Lock Mastery

Lockmastery is one of six Rogue Guild guild skills that allows a rogue to pick boxes faster, add locks and clasps to certain items, measure a lock size, and a number of other things.

Skills

Lockmastery skills are generally skills that relate to traps, locks, and things one can do with traps and locks. Locksmiths use calipers to narrow down the best pick to use while picking boxes. Sorcerers need locked containers to use one aspect of their Phase (704) spell, and commission rogues to add locks to certain items. Some skills, like the PTRICKs, are useful only for show.

Picking Tricks

There are seven different styles that a lockmastery-skilled rogue can use to add style to his picking attempts.

To use, the syntax is LM PTRICK <SKILL> <CONTAINER>.

SPIN

With a quick flick of the wrist, you spin your copper tatting spindle around in your palm, stopping it as the tip enters a sturdy iron trunk...

TWIST

You give your vaalin lockpick a sharp twist, attempting to straighten it slightly, before settling into the difficult task of picking the lock on a rotting monir strongbox...

TURN

Taking a gentle turn, you choke up on your golvern nail file for a better grip, then devote all your attention to the lock on a badly damaged maoral chest...

TWIRL

With a casual motion, you twirl your invar lockpick around your index finger, catching it between thumb and forefinger before applying it to the lock of a rotting monir trunk...

TOSS

With a quick toss, you send your invar lockpick popping into the air, whirling like a top! As it comes down, you easily snatch it from the air and begin to pick the lock on a sturdy tanik coffer...

BEND

You carefully bend the tip of your copper lockpick slightly, adjusting it for a better angle, before attempting to pick the lock on a plain modwir trunk...

FLIP

PTRICK FLIP is a little different in that it is not followed by the standard box picking messaging. The size of the lock is not displayed.

>lm ptrick flip my chest
Pretending to only examine the lock of a rotting haon chest, you instead attempt to quietly turn the tumblers to within a hair's breadth of clicking...
You make a passable attempt (d100=44).

Then with an easy motion, you flip your lockpick into the air and give the chest a solid smack!

The chest gives off an audible *click* as the tumblers snap open.

Sensing Room Conditions

Room conditions can influence the ability of a rogue to pick a lock. A brighter room is better for lockpicking than a darker room. Fog hinders lockpicking as well.

There are approximately eight seconds between entering the LM SENSE command and having the room conditions reported back.

>lm sense
With a seasoned eye, you begin to examine both yourself and the area in an attempt to ascertain the current conditions for lockpicking...

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After a thorough examination, you determine that you are in excellent shape, physically. As far as you can tell, the area around you has pretty average lighting.

Unfortunately, the voices in your head will hinder any attempts at serious locksmithing.

Under the current conditions, you think you could probably handle an intricate trap and a fairly easy lock with any old lockpick.

Troubleshooting: If seeing the message "You discover that you're not really skilled enough at this to be able to tell much." or a message about pickpocketing, it is possible that you are only using the SENSE verb. Please try again using LM SENSE.

Measuring the Size of a Lock with Calipers

>lm measure my str
Using your professional calipers, you carefully begin to measure the lock...
Roundtime: 10 sec.
R>
Measuring carefully, it looks to be a fairly simple lock.

Those calipers could not be more perfectly calibrated.  You should leave them alone.  You'll just mess them up.

>lm cal my cal
You make some effort to fine-tune the professional calipers.
You can't help but think that the calipers are as finely-tuned as you are possibly going to get them.  They practically glow with calibration!
Roundtime: 12 sec.

Wedging Open Boxes

Using a wooden wedge made in the guild, a locksmith can open a fused or plated box.

Locksmith inserts the tip of his warped wooden wedge just under the lid of his monir trunk and carefully works it back and forth until it is firmly seated.  Locksmith tries to jam the wedge in further with the palm of his hand but only manages to splinter it as the tip slides along the edge. 
The lid of a weathered monir trunk suddenly splits away from the casing amidst the crunch of splintering wood!

Repairing Lockpicks

Bent

Repairs can be made to a lockpick after the tip is bent. These repairs do not need to be made at a Rogue Guild toolbench.

>lm repair my lockpick
You carefully go about reshaping the invar lockpick, taking great care to provide the proper curvature to the tip.
Roundtime: 9 sec.

