Larian Studios Forums Divinity - Original Sin Divinity Original Sin - Help/Tips/Tricks Question: crafting skill above 5?

Since you get 3 free temporary points in crafting pretty early into the game (trait+bracers+belt, if you count the one given by Scientist, it's 4 'free' points), is there any point in spending 15 SP on crafting? Do you get any bonus or are there high level stuff that require a crafting or blacksmith of 6 or higher?

I understand there's a built-in respec function but I'd rather plan things ahead, because respec is in itself a major PITA.

No bonus beyond 5. I think it is only used to unlock crafting recipes which stop at 5 levels.

What bracers & belt are you referring to? Fixed items or random drop?

Random drop. Bracers and belts are the only pieces I've seen that has bonus + crafting, I could be wrong though, cuz in my 1st playthrough I ignored crafting completely and just vendor anything relate to it.

Well, with Level 3 Crafting / Smithing you can make most items. Level 4 isn't needed for much unless you are into spells. Level 5 is the good stuff as custom armors & weapons come with bonuses.

That's a bummer, so it's exactly like every other utility skills that need no more than 2 points invested.