What Is The Grab Key For?

[Caffeine Rage]

You may wish to use grab to hide weapons...

 

I have been burnt a couple times by enemys that deside to pick up that warhammer his friend dropped and that I didn't choose to throw into the water. Needless to say now adays if I can think of it, I will toss any unwanted weapons into a pit/pond.

 

Also, it's helpful for sorting thgouh a pile of bodies that died ontop of one another. I have also found use to drag a body along and use the staff of worms to make an ally during a tougher fight.

[aleswigger]

I discovered a new, somewhat useful feature of 'Grab'. You are running through a ruin and find a cool sword, but when you pick it up, you become over-encumbered. You cant afford to lose any of you other stuff but you really want this sword. Drop it and grab it. Put it in your inventory when you have to go through doors (you can go thru doors while over-encumbered) and drop it again and grab it. Grabbing stuff does not effect your encumbrance.

Heh, I've done that before... That was a big haul of loot I got from the dungeon, too <_<

 

I've had to leave loot behing before too, and it sucks. Looking forward to someone doing a pack guar mod like they did for Morrowind, or a pack mule, or some beast of burden. I've noticed there's a couple of saddlebags mods for your horse, which would have the same effect. But for some reason, I like having a separate beast for my luggage.

[Marxist ßastard]

Looking forward to someone doing a pack guar mod like they did for Morrowind, or a pack mule, or some beast of burden.

 

Use zombies. Put all your goods on a corpse, and point Mannimarco's worthless rotting stick at it.

[aleswigger]

Use zombies. Put all your goods on a corpse, and point Mannimarco's worthless rotting stick at it.

 

Hmm, haven't come across Mannimarco's worthles rotting stick yet. That's sounds much more intriguing than a mere pack mule. I'll keep an eye out for it.

[dc4bs]

You can use "grab" to manuver various items to spell out "HELP", etc. on beaches and stuff when you get stranded on an island...

 

- *Spoiler*

 

I tried using it to hide bodies in the Whodunit quest. Totaly useless as the remaining NPCs always know instantly when one dies... (quite aggravating)

 

-dc4bs

[GanondorfX]

I like the grab button because I like playing with physics

 

In the mainguest I had maglir (from the fighters guild) with me as I was supposed to have his help in a quest, but instead I was in oblivion and Maglir hit the lava and kept getting unconscious (dunno how to spell that word) so I used the grab button to save him out of the lava :D

[SoulBlazer_87]

You may wish to use grab to hide weapons...

 

I have been burnt a couple times by enemys that deside to pick up that warhammer his friend dropped and that I didn't choose to throw into the water. Needless to say now adays if I can think of it, I will toss any unwanted weapons into a pit/pond.

 

Also, it's helpful for sorting thgouh a pile of bodies that died ontop of one another. I have also found use to drag a body along and use the staff of worms to make an ally during a tougher fight.

 

I'd never have enough patience to carry a body with me!!! it takes too much time plus I can't travel with my horse!!!

aleswigger there is a mod called ad&d portable hole. Try it out. You'll love it. In fact it creates a seperate room you ca enter from wherever you might be!!! (can't find the link but I use it plus there is a bag of holding instead try it out too.)

[hactis]

if you are trying to haul loot out of a dungeon or anywhere, and you are overencumbered when you hold it, drag the item then. to get past doors, pick the item up, and you can enter or exit while over-encumbered. outside/inside, just drop it again and continue.

 

i havent treied fasttraveling while holding an item with the grab key, maybe its worth a try

[daeanor]

If you finish a big fight, often your defeated enemies drop weapons and shileds on the ground as they fall, so they aren't on the body when you loot them. Often, they fall on top of a weapon, and you can then use the Z key to drag the body around so you can grab the stuff. I've found (probably because I have been slacking on building up agility) that I tend to get disarmed a lot in Sigil towers. My strength and hand-to-hand are not bad at all, so I will frequently just beat the enemy up. Then I got to find my sword ... and dragging those bodies out of the way is very helpful in doing this.