Snapped

When a lockpick is completely broken, it must be repaired at a Rogue Guild toolbench using a wire of the same material. The wires can be purchased from the attendant at the toolbench. It is usually significantly cheaper and faster to repair lockpicks through Lock Mastery than the local NPC locksmith. For example, a golvern wire would cost 16k, but Shind would cost a Ta'Vaalor full citizen 40k and 8 hours to repair.

Glaes lockpicks cannot be repaired.

The ability of the rogue will determine if they have enough skill to repair the lockpick.

Material	Cost		Material	Cost
copper	20		alum	3900
brass	45		vultite	5100
steel	85		rolaren	6500
gold	350		veniom	8500
silver	425		kelyn	11000
ora	850		invar	13000
mithril	1025		golvern	16000
laje	2900		vaalin	21000

>lm repair my lockpick
Using a small glass dropper, you apply a small bit of acid to the fused joint at the base of the tip of a copper-edged ora lockpick, being careful not to melt the handle or your fingers.

When the tip is loose, you neatly pluck it from its home in a wire-thin hole running up into the handle, before replacing it with a new ora wire.

Taking the old tip, you hold it over the blue flame of a nearby burner with a pair of metal grips. The wire quickly turns red and begins to sag, and just as the first drop threatens to fall into the tongue of flame, you smoothly touch the end of the filament to the joining of the handle and the new wire. The thick molten metal seeps in around the edges of the ora wire, cooling rapidly to form a tight bond.
Roundtime: 11 sec.

If the lockpick is unable to be repaired (either by skill of the locksmith or number of times the lockpick has already been repaired), the messaging is as follows:

Using a small glass dropper, you apply a small bit of acid to the fused joint at the base of the tip of a copper-edged invar lockpick, but the broken tip refuses to work free.

Relocking Boxes

A rogue can relock a box, provided that they can handle the lock size. Experience and difficulty reps are not given for picking a relocked box.

>lm relock my chest
You settle into the difficult task of relocking the tanik chest.
You make a talented attempt (d100=81).
You struggle with the tumblers. As you do, you get a sense that the chest has a rudimentary lock (-60 thief-lingo difficulty ranking). Then...CLICK! It locks!
Roundtime: 10 sec.

Adding Clasps to Containers

The rogue can add a clasp to certain containers that do not open and close, making them closeable. If the item is scripted, the item will not be able to be clasped via lockmastery.

For training purposes, rogues can find an uncloseable plain sack for sale in the guild shops.

The following nouns can possibly take a clasp:

atanika, ataniki, backpack, bag, bankbook, basket, book, burnoose, cape, case, casket, cloak, coat, greatcloak, handbag, harness, haversack, hip-basket, hip-satchel, jacket, kit, knapsack, longcloak, longcoat, manifest, mantle, musette, neckpouch, over-gown, pack, pelisse, pouch, prayerbook, purse, quiver, register, reliquary, reticule, robe, robes, rucksack, sack, satchel, shroud, songbook, sporran, tome, toolkit, tube, and vestment.

To see if an item can take a clasp, the LMASTER CLASP CHECK verb can be used.

• A purple mantle can have a clasp attached to it, but not a lock.
• A purple mantle already has a clasp, and cannot have a lock added.
• That already has a clasp, but it can have a lock added.
• That is not an appropriate type of container to add a clasp or lock to.
• That's not a container.

The first time that LMASTER CLASP is used on an item, it will punch a hole in the item, readying it for a clasp. This results in 20-30 seconds of roundtime.

• Picking up a punch from the workbench, you carefully put a hole in the mantle where you intend to attach a clasp.

The second time that LMASTER CLASP is used on an item, you must have a clasp ready in your other hand. Clasps are available in the guild shops. Also, items with the noun "clasp" found in the treasure system can be used to clasp containers. Merchants have sold items without the clasp noun at multiple festivals.

• Selecting a pair of grips from the workbench, you carefully put a fine brass clasp through the hole in your purple mantle and secure it in place.

