Detect Secret vs Scout

[rgoodness]

Haven't found this specific question addressed--so my understanding, based on how it worked on Wizardry 7, is that Detect Secret blinks whenever there's anything to be discovered (button, treasure, secret wall, etc); meanwhile your Scout skill will also fire depending on on its level.

So! If I've got someone with Scout 100--Rosy is either there or pretty close--does that mean I'll 100% detect every secret, or is there still a (very small) chance of silently failing and Rosy not noticing it? If I'm at Scout 100, basically, do I need to still cast Detect Secret as a backup or will Rosy take care of everything for me? Thanks!

[Disparate Revenant]

Even with scout 100 i still miss things that I otherwise wouldn't have found if I don't cast detect secret all the time. Cleve mentioned this is a "noob" spell that would fade in use after a time, but I haven't found that to be the case at all.

[Haba]

I've seen one spot where neither "Scout" or "Detect Secret" worked.

Locate Item did reveal it though.

[rgoodness]

Oh man I've been kind of ignoring the existence of Locate Item--don't remember if it wasn't in Wiz7 or if it wasn't that useful. Here we're at the point where my familiarity with that game is hurting me :)

Either way, prob good to keep DS on. Generally I've been clearing dungeons with as much on simple scouting as I can, and if I get stuck I'll cast the DS spell--it's too much effort to cast it every time I have to rest.

What a hell of a game.

[burritonator]

I''m not sure I even knew there is a Locate Item. Is it a spell?

[glenn3e]

Wizard's eye is the equivalent but its very weak compared to the scroll. So i just use the scroll then reload.