Little help with Dart Traps pls

[startle]

Ok, so I did a search on Dart Traps that found a thread on exactly how they're made. But I can't seem to make one. I created a Tinkerer with 30 tinker (like the thread and the wiki say) and when I tried to "trap" a crate made with my GM Carpenter it said I couldn't. So I got 30 Carpentering on a char and had him make the crates. But I'm still not able to "trap" one of them, I just keep failing. What am I missing?

 

[Lorax_Pacific]

You need a lockable chest, which means you need carpentry and tinkering to make from scratch.

-Lorax

 

[startle]

You need a lockable chest, which means you need carpentry and tinkering to make from scratch.

-Lorax

Both need to be skills on the SAME character? IE my carpenter can't make the chest for my tinkerer?

 

[Lorax_Pacific]

Both need to be skills on the SAME character? IE my carpenter can't make the chest for my tinkerer?

I think the answer is yes. Your 30 skilled carpenter may be able to make a lockable chest with a 30% tinkering talisman or 5 skill and 25% talisman, etc... I tried using a carpentry tali on my tinker though with the woodworkers bench and you need the minimum real skill even though a small crate shows as 100% success chance. The tinker tali idea on the carpenter probably needs minimum skill as well...sorry.

-Lorax

 

[Kellgory]

I thought I've read somewhere in order to make lockable items you need at least 10 carpentry and 10 tinkering on the char and I would suspect that would have to be real skill since talismans only affect the odds of making the item. I usually just have a newbie char that has 30 tinkering and 30 carpentry, and they have >90% chance to make the crate without any talisman.