ok, whats wrong with this?
Code:

---

action message_display
{
...
stuff here
...
if (my.SKILL1 == 1) 
	{    
...
do stuff
... 
	}    
}

---

skill1 of that entity is set in WED to 1 but every time I run this, I get an empty pointer error for my.skill1?!

doh!
Stupid me ...
That action is setup so that it removes the entity when the player touches it (more lke, when its in 100 units range) and I had ent_remove (my); in the action BEFORE that if branch.
No wonder its an empty pointer, when that entity is already removed ^^

So yeah .. nevermind.