Morrowind talk:Security
Should I have this skill either a minor or a major skill?--ShakenMike 01:29, 20 February 2007 (EST)
I'm just wondering thats all.--ShakenMike 18:24, 20 February 2007 (EST)
- Major skills improve more quikly than minor skills, so the choice is yours to make, depending on what you want your character to be. --DrPhoton 04:12, 21 February 2007 (EST)
Cool thanks and I want my character to be a full mage type I think.--ShakenMike 13:19, 21 February 2007 (EST)
Do locks reset?[edit]
Do the locks that I pick respawn after a certain amount of time? Aleksil 18:10, 26 June 2008 (EDT)
- No, locks do not reset, they stay in the status you left them, i.e. unlocked if you picked it. --Benould•T•C 21:08, 26 June 2008 (EDT)
calculate[edit]
how do you calculate what level of lock you can pick? it would really help! 24.11.215.194 05:22, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
- At Security 23/24 I could (attempt to) pick locks at lock level 50 using Journeyman's picks (Q 1.1), but not with Apprentice's (Q 1). At Security 25 I started being able to pick the level 50 lock with the Q1 picks. So as an educated guess, I'd say that the max lock you can pick is: Security + (Security * pick-quality). 85.113.184.168 19:42, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
Governing Skill?[edit]
So the game and wiki state that Intelligence is the governing attribute for Security, why is it that the math for calculating lockpicking chance involves Agility and not Intelligence? Does increasing Intelligence actually help with lockpicking, or is it basically just an Agility skill that puts credit towards Intelligence when leveling up? — Unsigned comment by 24.18.86.166 (talk) at 16:33 on 8 December 2012
- From my experience, it's the latter, but if you want to check, you could always us the console to increase your Agility and Intelligence (separately) and see which one is helping you pick the locks. That is, if you play on the PC... -- Kertaw48 (talk) 19:23, 8 December 2012 (GMT)
- In Morrowind, the Governing Attribute of a Skill isn't always the same attribute that affects the success of actions with that Skill. In this case, yes, lockpicking uses Agility but helps raise Intelligence. This is similar to how physical attacks all use Strength for damage and Agility for accuracy, and all spells base the chance of being successfully cast upon Willpower, regardless of what the Governing Attribute of that Weapon or Magic type is. Frostdust (talk) 09:28, 13 December 2012 (GMT)
I just had this same question, and made a test to confirm. My Security skill is 15. I locked a container at Lock 100 pts, then increased my Int to 600, and tried to open it, but it said Lock too complex. Then increased Agility to 600, and I opened it on first try. So yes, Agility DOES help Security.