Hi - thanks for your replies.

I guess I wasn't clear. It's not the skill "lockpick" that's confusing me - that works just fine.

What I don't understand are the lockpick objects. How do I use these things that are cluttering up my backpack and weighing me down? I have about 10 of them that I got from dead orcs, iirc. Are they just useless scenary, like stone bottles and plates and things?

thanks
Meghan