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<blockquote data-quote="Starfox" data-source="post: 4715383" data-attributes="member: 2303">Tuft, I don't think this potion affects the feeling of developing for incompetence to mastery at all. That comes by itself as you advance in levels and possibly add Skill Specialization or other feats that grant skill bonuses. What this does is that it lets you alter the feel of how you progress along that path.Say your character is working to learn Athletics. You could first place one, then two points in it as an untrained skill. You then spend a feat to get training in the skill, but apply a -2 penalty to it, which you then gradually remove. Over a succession of 10 levels, you could improve your Athletics bonus one per level.Or if you use a certain skill a lot, such as Thievery, and feel you want to reflect this new experience - you can add a minor bonus to it without having to spend a full feat. And the opposite is also true - you might be trained in Stealth, but if you haven't used it for a level or two, you can choose to reduce your skill bonus to reflect your lack of practice.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Starfox, post: 4715383, member: 2303"] Tuft, I don't think this potion affects the feeling of developing for incompetence to mastery at all. That comes by itself as you advance in levels and possibly add Skill Specialization or other feats that grant skill bonuses. What this does is that it lets you alter the feel of how you progress along that path. Say your character is working to learn Athletics. You could first place one, then two points in it as an untrained skill. You then spend a feat to get training in the skill, but apply a -2 penalty to it, which you then gradually remove. Over a succession of 10 levels, you could improve your Athletics bonus one per level. Or if you use a certain skill a lot, such as Thievery, and feel you want to reflect this new experience - you can add a minor bonus to it without having to spend a full feat. And the opposite is also true - you might be trained in Stealth, but if you haven't used it for a level or two, you can choose to reduce your skill bonus to reflect your lack of practice. [/QUOTE]

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