I know we won't get our hands on it until it is released...

But given Origins have entirely changed from kickstarter to development and the examples of skill crafting in development videos is just... Skillbook crafting by combining two skillbooks to get a predetermined skills (as opposed to the Kickstarter version where you could create multiple versions of the same spell by adding other spells to it. Like a Flaming Oil Troll Summon)

I wonder if we will even get to know what it will really be before the game is released.

My hope is it is something substantive... but I personally think it is just normal crafting