bonus from the spell exceeds the caster's raw skill, then the bonus is decreased to half of their normal disarming skill. Magical Enhancement: (Ranks in Minor Elemental Circle / 4) + (Caster's Aura Bonus / 2) This is the bonus given to all Magical enhancement of 408. The casting of this spell will only last for one cast of 408. If a player has no ranks in Minor Elemental Circle, then they will not recieve a bonus from this effect of the spell to castings of 408. Thief-Lingo, How to read locks. Thief-Lingo Lock Difficuly ------------------------------------ Lingo Primitive 5-35 Rudimentary 40-75 Very Basic 80-115 Easy 120-155 Simple 160-195 Fairly Simple 200-235 Tricky 240-275 Somewhat Difficult 280-315 Moderately Difficult 320-355 Difficult 360-395 Very Difficult 400-435 Intricate 440-475 Very Intricate 480-515 Exceptionally Difficult 520-555 Absurdly Difficult 560-595 Exceptionally complicated 600-635 Amazingly well-crafted 640-675 Masterfully crafted 680-715 Incredibly intricate 720-755 Unbelievably Intricate? 760-795 Masterfully Intricate? 800-835 Astoundingly com? ? Amazingly Difficult? ? 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