i don't work in construction, but I do use a crowbar occasionally, as well as a flat bar, breaker bar, and even a catspaw. when you live in an old home, you need to use these things from time to time. I have never broken the crowbar, or even bent it, and can say it isn't from a lack of trying. Perhaps if i did use a crowbar everyday, then i would have broken one by now. I have however hurt myself more times than i can count from using these items, from stuff flying up and hitting me in the eye, a lovely sensation, cutting myself open, gotta love the nurse who can stitch you up fast, and bruising the crap out of a number of places, head, torso, you get the idea. Hurting oneself from using a crowbar in my opinion, is more likely than bending or breaking the bar.
Now i have used the crowbar in game, and it is a nice feature, especially since i don't play lock pickin thieves that often. I have only broken items inside the container 3 times, which i will say is less than 5% of the total times i have used the crowbar. However, in real life, i have hurt myself on a crowbar closer to 15% of the time, from a minor hand smash, to the more interesting types of pain. the other thing i will mention is sometimes in real life you can use a crowbar, be successful at what you want to do with it, open/pry off whatever, and still hurt yourself. I mention that because i think the server could have a more realist system in place in the scripting, than you break an item in the container.
some of the things that could be done in the current script randomly:
you tire yourself out trying to pry the object open- cant move till you rest (use of part of encumbrance system)
you open the object but hurt yourself doing it take damage
the bar bends, crowbar is replaced with bent crowbar, still works but with a -5 modifier.
the object opens, the noise you made doing so (as i have yet to be completely quiet using a one) attracts the attention of a nearby baddie.
and of course, the ever popular, you break something inside the container as you jostle it around.
Could also add the entire container and everything in it smashed because your such a strong one.
of course the system is fine how it is now. I won't complain if nothing is changed to it at all. I just wanted to post some ideas to round it out a bit, if the dev's wish to do so.
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