"Deft Hands, Fine Tools" door not opening despite already having the perk
I'm in the Exalted Plains, with the two locked towers side-by-side. I've had Deft Hands, Fine tools for a while now (and have used it in the Hinterlands and Fallow Mire successfully) but these two won't open.
I have Varric in my party as rogue right now; I click on the doors, the little lockpick animation plays, but then the door stays locked. Is there something I'm missing here? I didn't think the perk relied on Cunning like previous games did...
((I've checked to see if anyone else has had the problem, but most advice seems to be about *getting* the perk in the first place, which is NOT the issue here.))
PC yes, mods no. I restarted the game and unequipped the Ring of Doubt and it fixed a couple bugs I was having, this one included, so. I'm just annoyed I had to quit and restart the whole thing bc it takes a while to load on my machine. :/