Open locks can't be lowered?

[temnix]

I've run into this before... The Open locks skill refuses to be lowered either through a negative Increment or by Setting to a smaller percentage. It can be Set to 0, but not lowered. Maybe Remove traps, too. Maybe all thief skills, and then I've been decreasing them in my spells and items and feeling smart in vain.

[Jarno Mikkola]

Yes, it says so in the .cre's indexes 64 to 6a.

PS: you wouldn't want it to be -10 either, cause that's actually 246... so, yes, that's how math works, for a 1 byte interger.

Edited May 25, 2021 by Jarno Mikkola

[temnix]

I'm not trying to set the value below 0. It can't be lowered even by a point, except, I imagine, through a luck or Dexterity reduction.

[kjeron]

Since the creature stat cannot be negative, the amount provided by Race and Dexterity is an effective minimum.

[temnix]

What about negative Luck?

[kjeron]

Luck affects the d10 modifier applied when using the skill.

[temnix]

What if this number is zero? The attempt will fail?