samwisegamgees: Here is a handy hint I want to share in case anybody is finding the game too hard.

Learn the unarmed combat skill with just one skill point necessary and you can bash open almost any door or chest in the game without harming yourself or needing a weapon. This saves a lot of money buying or repairing weapons and means you don't need to learn the lock pick skill either so you can invest the points in something else. Sometimes a tough door will require a bit of patience to get through but it is worth it as I have amassed all sorts of valuable loot and gear by doing this.

The only disadvantage compared to picking the lock is that it is noisy and so somebody may be alerted to you stealing but this has only been a problem to me once so far after 12 hours of game time so the benefits by far outweigh the limitations.

mothwentbad: Yeah, this is really more of a loophole or exploit than an intelligent feature imo, but I've been specializing in unarmed anyway. They really should have some sort of threshold to overcome for being able to do any damage at all depending on the make of box/door.

Nirth: Indeed but if the difficulty is curved or unfair you've got to take everything to your advantage, that's what I do anyway. I also specalized in unarmed, never done that before in an RPG and it turns out it's going pretty OK.

ShadowWulfe: This is an awesome idea and I am totally stealing it.

WH15P3R86: Hi. Can someone advise me on how you actually attack objects, please? I need to break down a door in Blackwater and because I don't have LP skills will need to break it down. I have unarmed combat skill. I just need to know how to actually initiate it. Thanks.