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I got a lvl 7 party going and I have read on here that some people, say they rush their Ranger to 5 Marksman. How exactly do you rush to that high? It seems every time I level there is no option to put points in Marksman, it never has a "+" for me to put points in and I end putting the point in something else that I don't deem as important.

What am I missing?

need 2 points to reach level 2 in a skill, 3 to reach level 3, and so on...

Sigh, time to reroll!
He's level 7 with 3 in Marksman when I can be, say 5 Marksman.
Thanks for the clarification.

sorry, second question.

Besides adding use of skills from 3 to 4 to 5 and so on, does adding skill level also increase damage, or is that based on stats?

It increases the number of skills you can learn from that school, and it lowers the AP penalty for higher-level skills from that school.