Talk:Unlocking tool

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What are the disadvantages to simply kicking down doors? DemonDoll 19:10, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

* You wake up nearby monsters. This includes the fabled invisible nymph.
* You cannot close and/or lock them to partition out spawned monsters.
* It takes longer, unless wearing kicking boots or come corner cases.
* The door might be attached to a shop closed for inventory. -Tjr 22:20, 26 May 2009 (UTC)
Thank you for responding and I see the logic behind each of those but I'm too lazy for now to be closing doors behind me and I want them to come to me so I can kill them all. The last point is the most salient as I have had a shopkeeper try to pull my nose-ring out through my ass for barging in on him... any way to check that before coming in? A sign or something? DemonDoll 22:36, 26 May 2009 (UTC)
Yes, there should be an inscription written in the dust outside the door saying "Closed for Inventory". This can be erased by a pet, monster or yourself, may have been removed previously if the level is a bones level and doesn't protect against tunnelling in, but it should be there. -- Kalon 22:50, 26 May 2009 (UTC)