Pickpocket-failure getting VERY annoying now ...

daan · 02-02-2002, 11:01 AM

My solo assasin :
str. 18
dex. 19
con. 16
int. 11
wis. 16
cha. 20 (ring + sword bonus)

Pickpocket : 290 (potions of thievery)
CAN NOT pickpocket ANYONE !!!!!

I tried black merchants, legit merchants, different kinds of merchants.... I cant even steal an axe, a normal axe .....

I played thieves before, and this isnt normal, but Baldurdash seems to have vanished (cant get on site).
Does anyone know what is going on ??

PLz help

Sir Exxon · 02-02-2002, 11:30 AM

Hmm, doesnt know what's going on with your game, but here's a new link to Baldurdash:
New Baldurdash!.
Maybe you'll find a fix.

see ya!

Jonni Voodoo · 02-02-2002, 06:19 PM

This is a bug. If your PP goes over (I think) 240 you will always fail. Something about once it reaches a certain point it rolls back. I am not sure, though--just repeating what I've read at other boards. There might be something at Baldurdash that can help.

[ 02-02-2002: Message edited by: Jonni Voodoo ]

daan · 02-02-2002, 06:46 PM

thx, that sounds pretty logic, I've heard of it happening with Backstab too, its x7 , then at lvl 23 it's suddenly x5 again.
Again, thx for the help ... no patch at baldurdash though :*(

Jonni Voodoo · 02-02-2002, 06:52 PM

You could just use Shadowkeeper and take it down a few points. It wouldn't really be cheating, I don't think.

Enedelin · 02-02-2002, 08:01 PM

Ok, I have to ask a question about pickpocketing; is it thrown randomly, no matter what your pickpocketing ability is at that moment, or is it like picking locks, where some locks require a minimum number? With my base 100 pickpocketing skill I could never steal anyithing from any merchants, but with 140 or 180 (potions) I could steal anything I wanted, so what does it depend on?

SixOfSpades · 02-02-2002, 09:45 PM

Yep--the number overlaps. Apparently as soon as it reaches 250 or so, the counter passes MaxInt and the computer suddenly thinks that your pickpocketing score is negative. I don't know what the odds on failing are.....in BG1, you could put as many points into Pockets (or any other skill) as you wanted to, but there was no point in going over 100%--No matter what your score was, the game still rolls a d100, and if you roll a 1, you fail. I don't know what the 'ceiling' in BG2 was, but I try to stay over 125% in everything.

Enedelin · 02-05-2002, 12:56 PM

At what level do thiefs get 7x multiplier for backstabbing? Something weird happened when I went got to level 18: on the stats it said -1 to backstab multiplier, and it stayed at 6x, what I had before, just weird, so i wondered if thats a glitch or what...

02-02-2002, 11:01 AM	#1
daan Silver Dragon Join Date: August 25, 2001 Location: - Age: 39 Posts: 1,644	My solo assasin : str. 18 dex. 19 con. 16 int. 11 wis. 16 cha. 20 (ring + sword bonus) Pickpocket : 290 (potions of thievery) CAN NOT pickpocket ANYONE !!!!! I tried black merchants, legit merchants, different kinds of merchants.... I cant even steal an axe, a normal axe ..... I played thieves before, and this isnt normal, but Baldurdash seems to have vanished (cant get on site). Does anyone know what is going on ?? PLz help __________________ <strong> Odi et Amo. Quare id faciam facisse requires ? Nescio, sed fieri sentio et excrucior </strong><br /><br /><strong> Amantem cogit amare magis, sed bene velle minus </strong>

02-02-2002, 06:46 PM	#4
daan Silver Dragon Join Date: August 25, 2001 Location: - Age: 39 Posts: 1,644	thx, that sounds pretty logic, I've heard of it happening with Backstab too, its x7 , then at lvl 23 it's suddenly x5 again. Again, thx for the help ... no patch at baldurdash though :*( __________________ <strong> Odi et Amo. Quare id faciam facisse requires ? Nescio, sed fieri sentio et excrucior </strong><br /><br /><strong> Amantem cogit amare magis, sed bene velle minus </strong>

02-02-2002, 09:45 PM	#7
SixOfSpades Dracolisk Join Date: September 16, 2001 Location: Bellingham, WA, USA Age: 47 Posts: 6,901	Yep--the number overlaps. Apparently as soon as it reaches 250 or so, the counter passes MaxInt and the computer suddenly thinks that your pickpocketing score is negative. I don't know what the odds on failing are.....in BG1, you could put as many points into Pockets (or any other skill) as you wanted to, but there was no point in going over 100%--No matter what your score was, the game still rolls a d100, and if you roll a 1, you fail. I don't know what the 'ceiling' in BG2 was, but I try to stay over 125% in everything. __________________ Volothamp's Comeuppance Everything you ever needed to know about the entire Baldur's Gate series......except spoilers.

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02-02-2002, 11:30 AM	#2
Sir Exxon Zartan Join Date: October 15, 2001 Location: Oslo, Norway Age: 36 Posts: 5,367	Hmm, doesnt know what's going on with your game, but here's a new link to Baldurdash: New Baldurdash!. Maybe you'll find a fix. see ya!

02-02-2002, 06:19 PM	#3
Jonni Voodoo The Magister Join Date: December 16, 2001 Location: Deep 13 Age: 42 Posts: 124	This is a bug. If your PP goes over (I think) 240 you will always fail. Something about once it reaches a certain point it rolls back. I am not sure, though--just repeating what I've read at other boards. There might be something at Baldurdash that can help. [ 02-02-2002: Message edited by: Jonni Voodoo ]

02-02-2002, 06:52 PM	#5
Jonni Voodoo The Magister Join Date: December 16, 2001 Location: Deep 13 Age: 42 Posts: 124	You could just use Shadowkeeper and take it down a few points. It wouldn't really be cheating, I don't think.

02-02-2002, 08:01 PM	#6
Enedelin Elite Waterdeep Guard Join Date: January 31, 2002 Location: Spain Posts: 28	Ok, I have to ask a question about pickpocketing; is it thrown randomly, no matter what your pickpocketing ability is at that moment, or is it like picking locks, where some locks require a minimum number? With my base 100 pickpocketing skill I could never steal anyithing from any merchants, but with 140 or 180 (potions) I could steal anything I wanted, so what does it depend on?

02-05-2002, 12:56 PM	#8
Enedelin Elite Waterdeep Guard Join Date: January 31, 2002 Location: Spain Posts: 28	At what level do thiefs get 7x multiplier for backstabbing? Something weird happened when I went got to level 18: on the stats it said -1 to backstab multiplier, and it stayed at 6x, what I had before, just weird, so i wondered if thats a glitch or what...

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