Hm are you sure on the loot thing? Or is that just a dungeon restriction? I swear I've killed low level monsters and still got rawhide and such. Or maybe they're not as low as I was thinking.
Are you able to get and finish the dungeon quest and get the skillpoint?
I accidently skipped 3 dungenons around lvl 38 and would like to return someday for the skillpoints.