What's the story here? Does bending a lockpick have any actual effect on it's capabilities? I bent a Vaalin pick last night, and when I used LM appraise
on both that pick and another that was brand new, they both gave the same reading. Never repaired, same picking capability.

Now, I can straighten a bent pick using LM repair; would this then suddenly put the pick in the "repaired once" category, thus degrading its performance?
Would using a bent pick make it more likely to actually break?

"So, what does that green line on the graph represent?"
"Oh, that's the projection of a hypothetical offspring from a union between Sauron and Cruella de Ville;
we use that as a baseline for determining character alignment."

OK, if LM appraise isn't totally accurate, what is the margin of error? More to the point, how much does bending a pick
lower it's performance? If LM appraise can't distinguish between the two, then it seems to me that the degradation is probably minimal.
I have been using the bent pick, and just eyeballing the end rolls needed for the various locks, there doesn't seem to be much change.

"So, what does that green line on the graph represent?"
"Oh, that's the projection of a hypothetical offspring from a union between Sauron and Cruella de Ville;
we use that as a baseline for determining character alignment."

Ah! I had suspected that might be th case, so I did not in fact repair it. Thanks for the info.

"So, what does that green line on the graph represent?"
"Oh, that's the projection of a hypothetical offspring from a union between Sauron and Cruella de Ville;
we use that as a baseline for determining character alignment."