Highcliff Castle Ruins - Locked Door

[Mousey]

I've just started playing NWN2, and I've got to Highcliff castle ruins where there is a locked door that I can't open. I've googled, and accordingly to posters from when the game was released Neeshka should have no trouble with the door - that being said, for me she only has +2 to unlocking doors, and given that the DC is 29, it seems I'll never get the door open, as I can progress the story to level... anyone else has this issue and been able to resolve? Bashing the door doesn't help.

[EolSunder]

yea something is very wrong, she should have much more than +2 to pick locks. make sure your using the right character, by the time you meet her she should be level 4 or so and have +9 to pick locks. Not sure what your problem is. Make sure you don't have like heavy armor on her, strip her down, check her stats. Her high dex and skills should be easy to open such locks.

Also remember, some locks might be quest related and not able to be opened except with a key, event, etc. But she should be able to pick locks easily at that point. Her natural rogue skills should have points in lockpick, her high dex gives a bonus, and you can have lockpicks and spells to buff dex, etc maybe.

have you been putting points into her lockpick skill? You meet her before highcliff, so she should be easily leveled and skilled up to pick such locks. Or did you put skill points somewhere else and neglect lockpicking which isn't HER problem, thats YOURs lol.

[Mousey]

Originally posted by EolSunder:

yea something is very wrong, she should have much more than +2 to pick locks. make sure your using the right character, by the time you meet her she should be level 4 or so and have +9 to pick locks. Not sure what your problem is. Make sure you don't have like heavy armor on her, strip her down, check her stats. Her high dex and skills should be easy to open such locks.

Also remember, some locks might be quest related and not able to be opened except with a key, event, etc. But she should be able to pick locks easily at that point. Her natural rogue skills should have points in lockpick, her high dex gives a bonus, and you can have lockpicks and spells to buff dex, etc maybe.

have you been putting points into her lockpick skill? You meet her before highcliff, so she should be easily leveled and skilled up to pick such locks. Or did you put skill points somewhere else and neglect lockpicking which isn't HER problem, thats YOURs lol.

Yeah... she was under some influence that borked her stats... I had the whole party healed and she had +12 to Opening Locks... It's difficult to tell when stats are screwed up by diseases etc

[EolSunder]

true, i havent played in a very long time, but aren't they lit up in red if they are messed up? like if dex is 18 normally if its magicked down to 12 it should be red, a different color than the other stats, skills, etc.

[Mousey]

Hmmm, I didn't notice... but will keep an eye in future. Thanks for your help. :-)