The description of the clasped item can have three variations:

• To attach the clasp so that it is visible in the show description, the verb is LMASTER CLASP SHOWDESC

• To attach the clasp so that it is visible in the long description, the verb is LMASTER CLASP LONGDESC

a rose pink thrak hide cloak clasped with an oversized stiffly splayed starched linen bow

• To keep the clasp hidden and keep the item's description the same, the verb is LMASTER CLASP NODESC, or simply LMASTER CLASP

You may also specify the style in which you want the clasp attached. The following phrases can be used to affix the clasp by typing LMASTER CLASP {SHOWDESC or LONGDESC} {style} after the initial LMASTER CLASP {item}:

Description	Style
"clasped with"	CLASP
"secured with"	SECURE
"buckled with"	BUCKLE
"fastened with"	FASTEN
*"pinned by"	PIN

>lm clasp longdesc pin
Selecting a pair of grips from the workbench, you carefully put a plain clasp through the hole in your plain sack and secure it in place.
Roundtime: 27 sec.
R>glance
You glance down to see a plain sack pinned by a plain clasp in your right hand and nothing in your left hand.

Making and Adding Locks to containers

The rogue can create a lock to add to certain containers. The lock can be of any difficulty that the rogue can pick open, though a difficult lock is not necessary. The larger the lock size, the more expensive it is to create.

The rogue can also cut keys and eventually customize said keys. It is advisable to have at least two keys; one key to unlock the container, and another key to store inside the container in case the first key is lost. Lockable containers can also be picked open and relocked via LM RELOCK.

Having a container that locks has both practical and role playing purposes. Phasing a locked container will cause the items within to become weightless as well as the container itself, making the service desirable for sorcerers.

The following items can have a lock added to them:

backpack, bankbook, basket, book, box, case, casket, chest, coffer, handbag, haversack, hip-basket, hip-satchel, kit, knapsack, manifest, pack, prayerbook, purse, register, reliquary, reticule, rucksack, satchel, songbook, sporran, strongbox, tome, toolkit, trunk, and tube.

Creating a lock

To create a lock, the rogue must go to a workshop toolbench with enough silvers to create the desired lock.

>lm lock create 500
You call in a workshop attendant and offer him enough to cover the materials for a -500 lock. A workshop attendant accepts your silvers.

The workshop attendant quickly retrieves a small block of steel and hands it to you before returning to his counter.

Materials in hand, you concentrate on the task of molding a -500 lock. After a short time, you find yourself with an average five tumbler lock assembly in your hand. You select a lock housing from the workbench and slide the average lock assembly inside.
Roundtime: 42 sec.

Unwanted lock assemblies can be sold back to the workshop attendant for roughly 70% of the creation price or used for deeds.

To attach a lock to a container, one must have a container with one of the nouns listed above and a lock assembly. The container must be able to open and close, and must be open when the lock is added. A workshop is not necessary to install a lock assembly into a container if the rogue has a locksmith's toolkit equipped with a set of narrow metal grips.

>lm lock knapsack
Taking the metal grips from your gold-painted toolbox, you insert your lock assembly into the clasp of your leather knapsack, and attach it securely.
Roundtime: 38 sec.

To duplicate a lock assembly, use the LM LOCK CREATE DUPLICATE syntax inside a workshop. This will create an identical lock assembly to one held in the rogue's hand. This is useful for people who want multiple items that lock, but want to use only one key.

Lock assemblies can be removed from containers, but the lock assembly will be destroyed in the process. Locks can only be removed in a workshop. This is useful for those who have lost their keys and would like to regain the ability to lock and unlock the container with a key.

>lm lock remove knapsack You select a tool from the toolbench and, with a bit of finesse and a lot of brute force, pry the lock out of the leather knapsack. Satisfied with your act of destruction, you toss the mangled lock assembly into a nearby wastebin.
Roundtime: 6 sec.

Making Keys

To cut a key, the rogue must purchase a key blank. Steel key blanks are available in the guild workshops. Key blanks made of various metals can occasionally be purchased at special merchant events.

Keys can be cut to fit specific lock assemblies or to duplicate existing keys. Keys can NOT be cut to fit the lock assembly after the lock assembly is installed in the container. The lock assembly can be removed from the container in case all keys are lost, but the lock assembly will be destroyed in the process. Keys must be cut specifically for each lock assembly; keys made for assemblies even of the same difficulty will not fit. The only exception is if a duplicate has been made of the same lock assembly.

