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==Summary==
==Summary==
* Effective skills are applied through different sources, such as Aspect Armor or Mastery Chain Links.
* They don't show up in the skill gump as they are only applied in certain calculations (listed below).
* They are intended to give further bonuses to templates utilizing the skills in question, not as a secondary source of skill points to free up points to use elsewhere.


Effective skills are applied through different sources, such as Aspect Armor or Mastery Chain Links. They don't show up in the skill gump as they are only applied in certain calculations.
===Things that are affected===
* Formulas for spell or melee damage
* Inscription scroll refund chance and buff duration increase
* Harvesting chances


They affect the following things:
===Things that are NOT affected===
* Formulas for damage
* Crafting chances (for example effective inscription doesn't increase crafting or exceptional chances of spell books)
* Hard caps for abilities or spells to cast/activate (with the exception of casting from a magery spell scroll)


They '''don't''' affect the following:
* Crafting (for example effective inscription doesn't increase crafting or exceptional chances of spell books)
* Hard caps for abilities or spells (i.e. you still need a the minimum required skill as a base value)


==Sources of effective skills==
==Sources of Effective Skills==
* [[Spirit Speaking]] and [[Inscription]] are is increased by
** [[Eldritch Aspect]]
** [[Mastery Chain]] Links
* Barding skills are increased by
** [[Lyric Aspect]]
** [[Mastery Chain]] Links
** [[Tracking]] against the tracked target
** Exceptional crafted instruments
* [[Poisoning]] and [[Taste Identification]] are increased by
** [[Poison Aspect]]
** [[Mastery Chain]] Links
* [[Lockpicking]] and Resource Gathering skills
** [[Fortune Aspect]]
* [[Parrying]] and [[Resisting Spells]] are increased by
** [[Void Aspect]]
** [[Mastery Chain]] Links
* TODO: add rest of the affected skills
 
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Latest revision as of 19:06, 10 October 2022

Summary

  • Effective skills are applied through different sources, such as Aspect Armor or Mastery Chain Links.
  • They don't show up in the skill gump as they are only applied in certain calculations (listed below).
  • They are intended to give further bonuses to templates utilizing the skills in question, not as a secondary source of skill points to free up points to use elsewhere.

Things that are affected

  • Formulas for spell or melee damage
  • Inscription scroll refund chance and buff duration increase
  • Harvesting chances

Things that are NOT affected

  • Crafting chances (for example effective inscription doesn't increase crafting or exceptional chances of spell books)
  • Hard caps for abilities or spells to cast/activate (with the exception of casting from a magery spell scroll)


Sources of Effective Skills

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