Re: LEGENDS - Experience

From: griffith@xcf.Berkeley.EDU (Jim "The Big Dweeb" Griffith)

Date: Fri, 02 Apr 1993 20:11:48 +0000

In article <ofimSm_00UzxA3U30v@andrew.cmu.edu> Theodore Wadsworth <tw1t+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
>In legends do you gain experience in non-combat skills through the use
>of those skills or is training the only way to improve?

You can gain levels both by using the skill and by training.  Using the
skill has a uniform chance of raising your level (my experience is that it's
around 20%, independent of your skill level), and training the skill has a
decreasing chance of raising your level depending on the level you already
have.  As a general rule, if you have a rating of 10 or less in a skill, you
are going to have a much easier time gaining levels by practicing than by
using the skill (the odds for most skills are 50% or better for 10 or
less).  Even up to 15, the odds are better when practicing than they are
when using the skill (except influence, which tapers off at around 10).
Being in a guild can greatly improve your chances of practicing higher,
especially in strong guilds.

Other comments.  You can gain levels when failing - this is especially true for
influence and stealth (escaping).  There is no dependency on the percentage of
actions you spend towards the skill - if you take three shots at something,
you just get three times as many chances as if you'd taken one shot.  The other
thing I've noticed is that when casting a spell, your chances of gaining a
level seem to be increased if the spell is in discipline.  Unfortunately, I
have very few data points on this.

Jim

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References

LEGENDS - Experience
Theodore Wadsworth <tw1t+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Thu, 01 Apr 1993 17:34:42 +0000