>lm cut
You place a steel key blank into the key-cutting machinery and carefully carve out a pattern that matches a primitive lock assembly. Roundtime: 33 sec.

Creating Lockpicks

Through Lock Mastery the rogue has the ability to create lockpicks of better quality than those sold at other stores in Elanthia.

Available Materials and Costs

To create a lockpick, a rogue needs to purchase a thin bar of metal from the guild workshop.

Glaes is unavailable because it is volcanic glass. Glaes lockpicks cannot be made by heating and bending the material and thus are not able to be created via Lock Mastery.

Material	Cost		Material	Cost
copper	80		brass	200
steel	400		gold	1600
silver	2000		ora	4000
mithril	480		laje	13600
alum	18400		vultite	24000
rolaren	28800		veniom	40000
kelyn	49600		invar	60000
golvern	76000		vaalin	100000

Creating a Lockpick

Lockpicks must be created inside a workshop. While holding a thin bar of metal, the syntax is LM CREATE.

>lm create
Placing your bar of copper onto the grinding wheel, you slowly begin to pare away the excess material. Once you are satisfied that the wheel is no longer precise enough for the task, you remove the remaining strip of copper from the wheel and transfer it to the toolbench to file it down to its final form by hand. After another moment, the work is complete. As you remove the resulting copper lockpick from the toolbench, a quick glance reveals that it's of fairly average quality.
Roundtime: 45 sec.

Lockpicks have the chance to be below average, fairly average, or exceptional. The quality descriptor in the last line of the creation messaging will have an effect on the lockpick's mod.

As you remove the resulting copper lockpick from the toolbench, a quick glance reveals that it's of fairly average quality.

As you remove the resulting mithril lockpick from the toolbench, you can't help but be pleased with the exceptional quality of your work.

Customizing Lockpicks and Keys

Rogues trained in Lock Mastery can customize the description of lockpicks and keys.

Edging

Edging can be made of copper, brass, bronze, iron, steel, silver, gold, mithril, ora, alum, imflass, vultite, or vaalorn.

The rogue has the option of putting the edging into the longer description of the lockpick, such as a copper-edged invar lockpick, or into the shorter description. If the latter option is chosen, the short description and activator adjective of the item would be "a copper-edged lockpick", but the full name of the lockpick would still be "a copper-edged invar lockpick".

Edging of the same material cannot be used to edge the lockpick. For example, one cannot have a copper-edged copper lockpick.

>lm customize edge bronze
You call out to a workshop attendant and request some bronze for edging. He wanders in with some bronze and asks for 250 silvers, which you quickly hand over. Taking the bronze from him, you take a heated crimping tool from the workbench and set about edging your copper lockpick. After a few moments, the work is done, leaving you holding a bronze-edged copper lockpick.
Roundtime: 29 sec.

Edging Pricing
Metal	Pricing		Metal	Pricing		Metal	Pricing		Metal	Pricing
copper	20		brass	100		bronze	250		iron	300
steel	400		silver	500		gold	1000		mithril	1400
ora	1600		alum	2000		imflass	2000		vultite	3000
vaalorn*	5000		mithglin*	5000		invar*	5000		veniom*	5000
laje*	5000

• Vaalorn is available at the Ta'Vaalor Rogue Guild
• Mithglin is available at the Ta'Illistim Rogue Guild
• Invar is available at the Zul Logoth Rogue Guild
• Veniom is available in the Wehnimer's Landing Rogue Guild
• Laje is available in the Solhaven Rogue Guild

Insetting Gems

Small items such as gems, scarabs, and certain extracted trap parts can be inset into the end of the lockpick.

>lm cust inset
You take a chisel from the workbench and quickly scrape out a setting for a small light violet sphere in your lockpick. Replacing the chisel, you take a tube of glue and dab a small amount onto the back of your sphere before placing it on the lockpick and applying some pressure. Once the glue is set, you release your grip and find yourself holding a steel lockpick inset with a small light violet sphere.
Roundtime: 30 sec.

Colors & Dyes

Lockpicks can be dyed a number of colors. Dying a lockpick costs 500 silvers.

