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Message: <blockquote data-quote="poilbrun" data-source="post: 248715" data-attributes="member: 532">I wouldn't use a skill, but maybe a CHA check for the teacher (to see how well he is able to explain what needs to be explained) and an INT check for the student (to see how well he understands what's being said).Teacher: DC ?. For every point he succeeds, he teaches 1 more XP per week. For every point he fails, 1 less XP per week.Student: DC ?. The check determines the number of XP he can learn (provided the teacher is able to teach that much [if the teacher failed his check and only gives 18 XP, the student cannot learn more than 18]). With a result equal to the DC, he learns the normal amount of XP each week (20). For each point above, he can learn 1 more XP, for each point below,  the maximum XP he can learn falls by 1.DC 10 if it should be easy to gain levels, DC 20 if it should be hard, DC 15 to be in the middle.The DC shouldn't be too high since ability bonus are never really high (ranging from -2 to +5 at character creation).PS: The number of XP for training discussed above must then be multiplied by the difference in level.[Edit]: I forgot the PS![Edit #2]: I wouldn't allow self-training, or maybe only at a slower rate (10 XP a week, only an INT check to see if you learn everything). A higher rate would unbalance things too much IMO, especially for item creation: with 10 XP/week, a spellcaster creating a magic item needs 4 weeks to regain the XP he loses in one day creating the object (since you progress by 1000 gp per day IIRC, which means 40 XP), which would be correct IMO since spending 500 gp and a month for a 1000 gp item is quite balanced, but less time wouldn't be enough and every spellcaster would do it.</blockquote>

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