In an effort to reduce the number of low-importance y/n confirmation prompts in the game, make applying a lock pick or key scan the hero’s inventory, the floor underneath them, and 8 surrounding spaces for doors or containers that the tool can be used on. If there is only one such thing, automatically use the tool on that thing without prompting. If there are multiple, either prompt for each one in sequence or offer a menu of things to use the tool on.

This has a problem in that heroes may end up accidentally locking doors they want to go through. The problem may not be that important, since they can just unlock it again. Another suggestion is to make the map symbol for a locked door different from an unlocked one.

Artifact lock pick Doorbane, which mostly works like a regular one but prevents doors from resisting when it’s carried.

This functionality should also probability extend to the Master Key of Thievery.

Attempting to pick a lock with low Dexterity has a chance of jamming the lock, making it impossible to pick or use a key on. Opening magic and forcing the lock can still be used.

New shop type “thief shop”. Contains blindfolds, lockpicks, thiefstones (if implemented), rogue/pickpocket gloves (if implemented), cloaks and daggers. Something special should happen when you directly steal from a thief shop.

Convert the Master Key of Thievery’s base item type to a lockpick. Because flavor-wise, giving Rogues a key means they never have to pick locks again.

Every lock in the game has a deterministic chance (based on object ID if a box and xyz coordinates if a door) of being unopenable by a credit card. Attempting gives the message “It doesn’t look like this lock can be opened with a credit card.”

• Boxes have a constant 60% chance of being like this, and doors are based on depth, starting at 10% or so on level 1 and increasing to 80% by level 50.
• Possibly extend this behavior to locks that can’t be opened by a key either, requiring either a lock pick or magic.