User blog comment:Zelron/The Elder Scrolls V: Dragonborn rumors (Imbedded deep the secrets sleep)/@comment-5012992-20121022195128/@comment-68.25.86.213-20121023034717

We have characters with a lockpick skill of 100, but NEVER waste perks on lockpicking. As for how one picks a lock, Zelron is correct, modern tumbler locks, (like in Oblivion), don't work that way. Older types of locks, however, may be picked in just the same way as in Skyrim. Skeleton keys still are in use by the management of older hotels around the world.