cedarrapidsboy

While I wait for my first reply to be approved (thus is the plight of the initiate -- and thanks for the hard work, mods), I did some testing on Stelgaer's Pride. "Common" Breastplate equipped got near unique chest but not close enough to trigger interaction prompt went back to camp and upgraded to "Fine" breastplate went back to chest and opened to find "Fine" Stelgaer's Pride (reverted to save) "Common" Breastplate equipped got near unique chest, brushed up against it, but did not trigger interaction prompt went back to camp and upgraded to "Fine" breastplate went back to chest and opened to find "Fine" Stelgaer's Pride (reverted to save) "Common" Breastplate equipped got near unique chest, triggered interaction prompt but did not open the chest went back to camp and upgraded to "Fine" breastplate went back to chest and opened to find "Common" Stelgaer's Pride I believe this is hard evidence that the chest contents are rolled when the prompt is displayed, whether or not the prompt is a preview of what's inside.

When I initially "saw" the chest, I had on a +1/3 Common breastplate (confirmed with a save I created prior to upgrading the breastplate to fine). I unfortunately can't rule out that I got close enough to see the "Press 'x' to open" prompt. I can only be certain I did not open it. Thanks for considering this. It may be fair to conclude that proximity to the chest or, more likely, triggering the interaction prompt generates the final contents. I may have a save file even farther back to do some more troubleshooting with this particular chest.

Can you help me understand where I went wrong trying to get a fine quality Stelgaer's Pride (medium armor)? I found the treasure chest -- did not open Returned to camp, town, camp again to upgrade my Common Breastplate (Medium Armor) to fine +0/3 -- it is equipped Returned to the treasure chest and opened it -- to find a Stelgaer's Pride common +2/3 I've misunderstood something, obviously, regarding how the uniques scale with equipped gear. Appreciate the help.