Well, nigh on 220 hours in and I have my first real glitch. I just levelled up and saw that my one handed skill, which should be at 71, is showing 20 in bug red numbers. I have not contracted a new disease (necked a cure potion just in case but didn't fix the problem) and there is nothing untoward showing in the active effects screen.

Does anyone have any idea why this should occur? More importantly can anyone suggest a way of fixing the problem?

it will correct itself next time you level up. happens to a few people.

Thanks, Aphaea. Do you know if this is just a presentational thing or whether it actually affects my ability in combat? I just tried taking a perk in one-handed that required level 50 and that worked, so there is one part of the game that still knows the correct skill level. However, given that it takes me a long time to level-up, I don't really like the idea of spending several game sessions fighting dragons and other nasties with a level 20 melee/backstab ability.

afaik, it doesnt actually affect your skill, but i could be wrong.

Anyone else know?

why dont you just pay for some training?

Sorry, I thought you meant that the problem will correct itself when my character levelled up. OK, I went a paid some serious dosh to that little creep Aldis (I don't know why but he gives me the willies) and that fixed the problem. Thank you for you help.

No problem. I just did a forum search, and it seems like its affected lots of people. hope they fix it in a patch, what if your skill was 100 when it turned red? cant level up to fix it then...

My FIRST REAL GLITCH (FRG) was 200 plus hours in. Completed the all main quest lines, had virtually everything you could find or collect, all homes...except Windhelm. Attempted to get said home, why did I wait, no reason. Nope, some how it is not possible to trigger the broken ice quest (i think) that leads to getting the house. Something about the gaurd needed disappears, blah,blah. So what did I do...started over, now 250 hours in, round two, no glitches, or broken quests (the first run helped with this for miscellaneous quest items) and just waiting for DLC.