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Skill Handbook Book Expansion: Info Gathering
« on: September 19, 2014, 01:04:19 PM »
So, lost my job. Put out my resume. The phone started ringing off the hook. You know, I vowed never to go back into banking. When you get offers that promise triple what you were making at less then 35 hours a week, you learn something about yourself. You can be bought.

So, needless to say, the whole handbook thing has been taking a back seat for a while. However, as things settle down and I get settled into the new job, I plan on getting back into it. I think for a while I'm just going to clean up things I ignored the first time around. One thing I never got around to was a list of ways to boost your skills.

So, if you know of any any thread or page or blog that talks about boosting skills. Or you happen to have any lists of spells or feats or anything that jumps out slash pops into your head, I'd be grateful if you posted it here. I'll go looking for data on my own, but I always like to post something to see if anyone can point me in the right direction.

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Re: Skill Handbook Book Expansion: Info Gathering
« Reply #1 on: September 19, 2014, 02:27:28 PM »
A couple of spells...

Prayer: +1 Luck bonus to all skills
Heroism: +2 Moral bonus to all skills
Listening Lorecall: +4 Insight to Listen
Balancing Lorecall: +4 Insight to Balance
Healer's Vision: +5 Insight to Heal
Wieldskill: +10 untyped to any 1 skill
Heart of Water: +8 Enhancement to Swim & +5 Enhancement to Escape Artist


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Re: Skill Handbook Book Expansion: Info Gathering
« Reply #2 on: September 19, 2014, 02:33:03 PM »
Guidance of the Avatar: +20 (type..?) to any skill, one-shot.
Don't know if it's typed, my group's just used it to auto-pass Wand UMD checks.

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Re: Skill Handbook Book Expansion: Info Gathering
« Reply #3 on: September 19, 2014, 02:36:08 PM »
Guidance of the Avatar: +20 (type..?) to any skill, one-shot.
Don't know if it's typed, my group's just used it to auto-pass Wand UMD checks.

I can't find Guidance of the Avatar... but I did find Guidance: +1 Competence to any 1 skill check...

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Re: Skill Handbook Book Expansion: Info Gathering
« Reply #4 on: September 19, 2014, 03:28:25 PM »
Guidance of the Avatar: +20 (type..?) to any skill, one-shot.
Don't know if it's typed, my group's just used it to auto-pass Wand UMD checks.

I can't find Guidance of the Avatar... but I did find Guidance: +1 Competence to any 1 skill check...
Hm. It used to be a web article, if I remember correctly. :/

Got it with google!

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Re: Skill Handbook Book Expansion: Info Gathering
« Reply #5 on: September 19, 2014, 04:51:56 PM »
It's called Failing Up ...  :D  ;) ... and soon you can afford that Lawyer you need 'bout your last job.



Alternative Ways to Get New Class Skills 
http://www.minmaxboards.com/index.php?topic=9071.0

Spells that save you from taking feats or investing skill points?
http://www.minmaxboards.com/index.php?topic=3797.0


esoteric question I asked about OA
http://www.minmaxboards.com/index.php?topic=10906.0

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http://www.minmaxboards.com/index.php?topic=10473.0
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Re: Skill Handbook Book Expansion: Info Gathering
« Reply #6 on: September 19, 2014, 10:22:03 PM »
It's called Failing Up ...  :D  ;) ... and soon you can afford that Lawyer you need 'bout your last job.

Here's the irony, and why I won't just quit, When my rep gets done and they actually find me innocent, I get paid for all the time I've been sitting around AND get all the time off I took back. THEN I can fall down, get a back injury and burn through the almost 5 months of time off they own me before I quit. I wont file for disability. That would be dishonest. I just want what they owe me. 7 years and I think I used up a total of a week of sick time.
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