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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pentius" data-source="post: 5685739" data-attributes="member: 6676736">I don't think it's quite that simple.  They didn't say it, but I'm sure they have to be wondering whether it'd be worth the internet backlash to errata the core maths.  WotC gets enough disgruntled customers stirring the pot over errata to powers and feats, and fixing typos.  Basically, yes, your proposed fix is simple.  It has to have occurred to them at some point.  That they haven't implemented that fix or something similar is a good indicator that the situation is more complex than it appears at first glance.My PHB2 has 223 pages.  WotC wanted $35 for it.  The expertise feats took up about a fifth of a page.  So I effectively paid 3 cents for them.  I'm sure if I took the time to figure out how much of the builder is expertise feats, as opposed to other available tools and data, and then figured out from there how much of the total cost of DDi goes to expertise, it would be significantly less than 1 penny per month.  It would take decades of buying books and using DDi for that to surpass even the sales tax I paid on the PHB2.  If there is an executive at WotC plotting his nefarious plots to fleece us all for cash and that is the best he can come up with, we can all rest easy, our cash is safe.</blockquote>