>LMASTER CUSTOMIZE DYE RED-TINGED
You call out to a workshop attendant and request some red-tinged dye. He wanders in with a pot of dye and asks for 500 silvers, which you quickly hand over. Taking the dye from him, you slowly apply the dye evenly across the surface of the lockpick, taking care not to leave any area uncovered. After a moment, the dye has dried, leaving you with a red-tinged copper lockpick.
Roundtime: 32 sec.

LM CUSTOM DYE ADJUST will move the dye color to the middle 15 characters of the short 15/15/15 description. This is useful for those who have multiple lockpicks of the same metal and would like to tell them apart easily.

Colors Available
Red	Orange	Yellow	Green	Blue	Purple	Pink	Black	White	Brown	Grey	Misc
red	orange	yellow	green	aquamarine	purple	pink	black	white	brown	grey	rainbow
scarlet	tangerine	light yellow	verdant	blue-green	dark purple	rose-colored	sable	snow white	dark brown	dark grey	chrome
cardinal red	red-orange	lemon yellow	olive green	blue	violet	magenta	dark	chalk white	light brown	light grey	golden
vermilion	coppery gold	sallow	dark green	dark blue	plum-colored	rosy pink	inky black	lily white	nut brown	dove-colored	silvery
crimson	sunset orange	tawny yellow	light green	light blue	lavender	dusty rose	ebony	ivory white	hazel	iron grey	sand-colored
sanguine	apricot	ocher	forest green	turquoise	lilac	bright pink	coal black	pale white	puce	dun	peach-colored
blood red	carrot orange	ochre	leaf green	azure	mauve	coral pink	jet black	pearly white	ecru	drab grey	caramel-hued
coral red	persimmon	flaxen	sea green	cerulean	deep violet	amaranth pink	sooty black	pure white	tawny	dingy grey	coppery gold
ruby red	pumpkin orange	amber	grass green	cyan	grape	cerise	dusky black	stark white	maroon	steel grey	moonlight silver
fiery red	fiery orange	chrome	pea green	sky blue	deep purple		dingy black	ghostly white	tan	ashen	pale golden
flame red		banana yellow	celadon	steel blue	periwinkle		midnight black	silvery	oak brown	ash grey	bright golden
dark red		golden	emerald green	indigo	royal purple		blue-black	bone white	russet	dapple grey	deep chrome
brick red		honey-colored	viridian	murky indigo	amethyst purple		matte black	creamy white	rust-colored	dappled	pearlescent
rosy red		sand-colored	ivy green	dark azure	salmon pink		raven black	pristine white	roan	slate-colored	opaline
ruddy crimson		peach-colored	bile green	royal blue	pink-layered camouflage		obsidian black	alabaster	sorrel	stone grey	opalescent
cherry red		chartreuse	jade green	dark cyan			deep black	bleached white	henna	grey-blue
dark crimson		pale golden	grey-green	dark cerulean			shadowy black	glacial white	auburn	greyish blue
deep red			pine green	sea blue			murky black	pearlescent	coppery brown	slate grey
lava red			cypress green	deep blue			mottled black		ale brown	storm grey
red-orange			malachite green	silvery blue			dull black		deep brown	mushroom grey
cranberry-hued			verdant green	icy blue			ebon black		dirt brown	pewter grey
deep crimson			apple green	ice blue			ebon		chestnut brown	grey-green
magma red			moss green	ultramarine			onyx black		caramel-hued	smoky grey
burgundy			seaweed green	midnight blue			glossy black		hazel-brown	misty grey
red-tinged			mottled green	pale blue			charcoal black		earthen brown	twilight grey
russet			hunter green	teal			midnight ebon		tawny sable	platinum grey
dark russet			green camouflage	ocean blue			twilight black		dark russet	charcoal
rust-colored			woodland camouflage	cobalt blue			pitch black		brown camouflage	dull grey
auburn			green-layered camouflage	sapphire blue			void black		chocolate-hued
berry red			woodland camouflage	glacial blue			deep ebony		burnt umber
red-speckled black			pale jade	powder blue			charcoal
			cucumber green	slate blue			faded black
				twilight blue			iridescent black
				celestial blue			red-speckled black
				navy blue			scorched black
				dusky blue
				baby blue
				glossy blue

If a dye is not listed above, there is a possibility that it could be added. For 5000 silvers, a dye color can be submitted to the Guild Guru GM. There is no guarantee that the dye color will be approved.

