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