How high should the thief skills be?

fighter_mage_thief Member Posts: 262

September 2012 edited September 2012 in Archive (General Discussion)

If I have Elven Chainmail on, I believe it reduces some of my thieving skills.

For example, Detect Traps and Open Locks seem to each go down by 5.

Now my question, if I were to get enough in each thieving skill for 95% to display, am I at the cap for effectiveness in each skill?

For example, some locks seem to require a higher degree of lockpicking skill, but will my chance to pick these locks at 95% displayed lockpicking be 95% success?

Also, if I have a displayed 100%, is my success chance reduced to 95%?

Further, all of the thief skills seem increasable into the 180 to 200+ range. Is there any point in this?

I'm basically looking for the game mechanics of the skills.

Thanks.

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