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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Elder-Basilisk" data-source="post: 3655791" data-attributes="member: 3146">Not being familiar with the SAGA system, it sounds like there are re-rolls that can only be used on particular skills--is that correct? If so, the usefulness seems like it would depend upon the skill in question, but that the re-roll might well be better for the skills that you would spend feats on:Tumble: The typical character who spends a feat on tumble tumbles several times every combat and some tumble attempts will require two or three rolls even. Generally, without skill focus, however, characters still succeed on most of these. Skill focus would have the effect of making more tumble checks automatic at low levels. At mid-high levels, it would most likely not help for typical tumble checks which are automatic success anyway. From your summary of the analysis, however, it sounds like the re-roll would help more in the daring tumble situation where you are trying to do something that is still not automatic--for instance, tumbling past two enemies and then tumbling through a third enemies square at full speed.Concentration: This is an interesting one. Characters will typically do what they can to avoid making concentration checks but a spellcaster will still probably end up making something like an average of one per combat with a DC between 15 (casting defensively) and 35 (a readied action to disrupt spellcasting from a moderately tough opponent) plus spell level. It seems to me that skill focus would help more with casting defensively, but the re-roll would be better in the situations where you try to keep concentrating on a summoning spell while being hit with a horrid wilting.Use magic device: Another interesting one. Since the DCs are all very high, skill focus would be helpful, but the prohibition on taking 10 and the possibility of catastrophic failure both favor the re-roll.</blockquote>

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