Talk:Mimic/@comment-30537375-20160125201012/@comment-26115871-20160126212546

Here's a small list of methods I have developed based on the information provided.

1. (Location, location, location) This method requires you to understand physics. As noted in the information above, a mimic does not casually climb out of the treasure chest. No, she leaps out with great force, likely doing some fancy acrobatics before landing. She seems to be the type to show off. Now, when looking at a chest, think like a mimic. Would you choose the low ceiling, where the adventurer nearly has to bow down to ensure they don't scrape their head against it? Would you choose the supply room, placing the treasure chest on a shelf that wouldn't allow you to fully open the top anyways? Basically, use process of elimination: if the spot's dangerous to make the jump or just a poor place to try to capture someone, you can open it without trouble.

2. (Lock means Key) This may come as a surprise, but when someone buys or makes a treasure chest with a lock, that usually means they've got a specific key that fits the lock. And until you use that key, that treasure chest won't open. According to the Wandering Scholar, the mimic herself won't open the chest: she waits for you to open it. So here's a nice and simple rule: if you haven't used a key to unlock it, don't try to open the chest.

So, let's say you are lockpicking. I'm sure you'd know how to tell when a treasure chest has been unlocked if you know how to lockpick. Don't try to open it if you can't lockpick it. And if you happen to notice the key that would be required for such a lock would look remarkably like your penis, chances are it's a mimic's chest. At that point either stick it in or leave it alone, depending on what kind of treasure you're looking for.