Originally Posted by Caroigne
The Skilled talent isn't as overpowered as you might think.

The specific-skill talents let you put a skill above the level you are allowed to spend, whereas Skilled only lets you place two points under normal rules. So Pyromaniac will let you get Fire Magic to 11, but Skilled won't let you take it beyond 10.

As long as there are level restrictions for how many points can be placed, and the specific-skill talents still can go beyond them, that additional one skillpoint over cap can be worth more than two to distribute normally. wink


A fair point, especially if Ability points (before bonuses) do get capped at character level.

As for Intelligence, yeah, I didn't go all the way to 11, but even playing with the standard Wizard template, I was rolling in Ability points, and often kept lots around in reserve because I was finding it so easy that I didn't need to spend them. One of my level 6 Wizards did eventually cap out most-all his or her primary Abilities.