Small Question About Doors And Locks

[tolchocker]

(By the way, an aside, what happens to a half-back-picked lock? A half-picked lock remains unlocked until it's fully picked, and that makes sense. But does a half-back-picked lock remain unlocked until it's fully back-picked? And you can come back to complete the back-pick later?? And what about a half re-picked lock after back-picking? Issues may vary depending on the answer to these questions; generally it would lead to cases of half back-picked locks ambiguously lying around, but all this is an aside to the general grumbling slow back-picking would create in any event.)

 

This won't be an issue for single frob relocking, as the "half picked" scenario would only occur while unlocking a door, just as it does in TI/II (haven't played TDS).

 

The "direction" of lock picking (unlocking/locking) would be determined by the state of the door (locked/unlocked). All these examples would be answered by frobbing the door. If the door is locked then you're are picking it open. If the door opens then you are picking it closed.

[bob_arctor]

How about only backpicking for one pick doors, because they are so simple?