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Do potion of power and master thievery effects stack?

WilburWilbur Member Posts: 1,173
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Potion of master thievery gives +40% to pick pockets and pick locks while potion of power gives +20% to them (among many other bonuses). If I understood correctly the bonuses are only applied to the skills that have been invested additional skill points during character creation and/or level ups (base skill). So a skill that has not been "manually" invested a single point does not benefit from these potions. Correct me if I'm wrong :)
Has anyone tested do these effects stack?

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  • ZuttiZutti Member Posts: 94
    I have not in BG:EE, but it would be a simple matter to test. In BG2(the engine BG:EE is built upon) you get bonuses regardless of whether or not you manually invested points into the skill, and potions of thievery DO stack(though there is a mod that allows you to disable this).
  • SenashSenash Member Posts: 405
    So I could chug potion of thievery + potion of power + potion of perception? :) Ooooooh! And let's not forget potion of Mind Focusing with the +3 agility! That helped me a lot in Durlag's Tower, after I had spent Imoen's points in a quite stupid way, and wouldn't trust on her ability to find traps without some potions in her...
  • LifatLifat Member Posts: 353
    ... Potion of Master Thievery stacks with Potions of Master Thievery so I really don't see why they wouldn't stack with Potion of Power.
    If you don't want potions to stack you need a mod to change the rules.
  • ZuttiZutti Member Posts: 94
    Lifat said:

    ... Potion of Master Thievery stacks with Potions of Master Thievery

    This is what I meant :) Lifat said it a bit better.

    You can just chug 2, 3, 4 potions of master thievery to max out thieving skills if you want. Kinda cheesy, though.
  • WilburWilbur Member Posts: 1,173
    So you don't basically need to put any points to a skill if you just have enough potions. Nice to know.
    Well at least you need a thief :)
  • TJ_HookerTJ_Hooker Member Posts: 2,438
    Wilbur said:

    So you don't basically need to put any points to a skill if you just have enough potions. Nice to know.
    Well at least you need a thief :)

    I'm not sure if there's enough potions of perception and potions of power to get away with completely ignoring Find Traps, but yeah, if you're willing to use lots of potions/Knock spell, you can probably get away with little skill points invested in open lock and pickpocket. Hell, you can probably safely ignore pickpocket all together, as there aren't a whole lot of great marks in BG.
  • hansolohansolo Member Posts: 136
    Pickpocket is nice to have for Algernon's Cloak, both Scimitars of Drizzt or Balduran's Cloak.
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