1.2.0 p4 gaining pickpocket skill increases, bug?

[Stingray1]

Currently a High Elven Healer L24 with Pickpocketing at 70.

It feels bugged. I only pick pocketed to satisfy Yergius. I counted 28 successful pickpockets.
The skill just keeps on increasing. edit- I never increased the skill myself.

Anyone with similar experience?

[anon123]

If you lock yourself in a room and wait a few thousand turns, you'll see that many skills increase by themselves without any use. Backstabbing, Swimming, Pick Pockets, Stealth will receive a few increases of 1-2 points even though they aren't being used. This shows when farming herbs.

Why? I don't know.

[Stingray1]

Yeah I've noticed Backstabbing and Stealth increasing. Stealth makes sense, as I suppose the character is always using it.

This is the first game I don't pickpocket almost every creature. 'tis probably the reason I notice the Pickpocket increases only now.

In the bigger scheme of things it doesn't really matter that much.