As a follow up I searched through the log files mcoy made available to me, and in his Qien log file I see him in Paineel testing on the boulder in the water (which requires a key but IS pickable):
Quote:
[Mon Nov 19 02:24:09 2001] It's locked and you're not holding the key.
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Also in Plane of Sky, Island 1 (assuming a teleport pad, which requires a key but IS NOT pickable):
Quote:
[Sun Nov 11 00:36:52 2001] It's locked and you're not holding the key.
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This leads me to conclude in era you should only get the same message regardless of whether or not a door is pickable. To be fair, I've no clue if there were specialized Bard/Rogue only messages that helped indicate if a lock was pickable.