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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Beefermatic" data-source="post: 8672863" data-attributes="member: 6670757">I would be very careful with that. That can get way out of hand very quickly. Skills have certain exploitation loops that if aren't checked can have disastrous consequences for your campaign.I have a lot of skill monkey types in my campaign, so I actually made a list of abilities that both makes them stronger and also reigns it in a bit. I based it off of powers of equivalent level and by increasing the power of the "Epic Skill Focus" Feat appropriately.I don't mind players eventually getting to the point that, just like attack bonus, saves or ac, they simply can't be resisted on a certain skill, but I make it, just like those other abilities, a Transcendental Ability.Enjoy.New Feat:Skill Emphasis Prerequisites: Skill Focus in chosen skill, 6 ranks in chosen skillBenefit: You gain +3 in a chosen skill of your choice, this can be taken multiple times but must be taken for different skills.New Epic Feat:Skill Mastery:Prerequisites: Epic Skill FocusBenefit: you may always take 10s on a chosen skill regardless of difficulty or stress.Epic Skill Emphasis Prerequisites: Epic Skill FocusBenefit, you gain +5 to your chosen skill. This ability can be taken multiple times, but must be taken for different skills.New Divine Abilities:Divine Skill Focus:Prerequisites: Skill Focus, Epic Skill Focus in your chosen skill, chosen skill at at least 40 ranksBenefit: You gain a +60 bonus on a single skill of your choice which stacks with any other bonuses you may have. This skill may be taken multiple times but must be taken for different skillsDivine Skill Emphasis:Prerequisites: Divine Skill Focus in chosen skillBenefit: You gain a +30 bonus on a single skill of your choice which stacks with any other bonuses you may have. This skill may be taken multiple times but must be taken for different skillsNew Cosmic Abilities:Unearthly Skill FocusPrerequisites: Divine Skill Focus,  chosen Skill at at least 70 ranksBenefit: You gain a +360 bonus to a single skill of your choice, this stacks with any other bonuses you may have. This ability may be taken multiple times, but must be taken for different skillsUnearthly Skill EmphasisPrerequisites: Unearthly Skill Focus in chosen skillBenefit: You gain a +180 bonus to a single skill of your choice, this stacks with any other bonuses you may have. This ability may be taken multiple times, but must be taken for different skillsNew Transcendent Ability:Ultimate Skill Mastery:Prerequisites: Unearthly Skill Focus, chosen skill at at least 130 ranksBenefit: You never fail a chosen skill. You are treated as always succeeding at all times with that skill and are treated as always rolling natural '20s' with that skill. This ability is countered by other users of opposing skills with this ability,  or by those who have a natural "infinity" to that check via stats (Infinite Stealth due to having infinite Dexterity vs your Ultmate Skill Mastery Perception) and when encountered the skill must be rolled normally.</blockquote>

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