» Fri May 27, 2011 3:21 pm
If you can't do something in Morrowind, the best solution is to train your skills. If you can't pick locks, I'd suggest checking with people who have the training service, and seeing who trains security. Though you can't join the Thieves Guild, I'm fairly certain trainers who don't require a guild rank will still offer training, and in any case, the ones who do require it generally would also need you to advance in rank several times before they'll offer their services, and of course, there's always trainers who aren't part of the guild. Alternately, you could train alteration instead, that way, you could use magic to unlock things, this will also give you access to other spells like shield, water breathing, and levitation. Of course, your alteration skill still needs to be high enough to cast the spell you want to use, and you'll also need magicka. Other than that, alteration has the disadvantage of not being able to disable traps.
In any case, I wouldn't recommend playing Morrowind without some level of skill in either alteration or security, since there's no way to bash locks open, you'll miss out on many nice things if you can't use either of those skills. Of course, some locks have keys but you can't always count on being able to find a key for every lock. So if you're not already decent in these skills, it's a good idea to train them, that costs some gold, of course, but it's the easiest way to raise skills that you're not good in. Also, when trying to pick locks, using a better lockpick can also make the task easier, though that's not much help if the lock is too complex even with the best lockpick available.
In the end, Morrowind can be a rather unforgiving game at low levels, as when you're skills aren't good, there really isn't a lot you can do. But once you get better, the game will become much easier.