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<blockquote data-quote="tetrasodium" data-source="post: 8174502" data-attributes="member: 93670">d&amp;d doesn't have wardcraft or anything like streetwise so the answer is absolutely yes but it depends. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9b9IYqsb_U" target="_blank">Here</a> is a great video on modern common keys.&nbsp; There are also ways to identify the blank &amp; what brand/ brands/kinds of devices use that sort of key with some comparison.&nbsp; I'd put the skill as int based somewhere between arcana &amp; thieve's tools leaning heavily towards arcana.&nbsp;&nbsp; Common keys can be anything but you can &amp; probably should rattle off a bunch of examples if you feel like it's a common key (dc2-5 or mayyyyybe 10 to identify common keys) &amp; you can do that by including something generally close to the actual thing plus a few other things (the video should give some great ideas).&nbsp; Nearly every house key is trivially identifiable to manufacturer as long as they aren't those fun custom ones to make it a bit obfuscated.&nbsp; Knowing it's a standard door lock type housekey isn't much of a security problem though since those locks are only marginally more of a hurdle than the windows most houses have.&nbsp; Extremely secure (and very expensive) locks are easy to recognize &amp; knw the manufacturer (maybe even lock model itself) but tend to be secure enough that even a skilled attacker won't even bother with consudering the lock after a glance.&nbsp; There is a lot more detail in <a href="https://www.thepiazza.org.uk/bb/viewtopic.php?f=16&amp;t=21194&amp;sid=19794f08e1b22aff3bbab71b1d776c60" target="_blank">this</a> post that will also give you neat ways of describing the results of &quot;I roll X on thieve's tools&quot; than &quot;bob picks the lock&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="tetrasodium, post: 8174502, member: 93670"] d&d doesn't have wardcraft or anything like streetwise so the answer is absolutely [B]yes[/B] but it depends.[B] [/B][URL='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9b9IYqsb_U']Here[/URL] is a great video on modern common keys. There are also ways to identify the blank & what brand/ brands/kinds of devices use that sort of key with some comparison. I'd put the skill as int based somewhere between arcana & thieve's tools leaning heavily towards arcana. Common keys can be anything but you can & probably should rattle off a bunch of examples if you feel like it's a common key (dc2-5 or [I]mayyyyybe[/I] 10 to identify common keys) & you can do that by including something generally close to the actual thing plus a few other things (the video should give some great ideas). Nearly every house key is trivially identifiable to manufacturer as long as they aren't those fun custom ones to make it a bit obfuscated. Knowing it's a standard door lock type housekey isn't much of a security problem though since those locks are only marginally more of a hurdle than the windows most houses have. Extremely secure (and very expensive) locks are easy to recognize & knw the manufacturer (maybe even lock model itself) but tend to be secure enough that even a skilled attacker won't even bother with consudering the lock after a glance. There is a lot more detail in [URL='https://www.thepiazza.org.uk/bb/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=21194&sid=19794f08e1b22aff3bbab71b1d776c60']this[/URL] post that will also give you neat ways of describing the results of "I roll X on thieve's tools" than "bob picks the lock" [/QUOTE]

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