Neat! Does the (level + 1) * 5 formula apply to things like begging,
alcohol tolerance, and sense heading as well?
>From: claya@... (Clay Armstrong)
>
>Maxes should be:
>
>Casting: (level + 1) * 5
>Offense & defense: level * 5
>1H and 2H blunt: (level + 1) * 4
>Dodge: caps at 75, I believe is level * 5
>Swimming: (level + 1) * 5
>
>Forgot about dodge, mine capped so long ago since I'm level 29 now.
>
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: Curtis Bennett <die_kluge@...>
>To: <EQ-Clerics@onelist.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 1999 1:28 PM
>Subject: [EQ-Clerics] skills and points
>
>
> > From: "Curtis Bennett" <die_kluge@...>
> >
> > I have a 13th level cleric. I just made 13th Sunday, in fact, and as
> > with last few level increases, it's become a habit of mine to spend a
> > little time to max all my skills with each level increase. I've been
> > keeping them all written down, and when a skill increases, I write the
> > new number down, marking out the previous one. I know what each of my
> > skill levels are (except for beg, which I haven't used since 5th lvl).
> > I've heard that, for clerics, magic skills raise 5 points per level,
> > and combat skills raise 4. This seems to be at least somewhat
> > accurate.
> > At 12th, my skills were maxed (for the most part). I had maxed
> > alteration (heal school) at 65, and defense and offense at 60. So,
> > when I went to 13th, my skills all started raising. So I spent some
> > time just casting, swimming, sense-headng, etc, to raise them all to
> > 70. I assume that defense, and offense will now to go 64.
> >
> > But I have two question, are there initial points? Because 70 (my max
> > score for my magic skills) / 13 (my level) is not 5. 5*13 is 65. So
> > is it that at first level you have 10 points, and then it's 5 every
> > level after that? And what about the combat skills? 4*13 is 52. So
> > could it be that, since the max for these skills, at this level is 64
> > that I start with 12 points in these areas? Or, at least, a max of 12
> > potential points at level 1? The numbers aren't adding up.
> >
> > Also, If my magic skills continue at the same rate, and my assumption
> > is that 200 is the max for a skill, I will max my magic skills at
> > around level 39 or so. What then? Is this where the specialization
> > skills come in?
> >
> > Also, one other question while I have your attention, I went to a
> > language fair recently and picked up a few additional languages. Is
> > there a way to increase those skills without going to another language
> > fair and without pumping training points into them?
> >
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