Thanks for the info but doesn't answer the question about game balance--why restrict the skill to level 2 when items you are getting are 2-3 levels higher? Anyways, any ideas as to how to get into the 3rd and final dungeon in the Battlefiels (level I)--I am being restricted to lockpick skill level 6 which is not high enough to break the lock. I am a level 11 mage and am at the end scene of level I (Samuel's quarters) and the deathnights are level 15 and kick my butt in 15 seconds or less? Do not know what I can do? I want to access the final dungeon in Battlefields to gain more experience (I have completed all quests in act I).