Talk:Skills

Skill Bonuses

• skill basis (automatic/passive) — +1 to +9
• magic enhancement (item) — +1 to +9 (+1 to +5 pre-epic, +6 to +9 epic)
• feats:

• skill expert feat — +2
• skill specialist feat — +2
• skill prodigy feat — +1
• less dedicated feats — +1 to +4
• tertiary feats — +1

• racial traits or class feature

• major trait or major class feature — +1 to +4
• minor trait or lesser class feature — +1 to +2

• weapon bonus (from weapon qualities) — +1 to +4 (only for specific combat maneuvers)

Specific Skill Bonuses

• weapon qualities — +2 to one or more combat maneuvers.

Proposed Change - Skill Mastery Levels

Mastery Levels

• Untrained

• stat bonus only to checks, cannot ever get a result higher than 20.
• Critically fail on a natural 1, or by being 5 lower than DC
• cannot critically succeed on a 20.

• Trained

• requires at least 1 rank in the skill
• allows checks to critically succeed on a 20 (getting +5 to total result).
• allows checks to go over 20

• Expert

• requires Skill Expert feat
• some classes and races can get expert in a skill without the feat, and at fewer ranks
• feat grants +2 feat bonus to the skill (doesn't scale)
• no longer critically fail on a natural 1, only if you are 5 lower than DC
• critically succeed on a 19-20 (getting +5 to total result)
• some skills may offer new skill uses at this level

• Specialist

• requires Skill Specialist feat and a minimum number of ranks (11)
• some classes and races can get specialist level in a skill without the feat, and at fewer ranks
• feat grants +2 feat bonus to the skill (doesn't scale)
• crit on an 18-20 (getting +7 to total result)
• new skill uses available (current epic only stuff?)

• Prodigy

• requires Skill Prodigy feat and a minimum number of ranks (21)
• some classes and races may allow Prodigy level in a skill without first purchasing Skill Expert and Skill Specialist, and at fewer ranks.
• feat grants +1 feat bonus to the skill (doesn't scale)
• crit on a 17-20 (getting +10 to total result)
• new skill uses available (the really GOOD stuff - Champions level stuff)