Hi, I'm playing Co8 4.0 and can't get past the control box in the hallway on the 4th level. Some characters with lots of hit points can move through it and survive, but a few cannot. I've searched the forum for advice and nothing has worked. I don't have a rogue in my group, so I got Wonnilon, but he can't even open the lid. Somebody in the forum said that it depends on intelligence. My wizard can open the box and try to disarm the trap, but she never succeeds. Of course, she has no ranks in disarming. Any suggestions about how I can get my entire party past the box? Thanks
You must have a PC Rogue of 9th level to disarm the trap. Wonnilon and Serena are npc's and can't do it. If you can, create a PC rouge and use the console to boost it up with the required skills. If you don't want to keep the rouge you can always delete it. Another alternative is to use the console to teleport to the AirNode and defeat the Vrock and exit at the side entrance to the circular level 4 area. Sorry, there is no easy way out here.
Just curious, why does it have to be a PC rouge? How does that make a difference for disarming a trap? Or would a regular character with really high open lock and disarm traps work as well, like a ranger?
Only rogues get the disarm magical trap ability, so a ranger with ungodly disarm trap would still not be as good as a rogue. He does not need to be 9th just rogue though, he can be multi-classed (at least I think he can, it worked for me that way when I used 4.0), but of high enough level that he gets the magical trap ability (5th or 6th?)
You could always try interrogating the locals for the control word. You've probably already killed the right ones though. This trap has been discussed at length on this forum. Try searching for control box or lightning trap, or Livonya's 1.5.1.
About this idea of interrogating creatures. . . everything on this level attacks without waiting to talk. As one troll was dying, the dialogue box opened but he didn't say anything worthwhile. Who else will talk?