>lm cust dye request sunset orange
You call a workshop attendant in and ask him for a new dye.

The attendant says, "Alright Milque, I can put in a request for some sunset orange dye for you. The cost will be 5,000 silver, no notes. Just ask me about ordering sunset orange dye one more time within the next 30 seconds to confirm your order.

>lm cust dye request sunset orange
You call a workshop attendant in and ask him for a new dye.

The attendant collects your silvers and says, "Very well, Milque, I have put in a request for some sunset orange dye for you. Please check back within a week or two and use LMASTER CUSTOMIZE DYE REQUEST UPDATE to check on the status of your dye order."

Cleaning

At any point in the customization process a lockpick can be returned to "a <metal> lockpick" by using LM CUSTOMIZE CLEAN.

>lm cust clean
You take a file from the workbench and carefully file all the distinguishing markings and ornamentation off of a steel lockpick, leaving you holding a steel lockpick.
Roundtime: 7 sec.

Creating Keyrings

Keyring	Price		Keyring	Price
a chain link keyring	200		a slim mithril keyring	1000
a tarnished brass keyring	200		a twining invar keyring	800
a solid steel keyring	200		a gold filigree keyring	600
a sturdy iron keyring	200		a kelyn-clasped keyring	2500
a verdigris copper keyring	200		a braided silver keyring	400
a vaalin-laced keyring	10000

Tasks

Gaining ranks in all of the Rogue Guild skills requires the completion of numerous tasks.

Master Tasks

Depending on the rank of the rogue, the Skilled Masters will ask for different tasks.

Parchment Conditions

The Training Administrator told you to pick some easy boxes under a variety of conditions.

Picking Tough Boxes

The Training Administrator told you to pick some tough boxes from creatures.

Audience

DeLuca assays you with a critical eye and says, "Let's find you something to do to earn a rank in Lock Mastery." DeLuca rubs his chin thoughtfully, then continues, "Whatever ya do, it's important to look good while yer doin' it, and from where I'm standin', yer off to a slow start. Go out and practice openin' some boxes with yer latest trick for an audience. Be sure and get some that are a decent challenge for ya." DeLuca also adds, "Repeat this 5 times."

The Training Administrator told you to use some decently challenging boxes to practice your latest trick for an audience.

Practice the latest PTRICK learned on a box that provides the locksmith decent challenge in front of at least four people. Rogues count as two, Rogue Guild Masters count as three. You can only get one repetition every 30 seconds. Persons that are hidden or invisible do not count as a member of the audience. Those practicing the skill in Zul Logoth, Pinefar or the Rift will find that they require an audience of only two people.

Depending on how far along you are in the skill, you will need to use more difficult boxes.

Picking Contests

DeLuca assays you with a critical eye and says, "Let's find you something to do to earn a rank in Lock Mastery." DeLuca rubs his chin thoughtfully, then continues, "Think you're getting good at this? Let's find out! Go tell a footpad I sent ya to pit your skills against theirs in a lockpicking contest to the death! Or whatever." DeLuca also adds, "Repeat this 12 times."

The Training Administrator told you to pit your skills against a footpad.

You and the master will each be given five boxes. They might be trapped, they might not. The traps are not dangerous. The locks will be of different sizes. You will be given points for disarming traps, picking boxes, and speed. Like normal picking, using the best lockpick for the lock will give you more points. You will be docked points for missing traps and failing pick attempts. Try to get a higher score than the footpad.

Extract Trap Components

The Training Administrator told you to extract some acid vials.

Customize Lockpicks

Tsoran's site has an excellent table showing the skills, benefits and tasks required to progress in lock mastery. In addition to the benefits listed the smith will see reductions in RT for caliper use and for trap detection and disarming as they reached the advanced ranks of lockmastery.

The lock duplication skill can only be used to create genuine duplicates of the smith's own locks.

Resources

• http://www.tsoran.com
• Rogue Guild, on Play.net
• Tsoran's Lock Mastery Archive, on Kyaloria.com

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