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Brockhage 36” Flexible Lockout Scope

This 91cm fibre-optic scope allows you to see inside the door of a car while you’re working the lock with a slim jim or button grabber. It has a light and is battery powered.

Brockhage Automotive Wafer Lock Reader

This set of five different sized tools gives you the means to read automotive wafer locks of all sizes, so you can select the appropriate pick or jiggler key.

BASIC ROLEPLAYING Game Information:

Lock Picking and Breaking Into Cars

Picking a lock or breaking into a car is a task using the Fine Manipulation skill, described on page 57 of the rulebook.

Picking a Lock

Different types of lock require different types of equipment to open them. Modify the task by

The quality of the lock (determined from the table below);

and

The piece of equipment used and how appropriate it is for the task (see the table opposite for lock picking equipment and its appropriate uses).

If the appropriate tool is available, then the task difficulty is as shown in the table below for lock quality.

If the appropriate tool isn’t available but the character improvises with another tool, the difficulty level becomes one harder (i.e. Easy becomes Average, Average becomes Difficult, Difficult becomes Impossible). The fact is that even for a professional it is difficult to pick a high quality lock with a hair grip.

If no tool is available, the task is Impossible (although for low quality locks the character may be able to force it).

A Fumble on the skill roll results in a lock picking device becoming broken and stuck in the lock, further complicating the opening process because the broken pick needs to be removed (an additional task).

Some types of lock (e.g. safe / vault combination locks or electronic locks) may require tools other than lockpicking tools to open them. These will require appropriate Technical Skill (Electronics or Metal Working) as well as the Fine Manipulation skill.

Lock Quality

Examples Task

Difficulty Low Desk drawer, filing cabinet, standard

padlock, standard domestic door

Easy

Average Domestic security door, standard car door Average High Multiple bar lock, commercial security door,

enhanced car security alarm system (e.g.

Thatcham), vehicle immobiliser system

Difficult

Certain combination kits provide a generally wide range of tools for picking locks. Therefore, in addition to being appropriate in a number of circumstances, they provide Circumstantial Action Modifiers as shown in the table below.

Item Modifier

Peterson PR-G1 Government Elite Standard

Lock Pick Tool Set +5%

Peterson PR-G3 Government Elite III

Specialised Lock Pick Tool Set +10%

Peterson PR-G4 Government Elite IV

Specialised Lock Pick Tool Set +15%

Peterson Pro-Dames Lock By-Pass Tool Set +5%

Brockhage 47 Piece Auto Opener Kit +5%

(vehicle locks only) Grand Master Automotive Rocker and Pick

Set

+5%

(vehicle locks only)

Breaking into a Car

Breaking into a car consists of defeating the manual lock, but also disabling any alarm system. Further, if it has an engine immobiliser, you’ve got even more work on your hands. Each of these is a separate task and skill roll.

Certain items are tools designed to allow vision into a car door to aid picking. As these are not picks and not required to pick a lock, they provide Circumstantial Action Modifiers as shown in the table below (all modifiers are cumulative).

Additionally, using a Brockhage Club Buster makes removing a steering wheel lock an Automatic Action.

Item Modifier

Brockhage 36” Flexible Lockout Scope +10%

Borckhage Clear View Wedge Set +5%

DINO Navigator 3-in-1 Scope +10%

HPC Universal Air Wedge +5%

TOOLS AND TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT

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Tool Used For

Individual Lockpicking Tools

Brockhage Straight Knife Tool Low quality mechanical locks, such as filing cabinets and padlocks Peterson Mini-Knife Tool Combination locks on padlocks, bike locks, handcuffs

Peterson Pro-1 Tubular Lockpick Tubular locks and padlocks SouthOrd Jack Knife Pick Set Low quality mechanical locks Brockhage 36” Flexible Lockout Scope Vehicle locks

Brockhage Auto Tension Tool Vehicle locks

Brockhage Automotive Wafer Lock Reader Vehicle locks

Brockhage ClubBuster Breaking steering wheel locks

Brockhage Gas Cap Pick Tool Vehicle fuel cap

Brockhage Probe and Rod System Vehicle doors

Brockhage Simple Slim Jim Vehicle doors

DINO Navigator 3-in-1 Scope Low and average quality door and vehicle locks

HPC CO-73 Lasso Tool Vehicle doors

Specific Technique Sets and Full Lockpick Sets

Brockhage Generic Jiggler Key Set Low quality door and average quality vehicle locks Brockhage 30-Key Bump Key Set (used with Brockhage

Solid Bump Adjustable Bump Tool)

Low and average quality door and vehicle locks

Brockhage MPXS-69 Lockpick Set Low and average quality door and vehicle locks; low quality mechanical locks, such as filing cabinets; Tubular locks and padlocks

Brockhage Padlock Shims Padlocks

Brockhage Warded Padlock Picks Padlocks

Peterson Broken Key Extractor Set For extracting broken keys from locks Brockhage Combination Lockpick Set Low and average quality door and vehicle locks Peterson PR-G1 Government Elite Standard Lock Pick

Tool Set

All quality door and vehicle locks

Peterson PR-G3 Government Elite III Specialised Lock Pick Tool Set

All quality door and vehicle locks

Peterson PR-G4 Government Elite IV Specialised Lock Pick Tool Set

All quality door and vehicle locks

Peterson Pro-Dames Lock By-Pass Tool Set Low and average quality door and vehicle locks Brockhage 47 Piece Auto Opener Kit Vehicle doors

Grand Master Automotive Rocker and Pick Set All quality vehicle locks Automatic Lockpicking Tools

Brockhage Gun Type Plug Spinner All quality door and vehicle locks; Low quality mechanical locks, such as filing cabinets Tubular locks and padlocks

Brockhage LockAid Pick Gun Low and average quality door and vehicle locks; Low quality mechanical locks, such as filing cabinets; Tubular locks and padlocks

HPC Rechargeable 120v ElectroPick Low and average quality door and vehicle locks