Effective Skill

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 (i.e. you still need a the minimum required skill as a base value)

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