“As you see, this vault has an almost perfect mechanism for defeating most picking techniques, low tolerances, phantom false sets, and a rather complicated keyway. Now what I want to point out are the hinges on the door itself, they’re facing outwards. Little bit of liquid nitrogen and a ball peen hammer. We are in.”
I legitimately had my players pull that one on me once. Door into a secret lab disguised as a closet was beyond their skill, warded by powerful magic, etc etc. They looked at the floor plan and saw that the closet protruded from the main wall a bit. “Why not go in through the side?” I hadn’t thought about it. I figured the villain hadn’t thought about it either. A simple pickax later and they were in.
I have seen many doors open simply by attacking the latch with a credit card or piece of wire. As one pen tester said it. Locks are an effort, but doorframes are easy.
Even when a door is well hung, I have seen guys use a car jack to stretch the frame of the door, so they can pry open the latch.
“As you see, this vault has an almost perfect mechanism for defeating most picking techniques, low tolerances, phantom false sets, and a rather complicated keyway. Now what I want to point out are the hinges on the door itself, they’re facing outwards. Little bit of liquid nitrogen and a ball peen hammer. We are in.”
Door was impenetrable but they cheaped out on the walls.
I legitimately had my players pull that one on me once. Door into a secret lab disguised as a closet was beyond their skill, warded by powerful magic, etc etc. They looked at the floor plan and saw that the closet protruded from the main wall a bit. “Why not go in through the side?” I hadn’t thought about it. I figured the villain hadn’t thought about it either. A simple pickax later and they were in.
I’ve seen doors taken down in many a way, but I can count on one hand how many actually targeted the hinges.
Blown off the hinges plenty of times, though.
I think the opening scene in equilibrium targeted the hinges. So one hand tracks for me too.
I have seen many doors open simply by attacking the latch with a credit card or piece of wire. As one pen tester said it. Locks are an effort, but doorframes are easy.
Even when a door is well hung, I have seen guys use a car jack to stretch the frame of the door, so they can pry open the latch.