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Moominpappa
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Rogue skills

Post by Moominpappa » Thu Jun 14, 2018 2:25 am

I have been thinking about a new rogue type character and had a quick look at the "cookie cutter" builds which come out almost identical to my thoughts anyway. But for rogue skills etc. are there known maximum DCs? E.g. why in the cookie cutter build is the disable trap left at 10? Is it assuming a 10 ft pole (and other disable trap items), and will that cover you for end game traps or should I go mad dropping points into it?

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Re: Rogue skills

Post by Wytchee » Thu Jun 14, 2018 2:30 am

Gear + 10 foot pole + rogue's cunning from rogue's leathers is enough to disable most traps that can be disabled.

DCs on locks go much higher.
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Re: Rogue skills

Post by Sab1 » Thu Jun 14, 2018 4:27 am

it will also depend on if you are looking to break into homes, or stick with chests and doors in dungeons and such. Plus if you have say an 18 int, you are going to have so many skill points that you won't be worrying to much, you will probably toss pts in disable trap just to spend the pts.

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Re: Rogue skills

Post by msterswrdsmn » Thu Jun 14, 2018 5:19 am

The highest dungeon lock i've seen so far is 80. Quarter locks are usually boosted into the triple digits by the owners, and are generally not worth trying to break into. Trap DC's vary, though the highest recover Dc's i've seen were around 50-60 (can't remember the exact number)

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Re: Rogue skills

Post by Moominpappa » Thu Jun 14, 2018 10:58 am

I have barely played rogues before so I didn't even know rogues cunning was a thing! That's seriously handy! Cheers everyone for all the info!

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Re: Rogue skills

Post by StrykerMontgomery » Tue Jun 19, 2018 10:40 pm

What is rogue's cunning?
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Re: Rogue skills

Post by PinataPlethora » Tue Jun 19, 2018 11:21 pm

StrykerMontgomery wrote:
Tue Jun 19, 2018 10:40 pm
What is rogue's cunning?
http://nwn.wikia.com/wiki/Rogue's_cunning

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