Make lockpicks attachable to the hip, but that'd lock you out of using your lantern

[icy plover]

Lockpicks are already underpowered as it is and that would make them an interesting option to potentially use over your lantern if you could save inventory space that way

[fluid edge]

why? whats the banefit of that

lanterns still stay in your inventory when you hip them

[icy plover]

You could choose whether or not you want your lantern to be permanently active (it always stays in your inventory) or you can just "equip" your lockpicks and save your inventory slots, but you're locked out of your lantern in return

You could basically make a choice between easy light source or easier inventory management, but you're playing in darkness

[soft solar]

ah yes, picking locks by thrusting your hip into it, how convenient

[pliant olive]

But thats not how fastening works

[icy plover]

Clearly not what I meant, but you're hilarious man xD

[potent forge]

Could just have a tool belt that has a spot for a lantern, lockpicks, crowbar, as well as a single money pouch. There is no reason a lockpick takes as much spaces as a full plate of meal. But the slots in the belt would be restricted to only those items, hence making it not too op.

[pliant olive]

from what i remember devs dislike the idea of making belt slots

Also a lockpick and a crowbar slot?

[potent forge]

yeah in the belt. A crowbar can be hung from a belt, so can a chain of lockpicks.

[pliant olive]

yes because we have toolbelts and not some normal belts

And if you want toolbelts well we already have the thief backpack

[potent forge]

waste of space logically having a backpack for only a couple of crowbars and such. you could fit like 16 crowbars

[pliant olive]

The point is to have the tools without wasting space on other things

Like yeah you could have 10 crowbars, the thief backpack lets you have 2 crowbars and 3 lockpicks without wasting space

[potent forge]

point is, a backpack could realistically fit way more than that, while a belt to store em would be more practical, you couldnt carry tens of loose items on a belt, but a crowbar and some lockpicks you could

[pliant olive]

The point of the backpack is to not waste space

[potent forge]

I am pretty sure you are either reading wrong or not understanding what I mean. Doesn't matter, forget about it.

[pliant olive]

Alright

[fluid edge]

equip where
and how do you unequip them later

[icy plover]

That's up to the devs, but who cares how they implement it? You can make it attachable to your waist, you could make a dedicated Lantern slot, whatever really