Larian Studios Forums Beyond Divinity (English) Help/Tips/Tricks Learning a skill twice??

So I tried out the BD demo.. good game but I'm wondering what is the point of being able to learn the same skill twice? For example, I learned one-handed slashing and I have 2 skill points dedicated to it but then I can start another one-handed slashing skill from 0. Is this a bug? You shouldn't be able to learn the same one twice and it also costs 4800gold to unlearn it.

For passive skills I don't think there is any reason to learn the same skill twice. With active skills you may want to have a high level / high mana cost version for strong opponents, and a lower level / low mana cost version for weaker opponents. With the elemental attack spells, you may have a pure fireball spell already, but want to create another fireball spell and add some air damage, etc.

A check and a warning (at least for passive skills) would be nice when learning new skills, though.


The cost to unlearn a skill (C) is proportional to the square of your character's level (L). IIRC the cost was twice as high in the demo.

C = (100/3) * L^2

I see now.. thanks for the info!
That's actually really interesting that you can create the high level spells and the lower level spells for different oppenents .. I never thought of it that way
If you unlearn a skill do you get your skillpoints back?

You do get the skill points back if you unlearn a skill, so can re-invest them in a different weapon expertise or more powerful attack spell, etc (or leave them un-used for later). With a mage character, for example, more powerful and mana efficient spells (particularly shaman magic) start to become available in act 2, so there may not be as much use for the attack spells used in the first act.