>ok i am a level 17 gnome necro with a 71 in the skill, with a cap that
>isn't possible. 16th level = 50 skill pts in tinkering+10 for actually
>tinkering. 17th 60+5 more = 65pts. I am a 71 6pts above max i think
>the cap is gone or it never was either way give thanks rejoice and sing
>to the power of the gnome:) Could there possibly be a 5th book? I have
>read no where about the infravison goggles with may/may not exist, but
>people seem to think they do and that we can make um. I am going exploring
>after 20 to find any and all gnomes in this god for saken land and see
>what they say, even with bad faction.
>
>Thanks for the reply btw on the red 5 stuff just curious if that was
>what we needed and (thanks verant) it wasn't
>
>Grundup the necro

I verified a couple months ago that the level cap did indeed exist. You may
wonder how I managed to prove something like that, but what I did was level,
run to the windmills, and begin tinkering flameless lanterns. I got the
first 5 points within 40 tries or so. I then spent 7 more hours of real
time attempting lanterns, with no learns. I would estimate that I made
almost 500 attempts at lanterns. I cannot verify if the cap still exists,
mainly because the cheapest thing I can learn with at the moment is the aqua
lung, and at almost 250pp a shot, learns come rather slow.