I guess the idea behind lockpicks is so you can do it steathily from sneak. If you find a door guarded by towns guards, you can't exactly start blowing up the door with the guard in front of it unless you want to kill all the guards in the area.
I just have to wonder how many times that perfect scenario happens as compared to the times you can just bash things.
I'm running a male Cleric (Eric) and female Ranger (Raven) and I just don't see the need for either of them to ever waste a point on any rogue skills.
