Template help - Drop what for lock picking?

[JesterDev]

I have:

Fencing
Tactics
Anatomy
Healing
Stealth
Hiding
Stealing

I want to add lock picking to be an all around thief, but I cannot decide what to lose. I want to be able to defend myself, and heal.. So is the tactics bonus really that great?

 

[Old Man of UO]

What does lockpicking do for you in that template? How are you going to recall around? To me, it just seems a little odd.

If your purpose is to open dungeon and gypsy chests, dropping Tactics probably won't hurt you, and you should be able to defend yourself okay. Tactics gives you a damage bonus and the ability to do special moves... such as infect with poison.

But if you want to do serious damage, or even PvP, that's going to be a pretty weak template, not to mention not being able to recall/travel.

 

[Black Sun]

All of my non mage/paladin characters have zero magery. They all manage to recall around fine using a runebook. Wasting points in magery is not necessary if you just need to recall around, especially if you're human. JOAT will allow you to use a runebook and be successful about 90% of the time.

 

[PuddyMae]

I have a thief on Siege and here is what I travel with.
She is human.

Magery 115
Meditation 100
Hiding 100
Lockpicking 100
Detect hidden 58.2
Remove Trap 38.3
Stealth 75.1
Stealing 120 Total 709

I do very well with this and use ev's a lot.

 

[Black Sun]

Don't you fizzle a lot without Eval?