First off, I've had a quick look for this issue in the forum but no joy. The problem I have is that having started a new character, I cannot use blacksmithing - every time I've tried I've hit level 100 in smithing after making just a few pieces. The problem with this is that my new character jumped from level one to level seventeen - I'd rather gain those levels myself than have them gifted by a bug. I've reinstalled the game from scratch this afternoon and made a new character but the issue arose again. Has anyone else come across this or have any ideas how to fix it or get around it?