How PS effect skill cap question

[Garrett]

So I've been looking around and can't seem to find anything concrete about the subject. I might have fucked up...so I have the following
100 lore
103.1 taming
100 Mage
100 med
100 music
105 provo
96.9 vet

I noticed my vet won't get any higher, did I fuck myself lol??

I was trying for 120 taming/provo

 

[edw3rdwood]

Well you get 700 points total. The FIRST SET of powerscrolls you use, on one skill, will increase it *up to* 720. This means for example you would have to use Provo 110, 115, and 120 since you already started with the 105.

For all additional points over 100, say for other skills you wish to raise past GM, they come from the new pool of 720. Even if you use powerscrolls on other skills they will just increase the cap of just that one skill without raising your overall skill cap.

It looks like you used 105 Taming and 105 Provo. Your current cap is still 705. Because only one skill at 105/110/115/120 will actually raise your cap. Get it? In your case I would let meditation be the "sponge" for more points and set it to go down, letting all your other skills hit 100 and whatever ones you used powerscrolls for to eventually reach 120.

 

[bradley-]

Your skill cap will go up to 705 after using a 105 powerscroll, 710 when you use a 110 powerscroll, 715 when you use a 115 powerscroll, and finally, 720 when you use a 120 powerscroll. Since you have used a 105 provo and a 105 taming powerscroll, your skill cap remains at 705. Once you eat a 120 powerscroll, your skill cap will be 720 but you have to go in order from 105 to 120. Since you want to go to 120 taming and 120 provo, you will have to drop 20 points from the remaining skills. I would suggest either dropping meditation to 80 or dropping meditation and magery to 90. Your choice.

 

[halygon]

http://uofwiki.com/index.php?title=Power_Scrolls

 

[Garrett]

Ahh ic ok crystal clear now. Thanks for all the quick replies!

 

[Strife]

Queston while were on the subject. The first PS I ate was a 105/110/115 provo, but I wish I had done taming first. Does the game remember that provo was my first scroll used or can I eat 120 taming and use that as my "free" 20 skill points? Sorry if that's confusing.

 

[bradley-]

Queston while were on the subject. The first PS I ate was a 105/110/115 provo, but I wish I had done taming first. Does the game remember that provo was my first scroll used or can I eat 120 taming and use that as my "free" 20 skill points? Sorry if that's confusing.

You have to start over at 105 for every skill. So you have to start at 105 with animal taming, then 110, etc, etc.

 

[Strife]

You have to start over at 105 for every skill. So you have to start at 105 with animal taming, then 110, etc, etc.

Alright, so I have 110 taming now and 115provocation. So the game gives me the 15 skills points for provo for free correct and the taming skill points are coming out of meditation. Is there anyway to switch that?/

 

[bradley-]

Alright, so I have 110 taming now and 115provocation. So the game gives me the 15 skills points for provo for free correct and the taming skill points are coming out of meditation. Is there anyway to switch that?/

Just put your provo arrow down and your taming arrow up and points will be taken out of provo and put into taming. Easy flip-flop

 

[Strife]

Just put your provo arrow down and your taming arrow up and points will be taken out of provo and put into taming. Easy flip-flop

and at that point the game will give me the 20 "free" points into taming? Then I can raise provo back up?

 

[bradley-]

Only if you use the taming powerscroll 105 through 120 will you get 20 "free" points. Then you would have to sacrifice points from other skills to get points back in provo.

 

[edw3rdwood]

I'm not sure what you are getting at, and I don't think bradley's on it either. You're being confusing. Why would you lower a skill just to raise one, then flip flop them back again? If you want to raise provo back up later there is no reason to ever set it go down.

The game doesn't "give" you free points ever, you are simply raising your cap and then you still have to raise the skills yourself afterward. Therefore it doesn't matter which scrolls raised your cap first, Taming or Provo, your cap will still be your cap which is a value separate from skills altogether. Once you raise your cap you then have to work and earn those skill raises 1 by 1.

So if you want 120 Taming, you will need the 105, 110, 115, and 120 Taming PS, and if you want 120 Provo you will need all of those scrolls, 105, 110, 115, and 120; it doesn't matter which you do first, the game doesn't care or remember, it's just that the first 105-110-115-120 sequence you do will also be stretching/raising your cap from that point onwards.

Powerscrolls raise your cap ONLY, and skill scrolls raise your actual skill points.

 

[bradley-]

I'm not sure what you are getting at, and I don't think bradley's on it either. You're being confusing. Why would you lower a skill just to raise one, then flip flop them back again? If you want to raise provo back up later there is no reason to ever set it go down.

The game doesn't "give" you free points ever, you are simply raising your cap and then you still have to raise the skills yourself afterward. Therefore it doesn't matter which scrolls raised your cap first, Taming or Provo, your cap will still be your cap which is a value separate from skills altogether. Once you raise your cap you then have to work and earn those skill raises 1 by 1.

So if you want 120 Taming, you will need the 105, 110, 115, and 120 Taming PS, and if you want 120 Provo you will need all of those scrolls, 105, 110, 115, and 120; it doesn't matter which you do first, the game doesn't care or remember, it's just that the first 105-110-115-120 sequence you do will also be stretching/raising your cap from that point onwards.

Powerscrolls raise your cap ONLY, and skill scrolls raise your actual skill points.

That's what I said in many mini posts Just in a confusing, ninja-like way.

 

[halygon]

 

[Strife]

Thanks guys. I know it was confusing, but I get it now. Kudos for the detailed explanation!

 

[Bromista]

Haha my head hurts.