There are only two types of skills. Favored skills are those skills that are favored by a particular character class. Some characters may have additional Favored skills due to racial abilities, Talents, or possibly other reasons. All skills that are not considered to be Favored are classified as Standard skills.
As you gain greater competence in a specific skill, it is going to be more difficult to learn and increase your ability. This is reflected in an increased cost that depends upon how many ranks you already have in that specific skill. The Skill Costs table gives you the cost of the next skill ranks you purchase based upon how many ranks you already have and whether the skill is a Favored or Standard skill.
Note: The source of the skill ranks doesn’t matter, ranks from your character’s Background are considered the same as ranks you purchased for your character. Your cost is dependent upon how many ranks you currently have in that specific skill. Ranks are what you purchase using Character Points and what you receive from your character’s Background. Stat Bonuses and other special bonuses or modifiers do not count as ranks.
Maximum Skill Ranks Per Level
Players are limited to purchasing no more than 5 ranks in a given skill each level. Ranks gained from a character’s Background are not purchased, so do not count towards the limit on how many may be purchased. However, ranks from your character’s Background do count in determining the cost of given rank your character is purchasing.
Once the character has a number of ranks in the skill equal to the Stat Value (not Bonus) of the associated stat, he may purchase no more ranks that level and he is then limited to purchasing no more than a single rank each level thereafter.
Example: Joe is purchasing skill ranks for the Acrobatics skill. Joe’s character has a Stat Value of 14 for Dexterity. Joe’s character already has 12 ranks. This means that Joe is only allowed to purchase 2 ranks this level because that will bring his total number of skill ranks up to an amount that is equal to the Stat Value for Dexterity, the stat associated with the Acrobatics skill. Starting with the next level, Joe will be limited to buying no more than 1 rank each level.
The Skill Summary table shows the list of skills and their associated stats. If the stat column says varies it is because specific instances of that skill may use different stats. You should refer to the specific skill description for more information.
Characters receive a number of free ranks in some skills from their Backgrounds. These ranks do not count against the number of ranks that may be purchased each level; however, they do count against the CP cost of any skill ranks purchased.
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