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<blockquote data-quote="zakael19" data-source="post: 9678200" data-attributes="member: 7044099">Most games that have innate complications as a potential outcome of their rules probably don’t have you attempting to open a lock for the sake of opening a lock. In Blades, you might be seeking to get the Idol of some demon hidden in a cultist’s sanctum because really wouldn’t it be better in yours?So we establish the stakes (this room has demonic wards/theres cultists on patrol/that chanting sound sure sounds like a summoning…), we know the goal - and the lock often becomes incidental. Because we assume the characters are competent at being scoundrels, unless there’s a good reason for being held up by it a normal lock just isn’t a reasonable thing to test (we’ve all seen LockpickingLawyer, right?), a complex “high tier” one might be up to a clock though - with each attempt representing time and chances for danger.I haven’t done this sort of thing in Stonetop at all, since locked places (that aren’t ancient arcane ruins) just aren’t really a feature of my play - but I’m assuming Dungeon World would be similar to above Blades play.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="zakael19, post: 9678200, member: 7044099"] Most games that have innate complications as a potential outcome of their rules probably don’t have you attempting to open a lock for the sake of opening a lock. In Blades, you might be seeking to get the Idol of some demon hidden in a cultist’s sanctum because really wouldn’t it be better in yours? So we establish the stakes (this room has demonic wards/theres cultists on patrol/that chanting sound sure sounds like a summoning…), we know the goal - and the lock often becomes incidental. Because we assume the characters are competent at being scoundrels, unless there’s a good reason for being held up by it a normal lock just isn’t a reasonable thing to test (we’ve all seen LockpickingLawyer, right?), a complex “high tier” one might be up to a clock though - with each attempt representing time and chances for danger. I haven’t done this sort of thing in Stonetop at all, since locked places (that aren’t ancient arcane ruins) just aren’t really a feature of my play - but I’m assuming Dungeon World would be similar to above Blades play. [/QUOTE]

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