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<blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 9044784" data-attributes="member: 6790260">Okay. Even a +2 to the maximum is still fairly small potatoes overall. This isn't as strong as Advantage in the vast majority of cases, especially if it's meant to truly replace something like Expertise, as stated in the OP. It would start out behind, only become potentially more than existing Expertise at d8, and cap out at an absolute maximum of double the existing Expertise at d12. IOW, the first two ranks should definitely be worth less than Expertise, and even the maximum rank is still worse than actual Expertise 5/12ths of the time (about 42%.)Like, I get it that it's not nothing. But it's also definitely weaker than a large static value a lot of the time, especially since it sounds like the good Doctor does not intend for it to scale naturally, the player must in fact invest resources into advancing it.A one step increase to this die bonus on a single skill is absolutely not even half a feat, let alone a full one. Even taking into account that it could potentially give up to +12 eventually.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="EzekielRaiden, post: 9044784, member: 6790260"] Okay. Even a +2 to the maximum is still fairly small potatoes overall. This isn't as strong as Advantage in the vast majority of cases, especially if it's meant to truly [I]replace[/I] something like Expertise, as stated in the OP. It would start out behind, only become [I]potentially[/I] more than existing Expertise at d8, and cap out at an absolute maximum of double the existing Expertise at d12. IOW, the first two ranks should [I]definitely[/I] be worth less than Expertise, and even the maximum rank is still [I]worse[/I] than actual Expertise 5/12ths of the time (about 42%.) Like, I get it that it's not [I]nothing.[/I] But it's also definitely weaker than a large static value a lot of the time, especially since it sounds like the good Doctor does not intend for it to scale naturally, the player must in fact invest resources into advancing it. A one step increase to this die bonus on a single skill is absolutely not even half a feat, let alone a full one. Even taking into account that it could [I]potentially[/I] give up to +12 eventually. [/QUOTE]

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