That's not a bug.

A bard's normal skill cap in Forage is 40, and Hide is 35. As a wood elf,
you STARTED with 50 in both, so you've exceeded the cap, thanks to your
racial choice.

----- Original Message -----
From: Beth Moursund <scrybsprite@...>
To: <eqbards@onelist.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 15, 1999 3:54 PM
Subject: Re: [eqbards] starting stats

>From: Beth Moursund <scrybsprite@...>
>
>>- Wood Elves end up with better forage skill
>
>Have you played a wood elf bard to high levels? Maybe it's just my
>character that's glitched, but I found that forage and hide are buggy. I
>have never been able to train either of them past their starting values.
> As a bard I'm supposed to be able to train forage at 12th level and hide
>at 25th level, but they both said I'd reached my maximum limit when I
>reached those levels and attempted to train. (I don't know the numerical
>value, but it's very bad.)
>
> - Windsong Wanderer, bard on Solusek Ro
>
>
>
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