IWD2 Bard question

GIdday, I have a bard in IWD2, I started off with 4 skill points in disable device and open lock. When it came to levelling up (to level 2) these skills were greyed out and I could not increase them - I did have 5 skill points available. Why???

cheers
Nutman

<rummaging around in memory> Bards can raise those skills but only once every other level. I think. They're cross-class skills.

These are Rogue-Skills. Your Bard can only get half of the possible Skill-Points (and has to invest 2 Skillpoints to raise the Skill for 1 Point).

If you add one level of rogue you'll be able to max the rogue skills. They'll cost two points when you gain bard levels though.