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naloth · 08-25-2020, 01:04 PM

Should Talents get you to the DX+1, DX+2 threshold for bonuses or should it effectively raise the attribute for determining the final skill level?

This isn't relevant for most of the fighting skills as they are part of talents (though it would be for Pickaxe Penchant and Forest Guardian if they also had Weapon Master), but it comes up in a few Talents that have Forced Entry.

I've always played it as the latter (meaning you had to invest the skill points), but Characters actually references it both as "a bonus of +1 per level" and as effectively raising your attribute. Balance wise, I doubt it comes up much. Usually if you want the skills in the talent you'll be putting points in them as well, and I suspect the different between dropping 1 point in Forced Entry rather than 2 or 4 will break anything.

Mostly it's just a curiosity...

08-25-2020, 01:04 PM	#1
naloth Join Date: Sep 2004	Talents or points Should Talents get you to the DX+1, DX+2 threshold for bonuses or should it effectively raise the attribute for determining the final skill level? This isn't relevant for most of the fighting skills as they are part of talents (though it would be for Pickaxe Penchant and Forest Guardian if they also had Weapon Master), but it comes up in a few Talents that have Forced Entry. I've always played it as the latter (meaning you had to invest the skill points), but Characters actually references it both as "a bonus of +1 per level" and as effectively raising your attribute. Balance wise, I doubt it comes up much. Usually if you want the skills in the talent you'll be putting points in them as well, and I suspect the different between dropping 1 point in Forced Entry rather than 2 or 4 will break anything. Mostly it's just a curiosity...