Is Open Lock on a 18/2 Wizard Worth taking?

[DnD3]

Will I actually be able to open locks reliably on epic content with it?

[Tirkan]

Yes.

Knock isn't worth the paper it's written on most times.

[ArloOne]

Yes, but to a limited extent. Try and get the skill (using skill points)to around 10-12..then find yourself a decent open lock item(as you grow) and you shouldn't have any problems with any locks in the games.

Good luck!

[Sani_Medicor]

Yepper...I maxxed it at level 1 and then waited to take my second level, so I could put all of my points in it. I use level appropriate gear and +5 tools and haven't had any problems up to level 13. I do this on all of my characters that have a rogue splash now. It gives you access to lots of optionals and chests.

[Lithic]

Will I actually be able to open locks reliably on epic content with it?

Epic content? Not without the best gear, best enhancements, decent starting dex points, and possibly a few feats sacrificed. IIRC, the locked chest in VON1 is DC 90. There might be significantly easier DCs in other epics, but I'm not terribly familiar with them.



Rest of the game? Easily, even without full ranks.

[karnokvolrath]

I have a wizouge and i rely on the skill far more then knock.

As far as epic, you will need to put a good amount of points to it if its going to be epic viable. For non-epic a +15 item with a +6 dex item sould be just fine for anything worth getting into. The great part about open lock is you can do it over and over and over until you open it, or roll a 20 and fail. You wont want to spam knock that many times, exspecially in epics (unless of course you love blue potions).