Dexterity bug?

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  1. Steampunk_Dude

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    Hello. Here is my problem:

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    I can't raise my Pick Pocket skill, even if my CH is 20 (I boost charisma with charged rings). Is this is a bug?
     
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  2. Dark Elf

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    Do you wear gauntlets?

    Remove them and see what happens.

    Hm... there are no backgrounds that give you a pick pocket penalty, are there?

    That's awesome, my charged rings only boost Dexterity. :cry:
     
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    Put 2 more CP into dex and you should be fine.
     
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    Hmm, it seems that my Pick Pocketing skill is full, it's strange however, but Machined Gauntlets removes 1 point of Pick Pocketing (when worn). :???:
     
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    Have you, in real life, ever tried to pickpocket with machined gauntlets on? Have you ever tried to do anything with a pair of metal gauntlets on? The penalty is far from being strange.
     
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    Muro has a valid point. Machined Gauntlets would probably be highly cumbersome.
     
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    Simply take them off when using the pickpocket skill.
     
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    Frigo > Yep, I figured that out :)

    Muro > Arcanum isn't real life ;)

    Anyway, i thought that if something reduces skill, it will be written in item description (-1 Pick Pocket), or something.
     
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    I agree there, but Troika left that out.

    That's something I love about the Infinity games. All the equipment you find, down to something as basic as an unenchanted dagger has an elaborate description to it. That's solid game design.
     
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  10. Anonymous

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    Anonymous, Jul 13, 2009
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    Well, the description window is pretty small, so elaborate descriptions just won't fit.

    I've fixed and expanded a lot of descriptions in the UAP, btw. E.g. now all weapons that have a mana bonus, show it in their descriptions. I don't think the pickpocket penalty is worth including in descriptions, though.
     
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