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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tomBitonti" data-source="post: 3328215" data-attributes="member: 13107">Difference between opening a lock and hiding ...So ... when opening a lock, there is a clear signal when you've openedthe lock, and a clear finality to that result.  The "take 20" rulessimulate repeated checks, until a high enough result is obtained.On average, you will need 20 results to gain you maximum once, sothat's how long the action takes.The result with hiding is different.  If you hid 20 different times, howdoes that make the last result your best result?  The end result ofrepeated attempts would perhaps be better than an average result,assuming that you gained information between attempts.  But theend result would be somewhat random, and probably not the bestresult.</blockquote>