Can a Bard pick locks? I don't see the icon."There are no dumb questions, only dumb people." - (Mr. Garrison- South Park)
The icon for lockpicking is somewhere on the toolbar at the bottom of the screen. Obviously you need to have your thief selected for it to be there.
It should be in bottom left… Let me take screenshot tomorrow if you still can't find it. From the memory I think you should be wearing leather armour to be able to lock pick if you are playing multi class.
Isn't it the button that looks like a little bandit mask?
"I can't remember how to pick locks in icewind Dale."
1. Do you have a thief in your party?
2. Does your thief have any skill in Lockpicking?
3. When you press the bandit mask button once, does your mouse icon turn into a different shape?
4. Are you sure the item you're hovering over with the new mouse icon is a locked item that is unlockable.
Stealth mode is also another super-useful thief skill, if somewhat temperamental on low skill levels, but uses a different button, as is their detect traps skill. They require practice but can be very useful. Very experienced players don't tend to use thieves much, at least not pure ones, and use Invisibility to replace stealth and Knock to replace pick locks and Find Traps to replace search, but I tend to always have a pure thief in relaxation games simply because it's so much easier and adds a greater sense of roleplay.
I didn't realise you are playing a bard lol. Sorry about that Fluent! I never play Bard for 2nd ed…. When you said your character freezes, I thought that was a bug for sure! You learn something everyday